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 ====== Chris Medlock (chrism) - Public Page ======
-This public page ''//user:chrism.txt//'', as stated by it's name,  **can be read by anyone but only you can edit it** (or a superuser)...
-  * You can introduce yourself, add links to your contributions in this wiki, tell a story or present your other works
-  * Think about [[wp>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Etiquette_in_technology|netiquette]] ;-)
-Limitations:
-  * You shouldn't create any other page in that namespace ''//user:chrism//''
-  * Only a superuser can add a picture
-Feel free to remove this paragraph (beside the title)...\\
+Hello there!
-Now, write something! :-D
+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 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 - I am a fully qualified pilot (PPL))
+  * IT (still like to "keep my hand in")
+  * Slide rules (I use one almost daily)
+  * 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**!