Some members on MadModder who are also members of HMEM must be running away in terrified stampede now....

For the rest of the members who have not yet thusly aborted, I'm Arnold, from Windhoek in Namibia.
I followed a link posted by a certain Mr. CC (I just know I'm going to get some

for that) - and, being an inquisitive sort 'o person, I had a look at the rest of the site, and very much like what I see, along guidelines I appreciate.
Some background on myself:
I'm a qualified electronics technician and started my career at the national power utility here in Namibia as just that. Over the years, my career permutated into my current day job officially titled "IT Administrator" where I do mostly software systems analysis and programming.

- I know, but that's a long story....
To get away from the insanity described above, I do attempt some hobby engineering, and am pretty much a DIY type of person. At least I know I am partially immune to one specific strain of

I noticed here:

Then a bug bit and I did this:

Both the above bad deeds were done in the last 1 1/2 months. The place the deeds were done looks like this (Yes - I know it needs tidying-up

)



Some other things I have done or are busy with include custom built electronic alarm systems for a local bank, software for the management of (and hardware data acquisition interfaces to it's metering systems) the Namibian power grid, replacing the engine in my 1983 Toyota Hilux pickup (as a result I have some Metric Fine thread cutting kit), renovating & re-tiling my kitchen (I like cooking as well - go figure), built a decent sized cage for Shrek (my parrot), and some other bits'n'bobs.
Now, If the above lot didn't scare you off and cause the administrators to permanently lock me out of this site, I just might be in the correct "mad" place

Arnold