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Revision as of 00:24, 25 September 2023
I am an engineer by trade, specialising mostly in software (but like playing with the hardware as well). I work for a software engineering and IT services company Internode Ltd which a friend and I started back in 1991, so I have spent most of my adult life working for myself in one way or another. I have done lots of work on embedded control systems, avionics and defence projects, real time systems, and lots of stuff on communications protocols and data networks. Later I did stuff with financial services software, and helped put together the back end code for some commercial web sites that support financial advisers and related occupations. More recently, lots of business process automation, and management information systems.
My interests in DIY probably stem from every budding engineer's desire to take everything apart and work out what makes it tick (at least these days I often stick it back together again!) I have always been happy to "have a go" and dabble with many DIY tasks, but house ownership, and a growing family have pushed me to take on bigger and more stretching projects and helped further develop confidence. These have including building a workshop, fitting kitchens and bathrooms, house rewires, and a partly DIYed loft conversion. I also like to design and build bespoke furniture.
I would like to say a big thank you to the regulars on the uk.d-i-y usenet group, from whom I have learnt a great deal and continue to do so. I am also fortunate to have a retired time served joiner and builder as a friend, with whom I have ended working on a number of occasions. So I can pass on a few tricks of the trade learnt from an old hand. We managed to get roped into a number of each others projects over the years. All of which can make a welcome change from sitting in front of a screen pushing buttons.
I enjoy creative writing, so I find knocking up sections for the uk.d-i-y FAQ or the wiki can be quite therapeutic.
Articles that I have either authored or had a significant input into include:
Picture links to furniture and build projects
Click the thumbnail for a larger version. Then see the File Usage section for a link to the main article about the project.
Prototype Adirondak Chair
