Software Monkey

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I have been writing code since I was 12 - I started with BASIC on a Commodore VIC-20. First computer I owned was a Sinclair ZX-81 on which I progressed to programming Z80 assembler by the time I was 13. I consider programming to be a lifetime learning experience.

Most of my professional experience has been programming in C and Java primarily in the networking and communications arena. But in the early years there was Pascal and COBOL (gasp!), and for the last 15 or so years there has been a fair amount of iSeries CLP and RPG.

My hobby activities are mostly in Java, but I enjoy experimenting with Haskell and JavaScript.

On the markup side of things I have had to learn a working knowledge of HTML, CSS and various dialects of XML.


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Can a power failure or forceful shutdown damage hardware?
feb 2 '10 at 19:47
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Is it bad(damaging) to run a file without upzipping its parent folder?
feb 5 '11 at 5:43
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Why is my new Phenom II 965 BE not significantly faster than my old Athlon 64 X2 4600+?
feb 11 '10 at 7:06
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How to get a static ip address on adsl
apr 17 '10 at 5:53
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What can I do with .chk files in FOUND.000 folders?
mar 27 '10 at 7:24
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Windows 7 taking more space than Vista?
feb 11 '10 at 7:11
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Does AMD Cool n Quiet Slow Down Your System?
feb 15 '10 at 6:22
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DISK BOOT FAILURE after upgrading power supply
jan 29 '10 at 7:27
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Desktop PC Speakers are Humming/Buzzing
jan 18 '11 at 21:45
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How do I stop my HDDs from showing in the safely remove hardware list?
dec 23 '10 at 18:29
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How do I diagnose the cause of a freeze after resuming in Windows XP (SP3)?
mar 30 '10 at 22:42
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Is it possible (and safe/reliable/non-damaging) to use a 20-pin ATX PSU with a 24-pin ATX motherboard?
apr 2 '10 at 2:58
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Why are my hard drives failing?
jan 20 '10 at 23:25
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Second monitor 'heads up' display
oct 23 '10 at 3:34
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Can a dual processor machine with a 32 bit os address a maximum of 4Gb or 8Gb of memory?
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Avoid corporate blocked URL's when on Cisco VPN
apr 17 '10 at 6:14
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memory cards capacity needs to be the same?
mar 27 '10 at 7:29
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How to test an AMD athlon 64 X2 processor? Accidentally connected AM2+ processor in AM2 socket
mar 25 '10 at 16:26
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How to disallow extensions outside Firefox profile directory
jan 19 '10 at 7:47
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Sound Recording Application that Starts/Stops Automatically
jan 20 '10 at 2:25
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How can I upgrade my MSI 790GX-G65 BIOS
jan 19 '10 at 9:42
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Can I add my own books to Kindle for PC and have them sync with my Andoid phone?
mar 30 at 0:19
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Access is denied error, when I mklink on Windows 7
feb 9 at 1:53
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What would multiple serial ports be used for?
mar 27 '10 at 7:33
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Firefox loads specific subpage whenever browsing to homepage
apr 13 '11 at 2:23
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Hibernate doesn't work and hibernate.sys is not in C:
jan 14 '11 at 13:30
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How do I diagnose Windows XP failure to automatically suspend on idle?
nov 19 '10 at 9:39
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Problem starting a program in the startup folder at Windows startup
oct 15 '10 at 6:50
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Why does Windows spooler require an administrator account?
apr 20 '10 at 22:03
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A gigabit network interface is CPU-limited to 25MB/s. How can I maximize the throughput?
mar 27 '10 at 7:46
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