| Name |
Mark G Smith (G standing for 'Greaves'
an old family name dating back a number of generations) |
| Age |
43 Earth years - (ie; getting on a bit). |
| Place of residence |
Cleobury Mortimer, Shropshire, UK |
| Current means of transport |
Ford Focus
ST2 (and Mazda 5 Furio). The VW Passat
TDi now ditched as it kept going wrong!. |
| Occupation |
Process Engineer and part-time person
who fixes other peoples PCs. |
| Interests |
Driving/Cars (obviously), Cycling, Computing
(PC), Scuba diving (well, I used to go), home DIY, Photography + video,
Communication technology, Travel, Geography and..... buying magazines. |
| Computers |
Q6600 and a load of others I frankly can't be bothered to
detail, most of which are gradually handed down the family. Palm TX is very handy. No CRT screens allowed!
|
| Marital status/family |
Married to Claire. Daughters Laura and
Amy. Son Daniel. |
| Weak points |
Cooking, gardening, ironing, mowing the
lawns, remaining calm when installing new hardware/software that doesn't
work first time, bathing the kids, and washing Claires car. |
| Favourite gadgets |
G-tech pro accelerometer, Ixus 60 camera
with 'hacked' software, Garmin Extrex Vista C, Sky HD (although it's far
too expensive for what it is so will probably be ditched soon when I can
get a decent FreeSat PVR - Humax perhaps?) |
| Things I hate |
rice pudding, gin, small dogs, boats, speed
bumps, analogue cordless telephones, Monday morning, any so-called 'computer
helpline', rich socialists, buses, junk email, fish (to eat, I don't mind
them swimming around in a lake somewhere), re-booting, pot holed roads (although
you tend to get used to them living in England), windy and rainy days |
| Stuff I will have one day (with status
report) |
a double garage
(succeeded on that one), kit car made by me (er, still a way off), massive
flat-screen TV (well, it's quite big), a bald head (wearing a hard hat all
day at work is definitely helping this become a reality) |
