About Me
First and foremost, I’m a dad and husband - my son Daniel was born in 1998, my daughter Laura in 2000, and Deb and I were married on January 19th, 1991.
I’m a Jesus freak. I don’t hold much truck with the goings-on of most organised religion, but JC is my example for how to live.
I was a downshifter. Work to live, don’t live to work. In 2006-2007, I became tired of being an employee and wanted to move into a new phase - being a business owner. I realised that downshifting and running your own business are about the same thing - being in control of your life. My family is still my top priority.
I’m a keen cyclist, riding a modified Giant Iguana for my 22km round-trip commute. Modified in the sense that I’ve replaced the drive train with one more geared to road riding - top gear starts to spin out at 40km/h rather than 25km/h. Other commuting-centric mods include a pannier rack and an air horn. Just to let inattentive motorists know I’m there. It helps if you want to stay in one piece.
I’m an avid runner, 7km before 7am, 5 days a week, a long run on Sunday, and the occasional bonus lunchtime run. I ran my first Marathon in October 2006 in 5hr 10min. I will totally improve on this time in the coming years. I ran a half-marathon in October 2005 in 1hr 59min.
I’m a vegetarian.
I’m the Managing Director of Autosystems. We make business systems for automotive dealerships and provide total IT solutions and support for our customers.
My friend Nick and I run serversaurus, providers of website hosting at prehistoric prices.
Back in the internet dark ages, I wrote some open-source software. See my software page for details.