Ben Smithurst
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I'm 27, from Sheffield in the UK (now living in Ingleby Barwick), and currently work for gradwell dot com, as well as being self-employed.
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There's a bunch of pictures available now. My girlfriend and I recently bought a digital camera so expect to see a lot of pointless photos appear now we don't have to pay to get films developed! :-)

CVProjectsSoftware

My CV is now available online. I'm not actively looking for work at present, but if you have something that might be particularly appropriate or interesting for me, either working from home or in the Teesside area, just get in touch.

I'm also a committer for the FreeBSD project, though I have very little spare time for that these days, and for two of my three years at university I was half of the web team for Leeds Student Radio.

Every now and again I write little bits of software, mostly for my own use, but feel free to use them if they look useful to you.

WorkUniversity

I currently work as a Systems Developer for gradwell dot com. This is mainly Perl & PHP development, VoIP system development, with a bit of FreeBSD system administation. Additionally, I'm self-employed, trading as vinosystems Technical Services.

Before then I had a five month contract (as vinosystems) with Blitz Bookings, providing IT consulting services. If you want any sort of online booking system for your business, they're the people. [ more... ]

From 2000 until 2003 I did a Computer Science (BSc (Hons)) degree in the School of Computing at the University of Leeds. In the end I got a first. Details of my final year project, A Web-Based Sports Booking System, are available online. [ more... ]

Random things

I've been playing with a CurrentCost device lately, and I've written some notes about it. Also there are some notes about my experiences with MythTV.

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