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Welcome to my home-page, courtesy of GitHub Student Developer Pack (thanks, guys!!)
This is where I teach myself things like HTML, CSS, JS, PHP and few other additional stuff, like jQuery and such.

And this is where I will be putting some of my projects, like this CV page for myself, to create a footprint on the Internet (because you have to start somwhere!).

So, a few words about myself:
My name is , and I am 42 (apparently, it is never too late to start a new things!)

I love:
  • My wife and my son
  • , the Greek cognac
  • Programming (even though I'm still learning)...
  • ...on my Linux laptop
  • Playing chess
  • Stephen King's Books
  • Music, especially Heavy Metal and Bach. The J. S. one :)
...in that particular order.
I like:
  • My Mac (although it's getting a bit slugginsh recently)RIP
  • Role Playing Games
  • My iPhone
  • Font Awesome (because it really is awesome!)
  • BLACK and YELLOW
...in no particular order.
I hate:
  • My BT Broadband, which is supposed to be fibre-optic, and is slower than my iPhone's 4G
  • Being late
  • Living with my in-laws
  • Fact, that I can't find a (programmer/developer)'s job!

I am trying to rekindle my life-long interest in programming, this time backed up by an actual degree in Software Development from Open University (Bachelor's Degree - BSc (with honours) in Software Engineering.
My first and forever love was to write software, but - as it usually happens - the life wrote other plans, and I became a Test Engineer. Well...
As for now, I am attending a Boot-camp organised by SDA (Software Development Academy) to remind myself some Java and to learn a few new things!

What I (think I) know at the moment are (...although I am constantly proven wrong!):

  • Java
  • HTML
  • CSS
  • JavaScript
  • jQuery
  • Python
  • PHP
( means, that I need to refresh this, as unused knowledge is often forgotten)
Still, those are the thing I'm getting pretty confident in now, but (as always) there's still pretty much to learn on those.
I keep writing a little snippets here and there, trying to code in my free time, doing some projects to keep my skills expanding. For now, the list above is my main focus, but the list is not complete, as there is more in line, so I need to keep practising:
  • Hibernate
  • MySQL and PosgtreSQL
  • Selenium
  • Spring

Those are all the items I have already dabbled in, but there is still a LOT to learn.
But more importantly, I am yet to finish any of my little projects, so there is a lot to keep me going.

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This is the place, where I shine. My portfolio, if you like.
...or it will be, as there is not much to shout about, yet. But feel free to poke around, and I can only hope you'll find something of interest.

this very website
Which is as much about showing off, as about learning stuff. The is in this case: HTML5, CSS3, jQuery and JS. And a bit about colours, and what I like and dis-like...
home budget
A little project created for myself, to help manage my home budget. PostgreSQL database version.
Coded in HTML/CSS/PHP. Still learning.
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Places on the internet related to me, and places I find interesting:

My GitHub place
Repository for all my projects big and small - even the ones that are not listed here.
My LinkedIn profile
LinkedIn pages for myself. I try my best to keep them updated.
My personal blog
WordPress pages where I try to write about the programming-related topics. Or Linux. Or both...
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So, that's about that now. Let's get coding