====== Chris Medlock (chrism) - Public Page ======

Hello there!

I am a retired Systems Engineer.

Graduated with an honours degree (BSc) in [[https://www.theorsociety.com/about-or/|Operational Research]] & Computing, I spent most of my working life in IT (financial sector and later with an ISP).

Currently live in Bangkok with my lovely wife, a 5 year-old nephew, and an adopted black Soi cat.

My interests:-

  * Archery (mostly the English longbow these days)
  * Backgammon / [[https://royalur.net/rules|The Royal Game of Ur]]
  * Cosmology (Astrophysics, maths, physics)
  * Flying (particularly aerobatics)
  * Slide rules (I use one almost daily)
  * Watercolour painting

I am currently working on algorithmic trading systems using python and machine learning.

I use the following systems:-

  * Laptop - [[https://www.freebsd.org/|FreeBSD]] + [[https://fastestcode.org/emwm.html|EMWM]] (Enhanced Motif Windows Manager) - main **workhorse**, and trusty machine!{{https://wiki.bsd.cafe/lib/plugins/ckgedit/ckeditor/plugins/smiley/images/heart.png?nolink&22x22|heart}}=)
  * Desktops - [[https://www.freebsd.org/|FreeBSD]] + [[https://i3wm.org/|i3]]
  * Home server - [[https://www.freebsd.org/|FreeBSD]] + [[https://wiki.freebsd.org/bhyve|Bhyve]] for VMs
  * Playground/lab - [[https://www.arduino.cc/|Arduino]], [[https://www.raspberrypi.org/|Raspberry Pi]]

Yes, I like FreeBSD! =)

**Special thanks**  to the [[https://wiki.bsd.cafe|bsd.cafe]] team in allowing me here.

**Finally**, I would like to close by **thanking my lovely wife**. Who, despite the years, still "puts-up" with me, and, without whom, I would be **totally lost**!