matgb | Look ma, a bio entry...

Look, I put in a bio. And I put in a lot of interests. Then I got confused. BTW,

blacktone? You can't spell 'Ministry'.

I was born in Paignton 30 years ago. I now work in Paignton. Between then, I've travelled, lived all over the place, ran a shop, got a degree, slept with a few women, met some people, and played a few games.

People tend to give me credit for work they did, which is weird. I go to Italy, get met at the airport, driven to the hotel my friends there had booked for me, have a great weekend, and they thank me for coming. Barry, Rox and Mike set up a clubnight and save a society, I'm the Honorary President. Go figure. I guess I must be good at 'leadership' and 'teambuilding'. As long as the team can handle being insulted constantly because I'm bored.

I like real music, played by real musicians, preferably with talent. I'm not a genre purist, I like good stuff if it's good, and dislike crap stuff even if the lead singer is a gorgeous goth girl. I've been known to get out of bed in the afternoon on my day off, but that's unusual.

If I'm supposed to be meeting you somewhere, ring me in advance to make sure I'm on my way, I'll probably forget, be late, or otherwise be annoying.

I'm good at 'verbal reasoning'. I mean, really good. Analysis is my thing. Shame I can barely change lightbulbs, the oil in my car, etc. If it's anything remotely practical, don't ask me.

Oh yeah, I love the net, but can't see the point in spending money on stuff. This is typed on an AMD Athlon 650. Yes, that's right, not even 1Gb of processing speed. 64Mb RAM. Dial up internet connection. It's all I need.

Please stop telling me to get broadband, I live in a crappy flat and plan to move soon. Broadband contracts are for a year minimum, and, well, you read the specs of my PC, right?

I browse using Mozilla. I get annoyed with people who whinge about pop-ups, get infected with viruses and send large filesize emails. I'm not a fan of corporate culture, but find a lot of activists on 'the left' to be woefully misinformed or misguidedly confident. Lots of things to complain against, no long term solution.

I'd rather fix the world the long way.

Oh yeah, I work in an office in an underpaid job that causes me much stress 3 months a year and much time off the rest. My boss is both great and awful, I wish we could work together without shouting, but it seems we can't.

That's me. Arrogant bastard aren't I?