- Have a keen interest in computers and computing: providing 'technical support' for both software/hardware to friends and colleagues.
Have practical knowledge of the internal components of personal computers, and have fitted disk drives, processors, memory, add-in cards, etc.
Prepare desktop published posters, camera-ready technical papers for publication, etc. for friends and colleagues.
Won £300 worth of software for programming a 'WordPerfect
for Windows' macro.
- Author of the Polymer Latex Film web site, based on research performed for my PhD.
- Enjoy reading and photography, and also entering competitions.
- Have a passive interest in most sports, and play 'pitch and
putt' golf whenever possible.
- Played the cornet for over sixteen years with various school,
college and polytechnic brass bands and wind orchestras, and also
with bands external to the education system.
Represented the Borough of Sandwell - playing solo cornet - with the Sandwell Schools'
Youth Brass Band, with whom I toured Germany and played at the
Schools' Promenade Concerts at the Royal Albert Hall.
In the same period, also played with the local junior band (Langley Junior),
and won medals and trophies both for solo playing and with the
band as a whole.
Was the youngest member of Langley Prize Band,
a Championship Section contest band, whilst still at school.
Have performed on a number of LP records and cassette tapes, and have
appeared on television and performed on the radio several times.
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