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 Name |
Paul Alan Freshney :) |
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| Age |
33 |
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| Location |
I live in Newark, England, with Julie and Orion! |
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| Occupation |
Analyst / Developer for a legal publishing company |
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| History |
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| I started programming (in BASIC) when I was about 8, on a Commodore 16! I had a Commodore 64 soon after that, and an Amiga 500 at the end of the 80s. My last computer before I went PC was an Amiga 1200 in the early 90s.My first PC (about 1995) was second hand and cost £500, it was a 486 DX2 66 with 8MB of RAM and a 1.2GB hard disk. Up until 2002 (when I bought my Dell 590) I always used to build my own PCs, but I don't have the time or inclination to do that anymore. |
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| For a full list of my current PC setup see the link to the left. |
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| Coding |
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| I have programmed for many systems, Commodore 16, Commodore 64, Amiga 500/1200 / BBC Micro / Gameboy and of course PC (DOS and Windows). |
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| On a day-to-day basis I use Borland Delphi 7, C#, ASP.NET and XML with XSLT. The software on this site has been developed with Delphi (Win32 and .NET), C#, C++ and Assembler.I have a several new applications that I will be putting on the site in the next few months. |
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| Why do I give away software? |
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| Why not! I really enjoy writing software, and the most important thing for me is that people use the stuff that I spend (a lot of) time writing. I'd rather give it all away for free and have everyone use it than make a bit of money and only a few people get to use it. |
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| It's also an effective way of showcasing my talents. :) |
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| Hobbies |
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| A lot of my spare time is now being taken up by my Open University studies, a degree in Physical Sciences. I'm also learning to play the guitar (again), I have an Ibanez SAS36FM that I intend to play as often as I can... |
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I have interests in Astronomy, History and all things Science. I am a hard core skeptic (I have been one forever). I have recently started collecting fossils, and hope to go out prospecting for them soon. I've rediscovered my love of 68000 assembler by making some Amiga intros (I now have an Amiga A1200 with hard drive, hurray!). |
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Music Interests |
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| When I'm coding I always have some music playing. I would like to mention the following musicians for making my coding sessions more enjoyable: |
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| ac/dc | alanis morrisette | mike oldfield | pink floyd | dido | bjorne lynne | queen | wheatus | electric 6 | dire straits | tenacious d | rage against the machine | enya | men at work | vangelis | elo | steve vai | joe satriani | santana | chris rea | kate bush | lene marlin | natalie imbruglia | |
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| Because I'm an ex-Amiga and Commodore 64 owner I also have a huge library of Amiga and C64 tunes that get played a lot (although Julie hates them!). |
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| C64 tunes: High Voltage SID Collection / Def Guide to C64 Remixes |
| Stone Oakvalley's Authentic SID Collection (SOASC=) (MP3s) |
| Amiga: The MOD archive |
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| Currently Reading |
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| I don't really enjoy fiction, but I've read the Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy Trilogy and the Lord of the Rings Trilogy and that's about it! Most of my time is spent reading manuals, reference and text books. |
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| Teach your self calculus, Modern Astrophysics and Mathematical Techniques. |
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| Currently Playing |
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| Call of Duty 4 and Quake Wars: Enemy Territory on the PC |
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| Metal Slug anthology and Lumines II on the PSP. |
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