About

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I have been working in IT since leaving school in 1984, first selling home computers and games, then designing, building and programming microprocessor systems before eventually heading off to university to get a degree (and failing to finish a PhD) in Electronic Systems.

Since 1996, I have worked on web systems as a developer, consultant and a manager.  I’m curently Technical Director at TechnoPhobia, a well established and respected web agency in Sheffield.   In my evenings I still like to tinker with various bits computer equipment and systems, much to the annoyance of my family.

This blog is just somewhere that I can record and share the ‘interesting’ things that I find on the web as I try solve whichever technical problem takes my fancy.

As it’s a technical blog, I should probably let you all know what technology I currently have:

PC:

  • ASROCK 939N68PV-GLAN mATX Motherboard
  • MATX Cube Case
  • 2GB RAM Dual Channel
  • Nvidia 8600 GT PCIe graphics card
  • several SATA disks
  • Mac keyboard
  • 2 x LG L1750B 17″ LCD monitors
  • Ubuntu Hardy Heron

Network:

  • Netgear DG834GT wifi router
  • La Fonera 2100 / OpenWRT Kamikaze 7.09 device

Media:

  • Mediagate MG350SHD media player
  • Samsung Spinpoint 640GB SATA drive
  • XBOX chipped and running XBMC