About

I started out as a chemist, but due to circumstances moved into chemical plant management and engineering. Did a lot of energy conservation projects after the shocks of the 1973 oil embargo. Moved from chemicals to computers when punchcards were still common and 16 bit application spaces meant program overlays for anything significant were huge, complicated and critical. [I was there when the Illiac sang 'Daisy' at the University of Illinois...] After many years as a systems programmer and tool designer I moved into computer operations and support in financial services. Interest in contingency planning, disaster recovery and large system performance (and the misuse of computers) pushed me into consulting in a variety of industries.  I am now semi-retired, day trading for scotch money, gardening and helping folks with computers here on an island in eastern Lake Ontario — and continuing to pursue a life-long hobby of landscape photography, combining digital processes with the control of large format.