Welcome!
I used to work as an editor and writer on UK computer magazines, latterly PC Plus. My main areas of interest were, and still are, programming and technical.
This site largely contains a selection of software and articles written during my PC Plus years, along with a few other things I have done since:
See the list of (mostly) free software
See the article index
Much is still relevant, some rather dated.
The site is due a complete overhaul to remove dead wood, represent my current interests and update the visual design.
These days, I engage in a portfolio of activities. Even when they seem to have little to do with computing, behind the scenes it features prominently. For example, I have developed PHP/MySQL e-commerce applications for mail order businesses belonging to my wife any myself. Web server programming is one area of current expertise seriously under-represented here.
Alongside these, I am the production programmer at a digital printing company. It's like being a short-order chef – fast turn-round times, often a few days or even hours, and all the unpredictability and pressures of a hectic production environment. Mad but fun. So I'm pretty well occupied and not currently available for freelance projects.
