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| User: | alex_holden (7976652) 
My Motley Meanderings
I Hit Turbo but Nothing Happened
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| Name: | Alex Holden |
| Website: | http://www.alexholden.net/ |
| Location: | Burnley, Lancashire, United Kingdom |
| Bio: | In my dayjob I mainly do sysadmin type stuff on Linux servers, building and maintaining business Internet gateways that do stuff like scanning email for viruses and spam, linking networks together via the magic of VPNs, automatically backing data up off-site, and stopping employees browsing for pr0n. It's pretty boring really. I used to use Linux on the desktop too, but a couple of years ago I got an iBook and moved over to Mac OS X, and I haven't looked back.
In my spare time I like to make things - I have a pretty decent workshop with lathes, a milling machine, and lots of electronic test equipment; I'm involved with UK SF fandom including Beyond Cyberdrome, Orbital 2008, and the Conbledegook File; I read lots of SF and have dabbled a bit at writing it too - I've had one flash fiction published so far; and I drive a 1963 Morris Minor Traveller called Fenchurch and a 1969 Morris Minor two-door saloon called Lintilla.
I have a bachelor's degree in Robotic and Electronic Engineering from the University of Salford, which isn't nearly as exciting as it sounds. It was primarily an electronics course with a bit of theoretical robotics bolted on the side, and I seemed to spend more time doing maths than anything else.
I'm an atheist, a sceptic, and politically liberal.
I'm currently single.
If you're on my friends' list, here is my contact details post. Otherwise, you can find my email address on my website. |
| Interests: | 16: beards, beyond cyberdrome, caving, classic cars, conventions, eastercon, electronics, engineering, jonathan coulton, morris minors, osx, programming, robotics, sf, sf cons, writing |
| Schools: | Habergham High School - Burnley, England - Lancashire, United Kingdom (1991 - 1996)
Accrington and Rossendale College - Accrington, England - Lancashire, United Kingdom (1996 - 1998)
University of Salford - Salford, England - Greater Manchester, United Kingdom (1998 - 2001)
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| Friends: |  | 76: | aardvark179, adelheid, alex_holden, alexmc, alicamel, ang_grrr, asphodeline, auntiealice, autopope, battythebat, beermat, blindpew_faldo, blufive, bugshaw, ceb, cobrabay, cu_sith, cuddles_batcave, darth_tigger, derooftrouser, despotliz, dougs, dyllanne, emmzzi, feorag, fifitrix, fjm, flickgc, flyingsauce, frandowdsofa, gaspodex, gaspodia, guff_grrrl, helenex, hermi_nomi, i_ate_my_crusts, ianmcdonald, jamesb, johannes_d, johncoxon, johnrw, julesjones, julia_winolj, lerida, lucas_t_bear, major_clanger, morris1000, ms_cataclysm, munchkinstein, muuranker, nmg, pingopark, poisonduk, pyoor_excuse, quasi_hayley, rhionnach, sbisson, sharikkamur, sigisgrim, stevegreen, steverogerson, sugoll, surliminal, tanngrisnir, techiebabe, the_flea_king, the_magician, tictactoepony, tlanti, tracey_jane, tregenza, twinfair, vindolandia, watervole, waveney, wildfyre |  | 22: | albacon, anonymousclaire, concussion_chat, conrunner, conrunners, cyberdrome, discworld_2008, eastercon, eastercon2007, inter_action, jets2007, lx2009, news, novacon_37, odyssey_2010, orbital_2008, redemption_con, satellite_1, satellite_2, teledeux, uk_sf_events, yearoftheteledu |
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| Mutual Friends: | 71: aardvark179, adelheid, alex_holden, alexmc, alicamel, ang_grrr, asphodeline, auntiealice, autopope, battythebat, beermat, blindpew_faldo, blufive, bugshaw, ceb, cobrabay, cu_sith, cuddles_batcave, darth_tigger, despotliz, dougs, dyllanne, emmzzi, feorag, fjm, flickgc, flyingsauce, frandowdsofa, gaspodex, gaspodia, guff_grrrl, helenex, hermi_nomi, i_ate_my_crusts, ianmcdonald, johannes_d, johncoxon, johnrw, julesjones, julia_winolj, lerida, lucas_t_bear, major_clanger, morris1000, ms_cataclysm, munchkinstein, muuranker, nmg, pingopark, poisonduk, pyoor_excuse, quasi_hayley, rhionnach, sbisson, sharikkamur, sigisgrim, stevegreen, steverogerson, sugoll, surliminal, tanngrisnir, the_flea_king, the_magician, tictactoepony, tlanti, tracey_jane, twinfair, vindolandia, watervole, waveney, wildfyre |
| Also Friend of: | 4: daveon, ewtikins, grumpoldusenaut, taffbug |
| Member of: | 22: albacon, anonymousclaire, concussion_chat, conrunner, conrunners, cyberdrome, discworld_2008, eastercon, eastercon2007, inter_action, jets2007, lx2009, novacon_37, odyssey_2010, orbital_2008, paidmembers, redemption_con, satellite_1, satellite_2, teledeux, uk_sf_events, yearoftheteledu |
| Account type: | Permanent Account |
