Mike's web page

So, a bit about me. And I mean a bit. I don't believe in pointless waffle, and anyone who is reading this probably either already knows more about me than I'm ever likely to write down, or doesn't care anyway.

I'm a Software Engineer, working for IBM. So now you know. Apart from that, I am a linuxy type person. Otherwise known as a hacker. In the correct sense, not the other one. See Project Purple for some of the stuff I am working on right now. Not much though, 'cos I don't have much time. When I am not working, hacking, eating, sleeping or drinking (decent beer), I am probably either driving or playing the trombone. I might even be doing more than one of those at once.

Things I like: decent beer, decent cars (quality in a car is not a function of speed - it is a function of ability to go round corners), cool hacks, decent beer, free hardware and decent beer. Donations of any of these, or money, is more than welcome.

Things I dislike: lager, people who claim lager is decent beer, microsoft, ford escorts, drivers wearing hats, and probably all sorts of other things I can't think of right now.

Other things on this site

Web version of my CV.

I doubt anyone wants it, but its here if you do. There's a lot of detail missing, some of which I might get around to adding at some point. Oh, and there's one thing deliberately left out. But we won't mention that.

Diary.

Yes, I had to include it. An online diary. This is very unlikely to be even remotely up to date. But it will show you what a really boring life I lead.

Computers.

A list of all my computers. Probably about right. This is mainly here for my own reference since I keep forgetting what I've got, but some of the really bored amongst you might find it interesting.

Computer stuff.

A list of all the bits of computers I think I've got, where I think they are, whether I think they work. Almost definitely very wrong.

Webcam.

A web cam, usually somehwhere in the house, sometimes pointing at me, sometimes pointing at random other things, usually pointing at nothing in particular. Often broken.

KEBLELIN.EXE.

Yep. Keblelinux. A nice big chunky self extracting zip that runs linux on the Keble College computer room machines. Or at least, it used to. I very much doubt it still does. It his here because I have nothing better to do with it, and didn't have the heart to destroy it. Noodles (or should I say Satan) might understand

Oakley linux.

A linux distribution. Or rather, a partial linux distribution that I started building and have never had the time to finish. I might get around to it one day. Honest, guv.

Penguin.

Be warned, it isn't small, doesn't work in nongraphical browsers, and can cause graphical browsers to eat a hell of a lot of CPU. But it is extremely cool when it does work :)

Wibblefile.

The wibble file.

Minibus.

IRC logs from the most memorable incident in the history of OxIRC. Possibly.

That's all folks.