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| author | Philip Wittamore <philip@wittamore.com> | 2026-07-12 11:08:50 +0200 |
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| committer | Philip Wittamore <philip@wittamore.com> | 2026-07-12 11:08:50 +0200 |
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diff --git a/static/about.html b/static/about.html new file mode 100755 index 0000000..2e07d6f --- /dev/null +++ b/static/about.html @@ -0,0 +1,98 @@ +<!doctype html> +<html lang="en"> +<head> + <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" > + <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0" > + <link rel="stylesheet" href="/style.css" /> + <link rel="icon" type="image/x-icon" href="/favicon.ico"> + <title>Bloggings</title> + </head> + <body> + <main> + <header> + <h1>Bloggings</h1> + <a href="/static/index.php">Back</a> + </header> + <article> + <h2>About</h2> + <p><img src="/images/shadocks-pumping-300.gif"></p> + <h3>A French Englishman</h3> + <p> + <i>"Spends a lot of time looking out of the window" - school reports</i> + </p> + <p> + I first arrived in France from England in 1975 with a hitchhiker's + rucksack. Barely 18, I wanted to get out of my bubble and see the world, + and France held my breath. The wide open spaces, the Massif Central, the + beaches of Corsica. I realised that I could live differently. (<a + href="/sticky/summer-of-75.html" + ><i>read summer of '75</i></a + >) <br><br>Many years and many lives later, I became a proud French + citizen and inhabitant of Brittany. + </p> + <h3>Computers and stuff</h3> + <p> + My first computer was a Sinclair ZX81, although I used a Burroughs TC500 + terminal in 1974 at Barclays.<br><br>In the 80s, I wrote a Morse code + decoder in Locomotive basic on an Amstrad CPC464 for my shortwave radio + and read clear text messages from the French Navy in Toulon. I also built + billing spreadsheets in Multiplan on an IBM PC for a laundry serving + regional hospitals.<br><br>In the early 90s, I discovered Linux with a + copy of MNIS Linux because I didn't want to pay for Windows 95. Then came + the discovery of the Internet with a modem! I cobbled together an intranet + at work using Minitels and home-made electronics, but Windows/Netware was + preferred by my employer. Later the cost of Netware led me to replace + Netware with Mars-nwe, a Netware clone for Linux with dual boot Windows + 3.1/Linux clients. I also wrote a + <a href="https://wittamore.fr/articles/2023/windowmaker-in-1998.html" + >luxury goods label printing app</a + > + in Applixware 4.41.<br><br>I wrote my first website in 1994, and in + 1999, I became both system administrator and support technician for the + French branch of an American software company, where I encountered Unix + AIX, IRIX, Solaris and HP-UX. Two years later, I was appointed sales + manager in France, then in Europe. A highly unlikely combination of + technician and sales, but one that worked well. + </p> + <p></p> + <p> + <img + src="/images/shop.jpg" + alt="" + width="200" + ><br><br> + In the meantime, I opened my own computer repair shop, wrote + a licence management application, a web CRM application, a number of + websites, and a few web applications. + <br><br> + Then I retired. + <br><br> + I'd been working in IT for 35 years, so I + turned to woodworking for a bit of creativity. I also built my own tools + such as a lathe and bandsaw. The advantage of woodworking over IT is that + you obtain a finished object that isn't obsolete after 5 minutes, and can + last for... well, longer than me. + </p> + <p> + <img + src="/images/bowl.jpg" + alt="Birch bowl with pyrograving" + width="200" + > + </p> + <p> + <a + href="https://www.lairdubois.fr/@philipw" + target="_blank" + rel="noopener" + >See my page at L'Air du Bois</a + > + </p> + <p> </p> + </article> + </main> + <footer> + <p>ยง</p> + </footer> + </body> +</html> |