About

	I’m Moth, a 28 year-old IT Professional, with 18 years experience. This is my website, and this is what I do:

From an early age, I enjoyed taking things apart and studying how they work.

The youngest of three children, I learned BASIC Programming at the age of nine, on my older brothers computer – a Sinclair Spectrum +3.

Throughout the late eighties/early nineties, I became interested in MS-DOS and UNIX. A work experience placement at Swansea University taught me how to administrate large networks of mixed-machines, perform maintenance on rack servers, and program databases.

My family bought an Amiga A600 around 1997, followed by a Windows 95 PC in 1999.

I left sixth-form in 2000, and worked as Network technician in West Wales General Hospital in Carmarthenshire, before moving to Cardiff. I have been working almost continuously since 1996 as a PC, Mac, and Linux technician and as a web/graphic designer and freelance programmer.

With a total of more than 20 years experience in these fields, I have a real affinity for machines and how they work, how to quickly diagnose, repair and re-program them. I continually research new technologies as they become available, and am able to extend my knowledge to mobile phones & personal audio/video equipment.

I repair PCs and laptops on a ‘no fix, no fee’ basis, consult with businesses establishing IT network infrastructures, design personal and corporate websites, bespoke graphics and art, and code in BASIC, Java, C# and C++.

Currently, I live in Cardiff, Wales. I speak three languages and am learning a fourth. I’m not at all interested in sport, but my ‘outside world’ hobbies include Reading, Cooking and Music - I’m a rhythm guitar player, and can also play bass, drums & harmonica. When I was younger I had piano lessons.

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