Who am I ?

Ha - I've been struggling for the past 15 minutes to figure out something to put today, so I thought I'd give a little bit about me. Things that people who know me now have only seen glimpses of.

Curious ? Muhahahaha !

What do I do ? I'm an Electronic Engineer by trade, specialising in computers and software. I studied at Nottingham University, taking 4 years to do a Masters in Engineering. Since then, I haven't actually used much of what I learnt in the lecture hall, I've used what I learnt at home with the PC instead. I'm still using that as well ... You see, I build my own computers, have done for 10 years now, starting with my second. It's a pretty good way to get something better without spending huge amounts in one go.

I'm now using that Electronic Engineering to help out on a project that needs a lot of computers to work together, in different linked systems. They need to pass data around between them, they need to be robust and they need decent performance. And they need to be usable by normal people. So that's what I do ! I try to get my fingers into absolutely everything ...

Fun :-) Especially when you get full clearance to do digging where people didn't really want to tell you anything.

Back to uni - 4 years at Nottingham, where I met friends who I've kept up with since leaving. There's 1 or 2 Centre Parcs trips every year, where we meet up, play games and where I get challenged at badminton. The fella I was chatting to on Eve last Sunday is one of those friends.

1st year - I got second in the year, with an 82% average. I also met someone called Alyse who I eventually ended up going out with in my second year.
2nd year - Alyse and the PC appeared ... and my work done amount suddenly went through the floor ... Oh yeah - I was also the van driver for the hall shop, which my Astra didn't thank me for.
3rd year - Living in a house with Alyse and Fraser (Maths grad, very smart - First +10% probably). Moved into the house to find Alyse curled up with some other bloke ... End of that relationship. Shame I still had to live there for the rest of the year. I spent most of the time at the uni hall with the Centre Parcs people.
4th year - Living with the Centre Parcs people. This was actually a fun year but I'd got disenchanted with the uni lecturers and uni method by then. If I'm looking at things that have been done many times before, I'm just not interested ...

So that's uni ... and that's it for now ! Especially as the dinner bell's (microwave timer) been gonging for the past 5 minutes ...