About
I’ve promised myself a place to keep all those little code tid-bits, bits of news that interest me, bits of news that might interest others, and general Online Stuff for quite a while now. So here it is.
A few months ago, I switched all of my online client development to Ruby, mainly because it’s a damn cool language. Why, then, a WordPress blog? Mainly because the server load is much, much lower than with a Rails blog (and I don’t know of any sufficiently mature alternatives), and setup is drop-dead simple. Which I like. I can live with PHP running things in the background, as long as I don’t actually have to touch the godforsaken language myself.
I am a coder of sorts, trained as an engineer, who loves getting into the technical bowels of a problem. I am a compulsive magpie in certain areas – image processing, natural language processing, 3D graphics, microcontrollers and BEAM robotics to name but a few. I rarely have enough time to pursue any of these to any sort of depth other than to keep abreast of what’s going on in the field.
I also don’t have enough time for gaming in any meaningful sense, which is a shame.
I live in London, and love it here.