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

Hello there!

I am a retired Systems Engineer.

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

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

My main interests:-

  * Archery (mostly the English longbow these days)
  * Backgammon
  * Cosmology (Astrophysics, maths, physics)
  * Flying (particularly aerobatics - I am a fully qualified pilot (PPL))
  * IT (still like to "keep my hand in")
  * Slide rules (I use one almost daily - its on my watch!)
  * Watercolour painting

I am currently into algorithmic trading.

I use the following systems:-

  * Laptop - [[https://www.freebsd.org/|FreeBSD]] + [[https://i3wm.org/|i3]]
  * 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**!