About

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Me

Hello! My name’s Phil. I’m a 22 23 year old IT Professional working at DisplayLink in Cambridge, England.

I’ve been using PCs since I was 8. You know you’re geeky when you’re my age and you’ve used DOS 6.22 and Window 3.11!

More recently, I’ve taken an interest in Networking and Linux; completing the Cisco CCNA Network Academy Programme, undertaking Cisco’s Fundamentals of Wireless LANs, and studying towards the CompTIA Linux+ Certification.

Other areas of interest are VoIP, Wireless (WiFi, WiMax) and the benefits of Virtualisation; particularly the power savings and the resulting cost benefits. I’m also a bit “green” and quite into Environmental issues.

Getting in touch

This site

This site is an attempt to rebalance the universe. After years of milking the internet for IT knowledge, I thought it was about time I gave something back to the community!

I mainly use this blog to jot down anything I come across in my work/play that I think may be useful to other people. If any of it helps you out, feel free to comment or drop me an email. I love hearing from other people!

Life

You’ll be amazed to know that I have a life outside of IT ;) In my spare time I enjoy digital photography, friends, films, comedy, music, Nintendo Wii and even a dash of TV viewing. Shows of note include Heroes, Lost, Prison Break, Peep Show, The IT Crowd and That Mitchell And Webb Look. I also spend a fair bit of time in Londonand Portsmouth, hanging out with Jade.

Work

I spend my working hours at DisplayLink in Cambridge, working as a Systems Administrator / IT Engineer (I hate trying to summarise a job into a single title). Out of hours I do a little bit of IT consulting, so feel free to contact me if you need any advice.

Still curious?

If you’d like to know more about me, you can find bits of my life dotted around the web:

Books

My bookshelf includes a lot of titles

Ah, books. Whenever I’m interested in a subject, I often check out some online resources and then dive onto Amazon and buy a few recommended books on the subject.

Currently reading

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Networking / Cisco

Web Development

Career

Lifestyle

General

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