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| A rather elongated picture of me which incidentally is probably to scale. |
About me:
Hi, my name is Graham. I am a High School English teacher in England and an accomplished geek (also in England). Whilst growing up my primary/elementary school teachers mused that I would either be a mad scientist or inventor of some sort when I grew up...I haven't grown up yet and even if I had, I don't think I would have the IQ required to be a mad scientist. That said, I do make things and like most men I have a number of projects on-going [read unfinished] at any one time. However, in the non-physical world my rate of completion is much higher. Hence this blog will, I hope, be an on-going and enjoyable experience both for me writing it and those that read it/contribute in the comments section. Like me this blog is a bit eclectic and sporadic, as outlined below.
About the blog:
You have stumbled upon the home of It was acceptable in the '80s (and '90s also), a blog which (at the time of writing) contains my musings on computing and technical related issues from my youth (and most likely current/future developments also). The reason for publishing this blog is two-fold: Firstly, I enjoy writing: I teach kids how to write during the day, but having never been published myself I thought it was time to rectify that. I have always found the concept of writing a book appealing but my one stumbling block has always been that I never have enough material on any particular subject. This is also why I am a late adopter of blogging...I liked the idea but didn't have anything to write about that I thought would be particularly interesting for the general public to read. This mirrors my embracing or disengagement from particular aspects of Web 2.0 - yes I use Facebook as I have a use for it. However, I don't use Twitter because I don't think the world needs to be subjected to my stream of consciousness [if only others would exercise the same levels of restraint]. I thought about establishing a Youtube channel. However, I don't think I would be as articulate or succinct in-front of a camera as I am when writing.
The second reason for posting here in a way negates the first, I like technology; retrogaming; computing and general hobbyist electronics. I am a subscriber to many Youtube channels that deal with these topics in one way or another. Therefore, the output of these channels in many ways stimulates or catalyses my output here. If a topic is trending on Youtube or in specialist forums and there is a gap in knowledge or scope for expanding upon what has already been said, I hope to do so with this blog.
