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Welcome to my website. I am currently looking for a new job. So, feel free to get in touch with me if you like my site and think you may have a job for me :)

• Contact me
  1. At home (this is the account I use the most for non-work related email)
  2. At work (this is my daily work email address, so this is the account I check the most regularly)
  3. Other random stuff (this account is mainly used for signing up for things of which I have to supply an email address for - enough said!)
• Downloads
  1. AJAX.net dll (Asynchronous Javascript and Xml (Ajax) is a technology which has been around for a number of years, and uses Xml Http requests to return server call responses to a web browser from a client-side event handler. This dll is required for Ajax when programmed via Asp.net)
  2. ASP image dll (a freely downloadable dll which returns the height and width of an integer based on a physical path being passed to a function call)
  3. ASP jpeg 1.2 (third-party component which allows for images to be resized and customized on the fly. Typical use of this component includes thumbnail generation)
  4. ASP upload 3.0 (third-party component which implements a file upload procedure. Part of the component is an upload progress bar)
  5. File difference checker (a very comprehensive alternative to WinDiff, a program I have always found a little hard to interpret when identifying changes between files)
  6. Hex generator (a fantastic little utility which generates hex, cmyk and rgb colour codes from an onscreen palette. It also always copying and pasting to the clipboard)
  7. MSXML 3 (the amount of dlls which rely on this is amazing. I have so often required this in order to get a third-party component working)
  8. Page scanner (a very useful .hta application which is incredibly useful in displaying javascript DOM properties of all html page elements)
  9. PDF info (change the document properties of PDF files, including author, title, subject, keywords, creator, producer and PDF version information)
  10. PSD viewer (a handy utility allowing .psd Photoshop files to be viewed on a machine without photoshop being installed. This requires installation as it does not run from a standalone executable)
  11. Real VNC (install program for Real VNC, the remote desktop software solution enabling 2 computers to see each others desktop)
  12. Screen dimensions (callipers) (there are many applications like this on the web, however this is especially good at doing its particular job of precise screen measurements)
  13. SWF player 11 (from a development point of view, this tool is absolutely priceless. It runs as a standalone executable and allows quick and easy testing of .swf files)
  14. VB scripting 5 help (the entire VB scripting 5.0 API programmers reference)
  15. Visual ASP 4.0 components (a useful component pack consisting of listview, monthview, treeview and tabview dlls. This has somewhat been superseeded by Asp.net intrinsic objects, but still a good package of objects)
• General photos
  1. Ballon ride with Liam (For my 30th birthday, my parents paid for me to go up in a hot air balloon with my brother for a sunset flight. It was absolutely brill! Thanks mum and dad :o))
  2. F1 Turkish Grand Prix 2009 (I went over to Istanbul for 4 days to see the F1 race along with a little sightseeing. Istanbul Park is an amazing circuit! It was unbelievably hot that weekend, and what with all the mosques at 4:30am and the cockroaches, it was an "interesting" trip :))
  3. Hither Green snow 2009 (The most snow in almost 20 years for the South East fell in february 2009. Here's some snaps from around the estate I live on. All the trains were cancelled for 2 days running meaning days off work :))
  4. Strictly Come Dancing Live 2008 (Took my mum to see Strictly Come Dancing Live for her christmas present 2008 - front row seats at the O2 as well! It's not really my cup of tea, but I have to say, the whole event was brilliant. Very well staged, and a thoroughly-enjoyed day out :-))
  5. Dubai 2008 (I was fortunate enough to get flown over to Dubai on business to see my client at the time, Emirates Airlines. As a Dubai virgin, I sort of knew what to expect, but boy you are hit with one massive level of astonishment when you arrive. There is just so much money there, it's rediculous. I mean, there's a solid gold shop at the airport! Nuff said.)
  6. Warsaw 2008 (A few of us from work decided to pop over to Warsaw for a weekend away. Lots of nightclubs, bars and hangovers! Beautiful city, especially the old town - very picturesque.)
  7. New York 2008 (I'd been wanting to go to New York for many years, and finally got to go over there. Was made even better (and cheaper) by staying with some friends, who not only put me up but took my around town to bars and restaurants that otherwise would've had no idea they even existed. Renaissance at Times Square was a highlight as was blading around Central Park. Can't wait to go back!)
  8. Race of Champions 2007 (Wembley stadium was converted into a super special rally stage track for a 1 day event. Drivers such as Michael Schumacher, Jenson Button, David Coulthard, Heiki Kovaleinen, Sebastien Vettel were all racing in a variety of cars.)
  9. O2 Tennis (Got tickets to go and see an indoor tennis event at the very impressive O2 arena in Docklands, London. Event was good as we got our tickets quite substancially upgraded, and ended up right near the front!)
  10. South West Four 2007 (Went along to South West Four for the 4th year running over the august bank holiday weekend. The lineup this year included Roger Sanchez, Shapeshifters, Paul Van Dyk, Marco V, Sander Van Doorn, Judge Jules, Ferry Corsten and many more.)
  11. F1 British Grand Prix 2007 (What with Lewis Hamilton storming to the world championship lead, I caved into the pressure 2 weeks before the race, and bought a couple of pit straight grandstand seats for the race weekend.)
  12. Wimbledon 2007 (Managed to get hold of some centre court tickets this year for the opening day of the championships. Got to see Roger Federer along with Tim Henman, before the rain arrived! Shame the roof's off the court, but still an ok atmosphere.)
  13. Goodwood Festival of Speed 2007 (Got offered a free ticket to the Goodwood Festival of Speed last Saturday. It's an event I've been meaning to go to for a few years now, so jumped at the chance. I recommend watching the F1 car burnouts! So much fun :o))
  14. F1 testing 2007 (Went along to the latest Formula 1 test session at Silverstone today. 9 of the 11 teams were there including McLaren, Ferrari, Renault, Red Bull, Williams, Toyota and Torro Rosso. A collection of my photos from the day are available to view.)
  15. Wembley England vs Brazil (Managed to get a ticket for the first England match at the new Wembley stadium courtesy of my friends at the FA ;o) The match was ok - bit of a choaker with Brazil equalizing in the 93rd minute.)
  16. Notting Hill carnival 2006 (Having never been to the Notting Hill carnival, thought I'd go along and see what all the fuss is about. Wow, are there a lot of people that go or what? Some 750,000 on the day I chose. Nice.)
  17. Felipe Massa F1 demonstration (Went along to a special show being hosted by Shell down on the South Bank in London. It included demonstrations by Felipe Massa, Luis Cappa Rossi and Troy Bayliss. Jodie Kidd turned up too :))
  18. British Motorshow 2006 (With the British Motorshow being held literally a 4 minute train ride from my house at the London Excel centre, had to go. Was quite a cool venue, what with the Victoria docks next door :))
  19. DTM 2006 (Since the DTM (German Touring Cars) were making a guest UK appearance 15mins drive away from my house, I thought it best to go along and see them. Drivers included Hakinen, Alesi and Frentzen.)
  20. Tiesto Brixton 2006 (Went to Brixton Academy for the launch party of Tiesto's new album. First 3 hours: awesome, afterwards: a bit weird. As for the temperature inside: woah! It was way way too hot.)
  21. Jacques Villeneuve F1 London Demo (2 days after the 2006 British F1 Grand prix up at Silverstone, BMW sponsors Intel put on a special F1 demo just in front of The Royal Albert Hall at Kensington Gardens, London. Was great fun.)
  22. F1 Testing 2006 (I often attend one or many Formula 1 test sessions at Silverstone. This was the only one at Silverstone in 2006. It was dry all day (albeit a little cold). A massive 15 drivers were there including Alonso, Fisichella, Raikonen, Montoya, Button, Barichello and Coulthard.)
  23. Ice Bar 2005 (After going to Stockholm recently and not visiting the original Ice Bar, I had to try out the newly opened London version. Needless to say it was extremely expensive for what it was, but nonetheless a great one-off experience.)
  24. Somerset House 2005 (Have been wanting to go ice skating at Somerset House for a few years. This year, a group of us from work went along and I have to say, had a brilliant time. Managed to stay on my feet all night which was a bonus ;o))
  25. Shell Mph 2005 (Went along to the Mph exhibition at Earls Court, London for the third year in a row. Got to meet both Jeremy Clarkson and Richard Hammond backstage - shame the photos didn't come out that well.)
  26. Modem Media technology team night out (Those that were there will remember, well, erm, not very much, except perhaps the unbelievably bad beer and wine. Still didn't stop me drinking nearly 3 bottles of the white wine. The headache the following day (a work day!!!) was truly awful.)
  27. Lucillas 26th birthday (Went along to the Pitcher and Piano, Liverpool Street for Lucilla's birthday drinks. Unfortunately, I had no dinner, and only turned up at the Pitcher after a good 4 pint in another pub somewhere! Needless to say, painful headache the following day.)
  28. A1 Grand Prix UK (Had to go to Brands Hatch to watch the opening round of the new motorsport series: A1. It did help that the circuit is under 20 minutes from my house too! The cars were good, shame the circuit doesn't offer much overtaking. Opinion: I'll wait for the next race.)
  29. South West Four 2005 (The popularity of South West Four as a London-based dance festival was apparent from the huge turnout to this event in 2005 (some 35,000!). Djing was good as always and included Eric Prydz, K90, John 00 Fleming, Lisa Lashes, Shapeshifters and Tall Paul.)
  30. F1 British Grand Prix 2005 (Went to the F1 British Grand Prix last weekend. Was up at Silverstone for the Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Had the most amazing grandstand seats, as well as going to the post-race concert where Jools Holland (as well as many F1 stars, past and present) appeared.)
  31. Wimbledon 2005 (I go to Wimbledon every year with 2005 being no exception. With a little queue jumping ;o) and a bit of bartering, I managed to get tickets to court 2 to see amongst others Greg Rusedski, Kim Clijsters and Mark Phillippousis.)
  32. F1 testing 2005 (Went along to the latest Formula 1 test session at Silverstone today. A collection of my photos from the day are available to view.)
  33. Masters tennis 2004 (Photos taken from The Masters 2004 tennis championship held at The Royal Albert Hall every year. Never been there before (for any event)...what a venue. Will be going back despite being charged £4 for a bottle of beer!)
  34. Shell Mph 2004 (Went along to the Mph04 exhibition at Earls Court at the weekend. No Jenson Button there this year, but was still good fun. Highlight(s) of the day...seeing the go kart that does 160mph and the caravan blowing up!)
  35. Helicopter ride over London (My dads birthday present this year was a helicopter flight over London. I managed to get a seat on the same helicopter! I recorded virtually the whole flight on my camcorder.)
  36. South West Four 2004 (Went to the South West Four dance event at Clapham Common, London yesterday. Live DJ sets were performed by Tall Paul (who I got a photo with), Sasha, Erik Morillo, K90, Rob Tissera and a few others.)
  37. F1 Ferrari driver day 2004 (My sister (Shell employee) managed to get hold of a ticket for me to go to a Shell private function involving both current Ferrari F1 drivers. It was held in the London iMax cinema at lunch time today and involved an hour long talk with the drivers. There was also a Q&A session along with loads of free Ferrari F1 goodies.)
  38. London F1 parade 2004 (This had been advertised for some time, although I think everybody (myself included) were surprised when over 500,000 people turned up to watch. Drivers that turned up included Luca Badoer, Juan Pablo Montoya, Jenson Button, David Coulthard, Cristiano Da Matta, Martin Brundle, Nigel Mansell and Zsolt Baumgartner.)
  39. Homelands 2004 (Added photos from the recent Homelands 2004 festival. There are a collection of photos that I took on the day as well as some from Judge Jules and Paul Van Dyks official sites.)
  40. Gatecrasher NEC 2003 (Went to Gatecrasher back in november of last year. Finally had the time to put the photos and videos from the night online.)
  41. Shell Mph 2003 (Went along to the Mph03 exhibition at Earls Court at the weekend. Highlight of the day was no doubt getting to meet Jenson Button, and getting a photo with the guy. Aside from that, the whole event was good fun, especially the bolero. Photos coming soon.)
  42. Godskitchen Global Gathering 2003 (Went along to Gods Kitchen Global Gathering 2003 at Long Matston Airfield, Stratford Upon Avon last weekend. The lineup was absolutely awsome including Tiesto, Tall Paul, Fergie, Armin Van Burren, Marco V, Ferry Corsten, Judge Jules and so many more. Have uploaded some photos and videos from the night.)
• My CV
  1. HTML version (the latest version of my Curriculum Vitae, in HTML format)
  2. Adobe PDF version (the latest version of my Curriculum Vitae, in Adobe PDF format)
  3. Microsoft Word version (the latest version of my Curriculum Vitae, in Microsoft Word format)
• Skiing photos
  1. Courmayeur 2010 (First skiing trip of 2010 was to Italy. The snow conditions were amazing - I've quite simply never seen so much snow in a ski resort before. Awesome conditions. Bombardinos and the "suicide run" live long in the memory from this trip!)
  2. Alpe D'huez 2009 (This was my only skiing trip of 2009 sadly. Saying that, it was a really great holiday. It dumped on the first day, and we had incredible fresh powder all week long. The conditions were some of the best I've ever skiied. There was loads to do in the evening too, rockclimbing, swimming, saunas, tennis etc. Good fun!)
  3. Mayrhofen 2008 (Decided with about 2 days notice to book a new years skiing trip. Amazingly, managed to find a great deal out in Mayrhofen in Austria. Was a bit cold, but ski conditions were great. Memory from the trip, the projectile vomiting and the mighty H-angus.)
  4. Val Thorens 2007 (What an awesome trip! Parachuted from the top of a mountain, went skudoo riding (so much fun), and the 7km taboggan ride was just insane. Add in 7 days of perfect conditions along with 2 stunning chalet girls - enough said :o))
  5. Jasna 2007 (Opted for something a little different this time, going over to Slovakia for some skiing. Well, that was the idea. Conditions were awful and the resorts are very very small. Still good fun though.)
  6. Les Arcs 2007 (Skiied in Les Arcs over new year 2006/7. The conditions were awful for the first 3 or 4 days, and then was just amazing. Skiied over to La Plaigne one day. Have to go back there next season.)
  7. Kaprun 2006 (Those that were there will only know just how much fun this trip was. What with the dressing up, the restaurant which was just so funny, BaumBar, the mass snowball fight and fun on the walky talkies trying to embarass shy retiring sorts in the Gondolas!)
  8. Tignes 2006 (Fourth skiing trip of the 2005/2006 season, and I headed back to the Tignes/Val D'Isere area again. This time (finally!!!), the weather was absolutely amazing as were the snow conditions. Such a good trip, hostel was a bit ropey, but aren't they all!)
  9. Val D'Isere 2006 (Second skiing trip in 3 weeks, and it was off to Val D'Isere this time. A resort I haven't been to before, and I was pleasantly surprised. Very touristy, but a vast area covered by the ski-pass which was good.)
  10. Schladming 2005 (Mid december is the earliest into the ski season I have ever skiied, and the conditions were very patchy. When it snowed, wow did it snow. Skiing on that much fresh powder with blades, as I discovered, isn't the easiest thing in the world to do.)
  11. Chamonix 2005 (Having loved it so much when I went 2 years ago, I returned to Chamonix again for my skiing trip this year. Check out the photos from the trip.)
  12. Zillertal 2004 (This was the first year when I felt confident enough to ski down a red run with a video camera strapped to my hand! Hmm, that was a mistake as anyone who was with me will confirm. Despite that, I managed to survive (as well as the camera). Photos only available.)
  13. Chamonix 2003 (After going to Switzerland for 2 years in a row, I was determined not to go there again. Instead, I headed to Mont Blanc in France to the resort of Chamonix. The resorts here were amazing, especially Grand Montets.)
  14. Lauterbrunnen 2002 (This was my second skiing trip, returning to the same resort I went to the previous year. Lauterbrunnen is located at the foot of Mount Eiger in Switzerland, and is an incredibly picturesque resort. The altitude of Kleine Schiedegg did affect me at times though.)
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