Have been in the UK IT industry since the early 1990's.  Have programmed in VB (briefly -  v3!), Delphi (including open source groups), C & C++ (professionally under Linux programming VoIP applications).  Have been employed in support capacities in various places during this time and have set up an ISP using clustered Linux boxes with complete redundancy.  Am currently employed in my most diverse of jobs: everything from laying cables, setting up machines (servers, workstations, PDAs, etc) to breaking down machines, user support, hardware support, diagnostic & replacements.  Mainly MS-based products ATM but basically the full cycle.

Joined EE November 2004 'cause a colleague was harping on about it... didn't see the point expecting to get yet another pile of spam from another useless web site, but thought I'd indulge him.  Only started to use the site in January 2005 - turns out I was completely wrong about EE! :)

Avid gamer, especially the older stuff.
- Twin Galaxies Referee for Sinclair ZX Spectrum, Amstrad CPC and Commodore Amiga.
- (Inactive) System Leader at HARP for Sega Genesis/Megadrive & Bally Astrocade.
- (Inactive) Confirmer at MARP (not that this is a big achievement!)
- Accessible gaming achievements:
Twin Galaxies: http://www.twingalaxies.com/index.aspx?c=22&p=32176
MAME Action Replay Page (MARP): http://marp.retrogames.com/index.cgi?mode=search&player=%5eBarthax$
Home Action Replay Page (HARP): http://www.homeactionreplay.org/search.php?player=Barthax
CyberScore: http://www.cyberscore.net/records-224.php
CivFanatics: http://hof.civfanatics.net/civ3/stats.php?show=players&userid=127&go=Go
TrackMania Nations Exchange (TMX): http://nations.tm-exchange.com/main.aspx?action=usershow&id=10816#auto
YouTube: http://uk.youtube.com/profile?user=BarthaxDravtore