About

About

Over twenty years in UK FinTech, thirty years technically faffing. Currently living in London with my wife and our six-year-old little boy.

I love commas, apparently. I swear I go in afterward and remove a load but they still seem to sneak back in.

Anyway…

Most of this stuff is me just getting things out after thinking of something or reading about something that interests me. Some posts are more in-depth than others. It can get pretty esoteric, but I think that’s the point.

All opinions are my own and do not necessarily reflect those of my employer or my family. None of the code presented here is ever intended for Production use.

“There are very few moments in a man’s existence when he experiences so much ludicrous distress, or meets with so little charitable commiseration, as when he is in pursuit of his own hat.”

– Charles Dickens, The Pickwick Papers

Devices

2025Dell Alienware 16X Aurora AC16251Dell Alienware 16X Aurora AC16251
2025SteamdeckSteamdeck
2022Dell XPS 15Dell XPS 15 9510
2019HP ProBook 430 G6HP ProBook 430 G6
2016HP Envy NotebookHP Envy Notebook
2015Playstation IVPlaystation Iv
2012Samsung NotebookSamsung Netbook
2008Playstation IIIPlaystation III
2008Playstation PortablePlaystation Portable
2008Nintendo DSNintendo DS
2007Rock Xtreme 770Rox Xtreme 770
2005Playstation IIPlaystation II
2001Dell Dimension 8400Dell Dimension 8400
2000Gameboy AdvanceGameboy Advance
1993Amiga 1200Amiga 1200
1992Amiga 500+Amiga 500+
1990Amstrad CPC 464Amstrad CPC 464
1988Donkey Kong Junior Handheldonkey Kong Junior Handheld
1982Super Space Invaders IISuper Space Invaders

Photographs used without permission 😬

The blog was built using Jekyll with the lovely Chirpy theme by Cotes Chung. Only change is to the default Rougify theme which was swapped for gruvbox.dark along with a tweak or two. I wanted a touch more colour.

The site is hosted by GitHub Pages.