Writing... well, in my free time I vainly try to write poetry. Harrass my ex to give constuctive comments - well, she did take a first at oxford in english...About anything except work - found writing technical stuff too stressful and blew up under an approaching deadline to my editors disgust... There's something sensous about having a pen in hand that beats being at a trypewriter. And yes, I set type for The Manchester Guardian in an earlier career - so excuse the spelling...

Try to avoid documentation, but I'm very liberal with my in line code comments. When I'm gone, I'd like to think that whoever supports my code has a flying start.

Suppose I could (and should) make a contribution to this very valuable site. But I'm a bit scared, and lack confidence...