Computing

• Web based programming - PHP, HTML, XHTML, JavaScript, SOAP, XML-RPC, Image Magick, GD, Perl, …
• Web server management/maintenence - GNU/Linux systems administration, Apache (1.3 and 2.0), installation and configuration of software
• Computer based programming/tinkering/automation - PHP, Bash (shell), C, C++, …
• Synchronization techniques - SVN, Rsync, SFTP (SSH), FTP, …
• Remote computer administration - SSH, telnet, VNC, Remote Desktop, …
• Computer security - nmap, ethereal, netcat (nc), PHP, C, C++, …
• Databases - MySQL, PostgreSQL (PgSQL), Firebird, Oracle, …

Scouting

• Have been in Scouting since the age of 5
• Attended the 2002/03 World Scout Jamboree in Thailand
• Met future fiancée whilst camping with Pro-Badge at Lyons Copse, Shedfield, 1999
• Warranted Scout Leader (though yet to fully complete training)

Technology

Literature

• Terry Pratchett’s Discworld series
• New Scientist magazines
• Technology sites, such as Slashdot, TechCrunch, Life Hacker, …

Mathematics/Science

• Fractals
• Special/General Relativity
• Quantum

Films/TV

• TV series

  • Sarcasm/comedy

    • House

  • Comedy

    • Family Guy/American Dad
    • Simpsons/Futurama

  • Supernatural

    • Smallville
    • Supernatural
    • Ghost Whisperer

• Favourite films

  • The Matrix series
  • Films involving Jay and Silent Bob (Dogma, Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back, Mall Rats, …)
  • Films that take an interesting view on religion (Dogma, Constantine, …)
  • Vampire films (Blade, Underworld, Van Helsing, …)
  • Distopian films (Resident Evil, Children of Men, …)