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My name is Sam, I'm [[British]], and was born in [[Stafford]] on June 8, 1985. |
My name is Sam, I'm [[British]], and was born in [[Stafford]] on June 8, 1985. |
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After completing a [[BEng|Bachelor of Engineering]] in [[ |
After completing a [[BEng|Bachelor of Engineering]] in [[Cmputer Science]] and [[Software Engineering]] (First Class, Hons.) at the [[University of Birmingham]] I am now employed in Information Technology for [[Tesco|Tesco Stores Ltd]]. My base of work i their head ofice in [[Welwyn Garden City]], [[Hertfordshire]]. I currently reside in [[Luton]], [[Bedfordshire]]. |
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==What I do== |
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During my spare time I enjoy motorbiking, computer gaming, programming ([[Java ( |
During my spare time I enjoy motorbiking, computer gaming, programming ([[Java (prgramming language)|Java]], [[C Sharp|C#]]), maintaining my personal website (which I have written in [[PHP]]) and, of couse, editing Wikipedia. |
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The motorbike I currently own is a 2003 [[Yamaha YZF-R6]] having previously owned a 2002 [[NSR125|Honda NSR 125]]. I mainly enjoy track-based riding, but that doesn't mean that I don't enjoy riding on regular roads too! Unfortunately after taking full time employment I have far less time to spend riding my motorcycle, much to my dismay. |
The motorbike I currently own is a 2003 [[Yamaha YZF-R6]] having previously owned a 2002 [[NSR125|Honda NSR 125]]. I mainly enjoy track-based riding, but that doesn't mean that I don't enjoy riding on regular roads too! Unfortunately after taking full time employment I have far less time to spend riding my motorcycle, much to my dismay. |
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Who I am
My name is Sam, I'm British, and was born in Stafford on June 8, 1985.
After completing a Bachelor of Engineering in Cmputer Science and Software Engineering (First Class, Hons.) at the University of Birmingham I am now employed in Information Technology for Tesco Stores Ltd. My base of work i their head ofice in Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire. I currently reside in Luton, Bedfordshire.
What I do
During my spare time I enjoy motorbiking, computer gaming, programming (Java, C#), maintaining my personal website (which I have written in PHP) and, of couse, editing Wikipedia.
The motorbike I currently own is a 2003 Yamaha YZF-R6 having previously owned a 2002 Honda NSR 125. I mainly enjoy track-based riding, but that doesn't mean that I don't enjoy riding on regular roads too! Unfortunately after taking full time employment I have far less time to spend riding my motorcycle, much to my dismay.
As regards computer gaming, I enjoy playing MoH:AA, UT2004 and UT3, as well as a few other games I play less regularly. Recently I've been spending quite a lot of time with the Crysis series (including the editor, which is a lot of fun), having recently completed Race Driver Grid which I highly recommend. I'm also looking forward to getting to grips with Far Cry 2 and Dead Space, although the 3rd person perspective in the latter may take some getting used to!
I briefly touched on my education in the previous section, having graduated in July 2008. My degree covered various aspects of Computer Science, including networking, operating systems, distributed systems and databases, to name a few topics. The entire experience was very enjoyable and I felt very much at home with the material and methods covered. My final year project consisted of a Client-Server system interacting with a PostgreSQL database for managing a motorcycle racing team over a custom-built secure connection. For this I received a first class mark, which greatly contributed towards my overall degree result! At the time of writing, a copy of my project report is available for reference in the Computer Science reference library at the Univeristy of Birmingham.
On Wikipedia
My Wikipedia time is spent removing vandalism, which I am able to do thanks to the help of several users. I initially thought it would be a reward-less task, but several members of Wikipedia have already thanked me for helping out. It is enough for me, though, to know that the articles I edit will be vandalism-free for the next user. The constant input of other users helps me become more effective at this each day.
I personally have found it quite frustrating to find an article has been altered when I am researching a topic, and if I save one person that same frustration then I will be more than content.
Notices
Main interests of late are AV (as always) and Featured Picture nominations over on Wiki Commons, mainly due to my love of photography!
See my edit statistics for information on what I've been up to.
Feel free to leave comments and questions on my talk page.
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