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| bio | website | morestuffabout.net |
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| location | Stroud, United Kingdom | |
| age | 48 | |
| visits | member for | 2 years, 10 months |
| seen | Apr 2 at 10:12 | |
| stats | profile views | 54 |
I'm a technologist available for hire in the West of England.
I've done a few different things over the last few years: currently I'm at Global Radio in Reading, having fun with AWS and some frankly strange quadratic equations. Previously I was with Nokia Entertainment in Bristol, optimising how music files are ingested and transcoded.
It's not all music: before that I worked with www.doccom.me, helping doctors communicate with each other, creating a mobile version of their site and adding an OData API.
And before that, amongst other things, I was the Product Marketing Manager in Europe for Borland Delphi.
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What are the building regulations in the UK for fitting a light in a bathroom? added 168 characters in body |
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What technique should I use to remove rubble from earth, using a small excavator? I'm not bothered too much about the clay, as I've found that mixing this over with some of the (sandy) loam tends to sort it out. I don't want to go so deep that I get to the proper subsoil, anyway. |
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Jul 27 |
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What technique should I use to remove rubble from earth, using a small excavator? Yay! I wish that we had similar bits of gear easily rentable here in the UK... |
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Jul 27 |
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What technique should I use to remove rubble from earth, using a small excavator? Heh! Not sure what the neighbours would think: one side is the vicar of the parish, the other is a gentleman farmer who likes a spot of shooting at the weekend. (This is truly England.) -- Great tip on the spiral pattern, though. |
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asked | What technique should I use to remove rubble from earth, using a small excavator? |
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Jul 25 |
answered | What are the building regulations in the UK for fitting a light in a bathroom? |
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Jul 25 |
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Where should I start tiling my bathroom wall? If the line is straight and level, I'd take a full tile. It probably depends on what that does at the bottom of the wall - if it means you need a tiny sliver of tile at the bottom then I'd go for a half-tile. |
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Jul 24 |
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What are the differences in the wiring standards between the USA and the UK? Thanks Joe - I've updated my answer. |
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Jul 24 |
answered | What are the advantages and disadvantage of using “pushfit” pipe fittings? |
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Jul 24 |
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What is the best way to remove popcorn from the ceiling? Totally agree. Getting rid of popcorn / (Artex, UK) is one of those jobs that you /can/ do yourself but it's so much easier to get a tradesman in to skim. And skimming ceilings looks easy, but isn't. |
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Jul 24 |
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What are framing dimensions like in the metric world? The dimensions stay the same so you can do work on old houses. I just extended an 80 year old drywall (plasterboard) wall, the studs needed to be the same dimension as what was there before - no problem. |
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Jul 24 |
answered | What is the easiest method to fish cable through the ceiling? |
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Jul 24 |
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What are the differences in the wiring standards between the USA and the UK? added 346 characters in body |
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Jul 24 |
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What are the differences in the wiring standards between the USA and the UK? Included more detail |
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Jul 23 |
answered | What are the differences in the wiring standards between the USA and the UK? |
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Jul 22 |
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What are the pros and cons of LED lighting for home use? +1 for suggested types. My concern over LEDs (at least those readily available in the UK) is that give a light just like a Bulgarian chip-shop. Anyone got any UK sources for GU10 LED bulbs with a decent colour temperature? |
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Jul 22 |
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How can I add/alter wiring inside single-brick walls? (I think most of us here at the moment do have an IT angle, I bet the standard of language goes down when that changes!) And yes, I'm familiar with the way that rebar seems to be a perfect Faraday shield for WiFi signals. |
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Jul 22 |
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What's a good way to anchor the central bolts of a pair of gates? A jolly sound idea, I'll try that. |
