About Me

I'm a hobbyist programmer in the UK, particuarly interested in systems programming. I'm a contributor to a few open-source projects and have a few of my own. Here's a couple of those:

• nlock, a minimalist screen locker for Wayland, based around a theme I found cool. Aims to be very compatible, supporting BSD targets as well as Linux.

• tars, a template-based static site generator that power this website. I thought it would be nice to implement my own rather than relying on an existing one.

• tetra, an experimental, minimal, Linux distribution I'm working on in the background when I get time. It's more of a collection of smaller projects, of which lvinit is the most "complete" so far.

Take a look at my now page for other things I'm currently working on/doing.

My favourite programming language is probably Rust, but I quite enjoy writing C, C++, and Python too, depending on the situation.

Software I use

Check out my uses page for this.

Systemetric

I am part of Hills Road Robotics (a.k.a. team Systemetric). Here's the GitHub organisation. Alongside my own projects, I am often building/maintaining others there.

As part of this, I help with RoboCon, a competition we run for GCSE students in the UK. Our team also competes in Student Robotics which I have previously been involved in.

Other

Given the name, this section is other stuff that doesn't fit nicely with any of the categories above.

• I enjoy modding Apple iPods, I've currently got a 7th-gen Classic with a flash mod, after my previous 6th-gen suffered M/B failure. I've also got a 1st-gen Mini, which I use less. Both running Rockbox.

• My favourite computer mouse is the Microsoft IntelliMouse Explorer 3.0.

• My favourite laptop is the HP EliteBook 8460p, it's probably the most reliable and repairable hardware I've ever used. I don't use it a great deal however, mainly due to its age.

• My favourite book series is easily Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. If you (somehow) haven't read it, then I highly recommend you do.

My GitHub username is OldUser101 and, as I say over there, you can pronounce my username in a few ways:

• "Old user one-oh-one"
• "Old user five"
• "Old user minus three"

Take your pick.