Misc

Fields of Interest

I like to build computers and networks from scratch. I enjoy writing and testing computer programs, Reading and Writing short stories, Watching Movies and Playing team games (Half Life 2). I also enjoy playing with our children in various games.

Professional Organizations

Committee Memberships:

• Linwood College Board of Trustees - Parent representative
• Avondale Primary School PTA
• New Zealand Computer Preservation Society (Inc.)
• Linwood Community Toy Library
• Otautahi Family/Whanau Foster Care Association.

Languages

I currently write in HTML, C and Perl.

Volunteer Experience

• New Zealand foundation of the Blind (data entry)
• Canterbury CCS (driver)
• Linwood Community Toy Library

Computer Skills

• International Computer Drivers Licence (ICDL).
• Ability to diagnose and fix problems with computer hardware and/or software.
• Ability to build a computer from scratch and install software.
• Website creation (Orton Bradley Horse Treks, Allstar Driving School)
• Desktop Publishing
• MSDOS
• Linux (Redhat, Ubuntu)
• TASK 2000 Point of Sale, 8850 Point of Sale, SmartPOS, Profound Back Office System
• SAP retail systems
• Windows 3.xx,9x, NT, ME, 2K, XP, XP media edition, Vista and 7
• OpenOffice.org and StarOffice.org
• Google Docs and Google Apps
• Microsoft365 - Office System - Publisher, Access, Word, Excel, Outlook, FrontPage, PowerPoint