Hi,
I'm Shawty and I'm an.... OH OOP's sorry wrong forum... (Cough) :-)
Now where was I, oh yes....
Hi All, new forum user here.
I'M "Peter 'Shawty' Shaw" (I more often use my Nick than my real name...) I'm a proud card carrying original 1980's UK Back Bedroom developer/Hacker type, and started with computers at around the age of 7 back in the Late 1970's
so yes I'm a bit of a Old B*****d now, not super old, but definitely heading in that general direction :-)
I'm mostly a Software Developer by Trade, but I like to think of my self as an all round Technologist, Iv'e forgotten more over the years than Iv'e learned, and among the things I know and do, I'm a fully experienced and Trained GSM Mobile communications engineer and ex UK Military radio tech.
These days, I own Digital Solutions Computer Software UK, not a huge company by any stretch of the imagination, but it keeps me out of mischeaf.
I'm a brit, yup that's obvious, but I'm one of those Nutty breeds of Brit known as a Geordie , well Geordie'ish, North Durham (I think the term is Pitmatic) to be precise, but unless your a fellow Brit and understand the Nuances of this wonderful land, Geordie usually suffices :-)
I have no problems with tearing stuff apart (First thing I ever took apart was my Grandads brand new TV set when I was just 3 yr old!), and I frequently believe in recycling used electronics for parts, rather than sending them to landfill.
And that's pretty much it for a forum intro, but there is more.... and if you want to know, then a quick google for "shawtyds", should find my blog at a minimum and a load of other stuff :-)
Shawty
PS: Yes, I am this nuts in real life. If any of you have ever been on the official Raspberry PI forum, you've likely come across me on there too.