who am i?

ok time for a basic explanation for what will be here and why. This isn't going to be a list of random stuff - the whole point of this site is to create a useful resource in tandem with another site. The plan is that this site will contain links to where i store example config files, examples, instructions etc on how to get up and running with various projects - focussed around what i learn at work.

As a background to me:
i have been working with computers since the Apple IIe, followed by Spectrum, Atari ST then PC (and the odd console chucked in for good measure). Key to this development was

1. getting access to the internet with compuserve (i think it was about 1989 - but i'm old now and memory is not good - i can remember gopher, a very old modem and everything being verrrrry slow...
   
2. working for one of the first uk internet companies (ok it started as a business directory then became a site design/programming company then an internet marketing company - netvillage ltd, working for Paddy Bolger).
3. Whilst there i started from nothing but ended up getting my first Microsoft MCSE and Cisco CCNA qualification. At this time i also started working with Unix (DEC Alpha) and rapidly moved onto Linux (Red Hat 5.2 from memory).
4. Then i moved to Bristol for another design house (Owta.net), met Theo and Paddy and Judge at s-cool.co.uk - and via them got work at netgates.co.uk (kaliba/sovision.com) where i picked up lots more cisco knowledge and high availability networking knowhow
5. Then i moved back where i was raised. - Cornwall - first of all working at AC Systems then moving on to start up (with Mark Wright) a new company focussing on Microsoft, Cisco, Support and Networks.