GadgetGeek – Introductions
Saturday, December 27th, 2008
Introducing Geekshow Entertainment’s new tech and gadget writer, Simon Fidler.
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Hi all. I’m a geek Chemical Engineer who lives in London, UK. Chemical Engineer you say, now what’s that? Well, for those who don’t know, Chemical Engineers design all the processes that in general make all the material ’stuff’ in the world – metals, plastic, gasoline, toothpaste, beer – you get the idea. For the last 17 years I’ve been working for one of the worlds biggest oil companies, designing and improving equipment to bring down the price of gasoline at the pump – clearly I’ve done a great job of this. I now build computer models of oil refineries to help decide which crude oil to run in a refinery. I have a bachelors degree in Chemical Engineering and many years of playing with as many gadgets and toys I can get my hands on. I had my first computer in 1981 (the classic Sinclair ZX81, which you US guys may never have heard off). This had 1K of RAM (yes 1KB!, not 1MB) and loaded software through a tape deck. Over time I have graduated through many computers, games machines, mobile phones and MP3 players. I still own my first mobile (cell) phone from 1994 (the very one that Mulder & Scully used – the reason I had to have it), a Dell laptop from 1995 and the original iPod (before the world went mad for it). I don’t profess to be an expert in all things ‘tech’ but I have been playing with this stuff for years so hopefully have a good grounding. To get my current base tech level established – I use a MacBook Pro and an Acer Vista laptop, I have a Nokia N95 phone, an iPod Touch and a Zune. I also use a Nokia N800 for mobile web surfing and play most of my games on either my PC, PS3, Wii, DS or PSP. My world of other gadgets I will keep secret for now and will share with you through my articles.
I’ve always had a avid interest in all things ‘tech’ and also in general science topics. I’m not a professional writer, but I have written many technical documents on the design and operation of oil refineries so it’s not a completely new world for me.
For my geek credentials – clearly I love all things gadget and tech. I’m also a big Star Wars fan (I have the full screenplay to Episode IV in my head and I own a storm trooper outfit – I know this may be a geek step to far!). I love Buffy & Angel (the reason I first got into the Geekshow.us world), I also like Star Trek (all versions), Dr Who, Torchwood, Stargate, Firefly – well pretty much anything sci-fi. My list of movies would be very long, but needless to say all and everything good. I read a few comics and love a good FPS on my PC.
My recent claim to fame is that I met James Marsters and had a brief chat about music and stardom. He kept the, mainly female, crowd very happy with his stories of Buffy and his first sexual encounters. I did attend the London Film & Comic con this year and got to meet Patrick Stewart, Claudia Black, Peter Davidson, Christopher Lloyd among many others. Great experience and it’s impossible to me in the presence of Patrick Stewart without feeling like you are meeting Jean Luc Picard.
I’ve been listening to the Geekshow.us podcasts since April 2006 and worked my way through all the Buffy and Angel episodes and GeekiNtertainment. The episodes of Geek By Night in the past year have been great and have made me want to listen to more audio dramas.
I’m looking forward to letting you all have my thoughts on all things tech. My articles will cover gadget reviews, cool technology, geeky computer stuff and my own take on the future of tech. I hope this will be of interest to you all, but please feel free to contact me on any topic and I’ll be happy to do my best to help you out.
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1K Memory isn’t so bad. Nobody should ever need any more than 8K, so you had like 1/8th the maximum size. :)
Look foward to reading about your thoughts, welcome
I’ve always wanted my own storm trooper outfit. I really wanna go to the renaissance fair in storm trooper gear. “Look sir, DROIDS”
Welcome to the site, Simon! I look forward to reading all about gadgets. :D
hello and welcome, will be nice to get a british perspective on here for us brits who visit. Look forward to reading your work.
Welcome.
You had me at “beer”.
You own a PC, PS3, Wii, DS and PSP? so you basically have everything except an xbox? Was there a reason for skupping just that system?
No real big reason. I have an original xbox and only held out for the PS3 above the 360 for the blu-ray player. With the current low price for the 360 I may well get one as good games for the PS3 are still slow at arriving.
Oh, so you do have an original xbox. That gives me the opportunity to ask you this: as someone who has both a PC and pretty much every console, which do you prefer? Do you have all the consoles because they have exclusive games? would you pick just one of them if you could play every game on it?
All the best games I’ve ever played are on the PC (graphics are better and a keyboard & mouse are the best interface). I got the PS3 purely for blu-ray and to play GT5 (when it finally arrives!). The Wii is just purely for the fun games and to play with friends. I got the PSP and DS because I do a lot of traveling, with the DS good for quick 10 minute stuff and the PSP for longer gaming sessions. If the PS3 had more PC type games, Wii controllers and I could play it on the plane, it would be perfect!
i always look for gadget reviews on the internet, in particular, reviews about new phones ,.