Welcome to my blog.
Who am I?
My name is Anthony Ward, better known as Tony, other nicknames: bitty and no it has no connection with little britain. One of my many nicknames is Big T, this said quickly shows how derivitives can soon become part of the norm. I am a Lancastrian, borth in Oldham in 1959 now living in exile.
I am married to Debbie with a lovely daughter called Joanna. Our extended family consists of Chalie and Lola, two kittens aged 7 months. We also have a hanger on called Danny.
My wife and I met through Scouting and we are all members of the European Scout Federation in some capacity or another. We were married on Saturday 23rd April 1988, St George's Day, which if you are from a scouting background, you will see the significance.
My Hobbies
- Scouting - My main hobby.
- Computers - I am in to computers and have built, serviced, rebuit and replaced many. My first love of computers was back in 1982 when I bought my first computer, a Sinclair ZX81 with a 16k addon.
- Progrmming - I first started programming with basic, I currently use my expertese with my work using VBA in excel. I am currently learning objective C along with java, php etc. I am a registered Apple developer but struggling at the moment. I am responsible for the majority of the Mediawiki FSE website, I plan to make it more child friendly as well as continuing to keep it as a main resource.
Computers I own and have owned:
- Sinclair ZX81 - 1982 to 1983
- Sinclair Spectrum 48k with micro drives - 1984 to 1985
- Sinclair Spectrum 128k with micro drives - 1985
- Olivetti PC with 3.5 disk drive - 1985 with msdos 3 to 6.22
- Amstrad 486 - MSdos 6.22 and Windows version 1
- Various Pentuim 1 and 2
- AMD K2
- AMD Dual Core
- AMD Quad core now sat gathering dust
- iMac core 2 duo (current desktop)
- Macbook Pro 17" i5
- iPod Touch 4g
- iPad 2 32gb 3G
- iPhone 4s 32gb, upset at Apple not releasing an iPhone 5
My Work
I work for Royal Mail as an administrator and have done since 15th February 1988. I am based in Wakefield, West Yorkshire.