About me

meHi, if you don't know me i'm Matt and this is my home on the Internet. If you want to know more about me then please follow the links below to look at my blog and photo galleries. I graduated from Durham University in June 2006 with a degree in Software Engineerig and I am currently working out what I want to do with my life - if you have any decent suggestions please let me know (I don't however want to do anything related to software development!

I try to spend as much time as I can in the theatre and whilst in Durham I was involved teching a large number of events over the 3 years. If you want to know more about my life then click here.

Latest blog entries

Here you will find my latest blog entries. Click the title to read the full entry

Backups – They really are important

Introduction You really cannot appreciate the need for a solid backup solution until you need to restore that crucial piece of business critical data. Whether it’s a whole server or just oread more

HOWTO: Build an open source monitoring solution - Part1 Build the Server

Introduction No matter what size of network you are responsible for you should always know what is happening with it to make sure any issues are rectified as soon as possible and hopefully wread more

The Apprentice: Drinking Game

Whilst following the lead up to the start of the new Apprentice series on BBC last night I noticed one of the twitterers had posted an idea about a drinking game to make the show a bit more interestinread more

Giving this blog a purpose

Having spent a long time ignoring this blog or simply linking to amusing things on the net that I found through sites like stumbleupon.com I thread more

27 inspiring top notch programming quotes

This is a brilliant post that I stumbled across this morning. My favourite two quotes are: If debugging is the process of removing software bugs, then programming must be the process of pread more

Latest gallery albums

These are the latest additions to my online photo gallery. Click the thumbnail for the full album

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Cyprus - August 2007

CB2, Pissouri Villas, Pissouri, Cyprus
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Wavex BBQ 2007

18th August at Pete's house in Fetcham. Lots of beer, vodka, wine, pimms (in a water butt), ice luges, jousting, bbq, music (until someone broke it). Followed by drinking in the most upmarket of establishments that is Leatherhead Wetherspoons!!!
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Pete's Stag Party

12th May 2007 started with a one hour endurance race around the Surbiton Raceway and was then followed by an alcohol tasting session at Vinopolis in London.
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Fun with my Wii

Donky and My mum, dad and brother enjoy the Wii
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Christmas Cottaging 2006

1 week, 17 people and lots of alcohol made up Christmas Cottaging 2006. Set in the grounds of Bochym Manor we spent the week drinking, and enjoying ourselves.
Note: Welcome to my newly skinned website - the code and content is almost identical but this should be a tidier layout and will match the gallery and blog themes (see links at the top of the page). Hope you enjoy

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