The obligatory about me page
A stranger once emailed me to tell me that my life resembled “a portrayal of the dangers of self immersion in pointless technology”, I’m pretty sure he was being rude but to be honest, it’s not really that far from the truth!
Ever since I was a kid I have spent a lot of time playing with computers, electronics and technology in general. There are some things you just don’t grow out of and I’m now lucky enough to earn a living doing the same and to still enjoy it.
I’m a big fan of open source software, I’ve even made some small contributions of my own in the past and have been a Linux user since 1995 but I’m also a pragmatist so I’ll use whatever I think is best for the job at hand so whilst my main desktop at home and servers at home and work are all Linux, my work laptop still runs XP as I’m tied to a few Windows specific apps there.
Whilst I am pretty much a full time tech geek I do have a few other interests, reading (mostly science and science fiction), real ale, single malt whisky and radio (broadcast and communication), I also love many different kinds of music and love finding new stuff to listen to. I’ve never managed to learn to play an instrument though, I just enjoy listening.
I like hot spicy food and am a fully fledged capsaicin addict, I have to have my daily fix to get the endorphins flowing! I’ve been pesco-vegetarian since the age of 14 but not for any ethical reasons, it’s just a natural preference, I don’t like meat. The pesco bit means I eat fish but I don’t worry about things like gelatine and rennet either so I’m not really a strict pesco-vegi either. I just know what I like and what I don’t. And that I like it hot!
This web site has been evolving since 1995 under various guises. Originally hosted on Angelfire it moved to Demon Internet in 1996 then to paid for hosting when I registered the domain zorg.org in December 1997 and then a few years ago to being hosted at home off an ADSL line. The blog part has spent the last few years in semi-hiding under a sub directory here but seems to be enjoying a bit of a revival at the moment, who knows how long this will last. In 2009 I moved it back to external web hosting to avoid repeatedly DDOSing myself at home.
You can contact me here or follow me on Twitter.
Google Latitude thinks I am currently in Birchwood, Warrington, UK.
