About
I am currently an undergraduate student, pursuing a degree in Physics. I am based in London, England, where I have lived for the majority of my life.
Apart from my main blogging focuses of programming, technology, and the physical sciences, I have active interests in a host of other areas. These include reading (mostly science fiction, fantasy, and a bit of random non-fiction), music (of a variety of sorts, though primarily classical), ancient through to modern history, and a somewhat dilettantish curiosity in philosophy – all about which I may blog on occasion. I do however ordinarily keep to the subjects of my projects and discoveries within the world of software and code.
Within the realms of programming and open source software, I primarily concern myself with the .NET Framework, C#, F#, ASP.NET, Silverlight, Windows development, and the Mono project, though this is by no means a complete or static list.
Please see my Jobs page regarding the career opportunities I am currently seeking, which also links to an up-to-date version of my CV.
Contact Information
The best way to contact me is usually through my blog. (Comments are welcome on all posts and pages, unless explicitly stated.)
If the question relates to a specific project, it may be more convenient to message me via the appropriate website (for example, Launchpad).
Open Source Software
The following are my profile pages on various websites relating to open-source software.
Please see my Projects page for actual descriptions and the statuses of the open-source projects on which I have previously and am presently working.
Communities
Above all, I am an avid user of StackOverflow, as well as occasional user of the other “Trilogy” sites. This is, of course, almost needless to say, given the presence of a certain “badge” on the side-bar of this blog. In addition, I do participate from time to time in discussion over at the GameDev.net community forums under the name Fingon.
You may also generally find me on some programming and software-related websites and forums under the username Noldorin or Gil-Galad.
Finally, you can usually catch me idling on IRC, in particular the following channels:
- ##csharp, #csharp-alt, #fsharp, #wpf, #math, ##physics, #bzr on Freenode
- #mono, #monodev on Gnome IRC
Past & Current Competitions
- Microsoft Imagine Cup 2008. See Herbert.NET project on Projects page.
- Microsoft RoboChamps 2008. Reached World Finals in Barcelona and placed 3rd.
- 2009 Computer World Stratego Championships. In the (slow) process of creating an entry.
