About Me
- About Me: Gearing up on SharePoint, PerformancePoint Server and BizTalk after 11 years working with MS SQL Server
Travel
- Places I love: Seattle Wa - USA, Adelaide - SA, The Outback, Limestone Coast SA - Australia, Southern Tablelands, ACT - Australia
- Places I've been: Many in Australia, Dallas/Fort Worth Tx - USA, Seattle Wa - USA, Wellington in North Island - New Zealand
- Places to see before I die: Grand Canyon, Co - USA, Wilpena Pound, SA - Australia, Scotland, England, Ireland, Austria, Germany, the Netherlands, northern Italy, Greece, Scandinavia, Canada (esp Montreal, Vancouver and Banff)
- Dream Vacation: The great Bavarian Beer tasting... (so many breweries, so little time)
Books
- Favorite Books: Iain M. Banks's "Culture" novels, Terry Pratchett's "Guards" novels, Dexter, Ellis Peters' "Cadfael" novels, HHGTTG, Zindell's "Neverness" series, Neal Stephenson's "System of the World" trilogy
- Favorite Authors: Iain (M.) Banks, Terry Pratchett, Julian May, David Zindell, Ellis Peters, William Gibson, Neal Stephenson, David & Leigh Eddings
- Favorite Genres: Sci Fi, fantasy fiction
- Favorite Characters: Eddings: Sparhawk, Stephenson: Jack Shaftoe, Pratchett: Rincewind; Peters: Brother Cadfael, Banks: Not so much the characters but the names - all of his ships... but especially the GSV "Gray Area"
- Favorite Quotes: "The Vogon constructor fleet hung in the air... much like brick's don't." HHGTTG
- Recent Reads: The first Dexter Omnibus
Television
- Favorite Shows: Firefly, NCIS, Numbers, House, Bones, Dexter, Stargate SG1, Dark Angel
- Favorite Channels: Sci-Fi Channel, ShowTime
- Most Addictive Show: Numbers
- Favorite Late Night Talk Show: Letterman
- Favorite Episode: Firefly: Objects in Space
- Characters you relate to: SG1: Daniel Jackson, Numbers: Charlie, NCIS: Tim McGee, Dark Angel: Logan Cahill, Firefly: Wash & Mal Reynolds
- Favorite Theme Song: Firefly
- Show I Secretly Watch: So you think you can dance
- Show I wished wasn't cancelled: Firefly, Dark Angel
Food
- Favorite Cuisine: Indian
- Favorite Dishes: Lamb Vindaloo
- Favorite Desserts: Galub Jamun
- Favorite Drinks: Single Malt Scotch, Coopers/James Squire Beers, Taylor's Wines
- Favorite Junk Foods: KFC Zinger Burgers
- Best meal ever: Fogo de Chao in Spring Creek Texas - "Bring forth the meat!"
- My Original Recipes: Orange cointreau rib-eye roast with basil and rosemary
- Favorite Restaurants: Indian Palace- Balmain NSW, Jasmin - Adelaide SA, Fogo de Chao - Spring Creek TX, Orexi - Bellevue WA
- Foods I hate: Brussel Sprouts, Cabbage, Celery, Fish/Seafood, Offal
Video Games
- Games I Play: World of Warcraft, Battlefield 2, Hoyle Casino, Sudoku, GTA, NFSMW
- Consoles: No thanks
- Favorite Characters: Geddrick, Hradlorin
- Gaming Alias: Ged, Metalstorm1970
- Servers I Play On: WOW: Blackhand
- Favorite Classic Arcade Games: Jungle Jim, Frogger, Galaga, Galaxian
- Most Addictive: World of Warcraft
- Proudest Achievements: Completing my Tier1 Purple set in WoW before BC came out
- Favorite Soundtrack: NFSMW
- Clans: ANZED, Crusaders of Drunken Might
More About Me
- Nicknames: Ged, Jez, Jezza, Bastard, Mongrel, Master of Puppets
- Nationality: Aussie
- Religion: Not for me, thanks. :-)
- Heroes: Gert Drapers, Ben Folds, Scott Guthrie, The Rancho de la Luna crowd
- Interests: Writing, Music, Golf, IT, Audio Engineering
- Expertise: Project Management, I.T. Architecture, Business Intelligence, Microsoft SQL Server, SharePoint, Performance Point Server, BizTalk, .NET, Songwriting, Music Composition and Performance (Blues, R&B, funk, soul, folk, jazz influences), Creative Writing
- Occupation: Software Consulting & Architecture
- Industry: Computers (Software)
Contact Info
- AIM: darkepoet
- MSN: darkepoet@yahoo.com.au
- ICQ: 58345940
- Yahoo: darkepoet@yahoo.com.au
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