The Story So Far...

From humble Yorkshire lad to honorary Warwickshire man, I've been in the making since 1971 and still haven't made it yet.

Born in Bradford in 1971 and raised in the village of Oxenhope in Brontë country, I attended Coventry University between 1990 and 1994, where I studied Modern Languages (German and French as core languages and Russian ab initio), with a third year spent between Potsdam, Germany and Grenoble, France.

I met Emma Paddison in 1993, we married in 1996 and now have two girls, Murron (born 1998) and Philippa (born 2001), and one boy, Tristan (born in 2008).

I live in Nuneaton, Warwickshire and am webmaster for a CAD/CAM software company. So much for the Modern Languages degree!

I have played the drums since 1981 and have been a member of Coventry originals band BAiT between since 1996. I now play drums with Coventry-based rock covers band, Ministry Of Beaver, and classical guitar and mandolin for my own amusement.


Family picture in 2011

Recent Blog Entries

Some general advice about photo prints and scanning

I hate photo albums! There. I’ve said it. Photo albums ruin photos and prevent one from being able to scan the photos. If you have any photo prints, for the benefit of your descendents, please don’t put them in damned … Continue reading

22/01/2012


A politicised Wikipedia? What happened to neutrality?

So, let me get this right, Jimmy Wales… I should start out by stating that I have read http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:SOPA_initiative/Learn_more and I am aware that you have left access to Wikipedia open on mobile devices or by disabling javascript (fine for … Continue reading

18/01/2012


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