About
It’s all about Me.
The obligatory about page. My name’s Ian and I live and work in Glasgow, Scotland. I’m in my mid 30’s now (growing old rapidly) and love all forms of technology particularly gaming, home cinema, omputers and teh internet. To get in touch use the contact form or e-mail me - ian at iand.net.
I work in IT at a shipyard in Glasgow. The IT move is recent although I have spent the last 10 years pretending to be in IT so it’s all good. I’m mostly involved with data management and the development of lightweight web based applications.
Outside work is a mixture of gaming, computers, movies and music. Not a big surprise if you look at some of the posts on the site. Biggest hobby is definitely gaming. The list of home computers and consoles that I’ve owned is large and I’d hate to think how much money I’ve spent over the years funding the habit. Current gaming needs are met with an Xbox 360 and a PS3 on a hi-def LCD. Gorgeous. I also have a gadget habit that severely dents the bank balance from time to time. The list of tech cast off’s in the attic grows longer month by month despite attempts to dispose elsewhere.
Where else?
Like most bloggers I use a variety of other website and tools to keep ‘my stuff’ together. These sites are now pulled together and accessible via the lifelog. I sometimes go by the name shweepa online which is my Gamertag on Xbox Live and the PSN Network. Why shweepa? That will remain top secret for now. It’s handy though as I’m guaranteed that no one else has registered that name before me.
The main sites I use often are:
ian_d at Flickr. Where all my photo’s (and friends photo’s) live.
shweepa on last.fm. What I listen to, mostly.
shweepa at Twitter. Where the small rants go now.
shweepa at del.icio.us. Links to cool stuff.
Ian D’s shared items on Google Reader. More links to cool stuff.
iand at Digg. Anything I’ve dugg.
ianwd on Technorati. Is this worth anything anymore?
shweepa on bungie.net. My Halo 3 stats. Oh dear!
What about this site?
I’ve ran this site on Wordpress since July 2003. Previous to that was a three year stint using my own HTML skills and Movable Type (and yes the posts weren’t worth bringing over to the new site). I moved hosts to A Small Orange in 2007 and so far they have proved to be an excellent host.
