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 I am a retired Systems Engineer. I am a retired Systems Engineer.
  
-I have an honours degree (BSc) in [[https://www.theorsociety.com/about-or/|Operational Research]] & Computing and have spent most of my working life in IT.+Graduated with an honours degree (BSc) in [[https://www.theorsociety.com/about-or/|Operational Research]] & Computing, I spent most of my working life in IT (financial sector and later with an ISP).
  
-My last fulltime job was for an ISP in the UK, reponsible for data centres and infrastructure.+Currently live in Bangkok with my lovely wife, a 5 year-old nephew, and an adopted black Soi cat.
  
-I live in Bangkok with my lovely wife, a 5 year-old nephew, and a black Soi cat.+I like **backgammon**, and I like flying the [[https://www.airforce-technology.com/projects/t-67-trainer/?cf-view=|Slingsby T67M]]\\ 
 +I like the smell of **watercolour painting** \\ 
 +But what I like more than all of these\\ 
 +Is to be on **FreeBSD**.
  
-My main interests:-+Oh - I like **slide rules** too - but it didn’t fit the tune “On Horseback” by Mike Oldfield.
  
-  * Archery (mostly the English longbow these days) +Systems:-
-  * Backgammon +
-  * Cosmology (Astrophysics, maths, physics) +
-  * Flying (particularly aerobatics - I am a fully qualified pilot (PPL)) +
-  * IT (still like to "keep my hand in") +
-  * Slide rules (I use one almost daily - its on my watch!) +
-  * Watercolour painting+
  
-I am currently into algorithmic trading. +  * Laptop - [[https://www.freebsd.org/|FreeBSD]] + [[https://fastestcode.org/emwm.html|EMWM]] (Enhanced Motif Windows Manager) - main **workhorse**, and trusty machine!{{https://wiki.bsd.cafe/lib/plugins/ckgedit/ckeditor/plugins/smiley/images/heart.png?nolink&22x22|heart}}=)
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-I use the following systems:- +
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-  * Laptop - [[https://www.freebsd.org/|FreeBSD]] + [[https://i3wm.org/|i3]]+
   * Desktops - [[https://www.freebsd.org/|FreeBSD]] + [[https://i3wm.org/|i3]]   * Desktops - [[https://www.freebsd.org/|FreeBSD]] + [[https://i3wm.org/|i3]]
   * Home server - [[https://www.freebsd.org/|FreeBSD]] + [[https://wiki.freebsd.org/bhyve|Bhyve]] for VMs   * Home server - [[https://www.freebsd.org/|FreeBSD]] + [[https://wiki.freebsd.org/bhyve|Bhyve]] for VMs
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 **Special thanks**  to the [[https://wiki.bsd.cafe|bsd.cafe]] team in allowing me here. **Special thanks**  to the [[https://wiki.bsd.cafe|bsd.cafe]] team in allowing me here.
  
-**Finally**, I would like to close by **thanking my lovely wife**. Who, despite the years, still "puts-up" with me, and, without whom, I would be **totally lost**!+--- 
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 +Thank you to **my lovely wife**. Who, despite the years, still "puts-up" with me, and, without whom, I would be **totally lost**!