I like making things. I am a good carpenter, making odd (to very odd) pieces of furniture for the home.

Technology

I have a technologists fascination with gadgets. One example is a GPS receiver driving map software on a PDA, connected to a mobile phone via Bluetooth, which accesses the map server via GPRS. With pockets full, I then like to scamper around Surrey on day-long walking excursions.

I have had a lot of fun at home getting a broadband ADSL connection, a router/firewall and a WiFi connection to my lap-top working.

Activities

Ballroom dancing was a new hobby in Berlin, which is in Limbo at the moment.

The revival of cabaret in Berlin added to the choice of favourite excursions for me and my wife, Gerhild. In London, this includes going to Proms, the Wigmore Hall on Sunday mornings, Wilton's Music Hall for opera, modern ballet, alternative theatre, art exhibitions and the occasional bit of folk music.

Since we moved to Wimbledon, gardening has grown into a fun pastime.

A new hobby could be sculpture after I took 2 weeks holiday at Wimbledon School of Art. A mild steel goat, Daphne is the most largest thing that came out of the course.

Things I have made