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 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.
+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).
-I live in Bangkok with my lovely wife, a 5 year-old nephew, and an adopted black Soi cat.
+Currently live in Bangkok with my lovely wife, a 5 year-old nephew, and an adopted black Soi cat.
 My interests:-
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   * Backgammon / [[https://royalur.net/rules|The Royal Game of Ur]]
   * Cosmology (Astrophysics, maths, physics)
-  * Flying (particularly aerobatics - I am a fully qualified pilot (PPL))
+  * Flying (particularly aerobatics)
-  * IT (still like to "keep my hand in")
   * Slide rules (I use one almost daily)
   * Watercolour painting
-I am currently into algorithmic trading.
+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://i3wm.org/|i3]]
+  * 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