Hi, my name is Neil.

I write code for a living, mainly in .NET, mainly on a contract basis. More than a quarter of a century experience down the code mines, man and boy. There’s been a surprising amount of trains involved during this time.

Music is life. I go to a lot of gigs, and I’m always interested in hearing something new.

Keen guitar player and wannabe luthier. Lo-fi loop deployments and series switching wiring are my specialties.

Gamer, lately Steam Deck and PS5. Online multiplayer can mainly get in the bin, give me a solid story and a shotgun.

Huge film and TV nerd, lots of sci-fi and crime noir.

Husband and father. Sincere apologies to everyone affected. They’re wonderful and I’m very lucky they put up with me.

Definitely old enough to know better.

It’s nice to meet you.

Recent

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    I think it’s time to admit I have a problem, and that problem is Tactical Breach Wizards. It’s like XCOM when it was good, but funnier, and with more heart. It scratches a very similar low-turn-count strategy itch as Into The Breach, but there’s much more to do. And it looks good doing it.

    2025-09-02 | Read more...

  • Fatty

    I have come back from my holidays, and apparently I ate everything because I’m nearly 15kg over my regular weight. Ggggggnh. I’m off the biscuits and on the bike for the next couple of months.

    2025-08-25 | Read more...

  • Is this thing on?

    I have been re-arranging my social media presence a bit. It was getting too unwieldy to engage with, and there were too many mad fascist oligarchs in the mix.

    2025-04-22 | Read more...