About Me

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=90 BGCOLOR="#006699" TEXT="#080000" background="044fd5a3.jpg"> <div> <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><B>David Illing</B></FONT><B>    </B><B> |     </B><A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="David Illing"><U><B>home</B></U></A></div> <div> <B>About Me</B>   |   <A HREF="id18.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Family"><U>Family</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id19.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Interests"><U>Interests</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id20.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Links"><U>Links</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id21.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Contact Me"><U>Contact Me</U></A></div> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" width=210 BGCOLOR="#FFCC66" TEXT="#080000" background="045d2043.jpg"> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" height=390 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <I>About Me</I></div> <div> What can I tell ya? . . .</div> <bR> <div> <U>Historically</U>:    Born in Aylesbury, a little while after the end of the Second World War. Had an average happy childhood. Spent a year at Leeds University, ostensibly "reading Electrical Engineering" but in reality learning a few things about life and a lot about card games. Was fortunate enough to get a second shot at academia, doing a "sandwich course" (do they still have those?), leading to a degree in electronics. Had very enjoyable career in the computer industry, doing both hardware and software development. Retired January 2008; now a gentleman of leisure.</div> <bR> <div> <U>Workwise</U>:      Employed by a lot of companies, big and small (most of the smaller ones long since defunct), and spent 15 years freelancing. Started as a hardware developer, but made the switch to software around the mid-70's. At various times used most of the common, and some uncommon languages and platforms, from micros to mainframes and from assembler to C++, and latterly, VB.net. Most recently employed in the insurance industry, but previously in lots of other sectors, including banking, printing, and machine control.</div> <bR> <div> <U>Family</U>:           Married to Lesley, with one grown-up daughter, Anna, son-in-law Matt and two young gandsons, Archie and Jack. My mum and dad have been gone for a while, Lesley's dad even longer, but Mother-in-Law continues to thrive!</div> <bR> <div> <U>Interests</U>:        Local church (I'm a C-of-E Reader); collecting photographica; car club (MX5);  basic birding; and, of course, computers. See <A HREF="id19.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Interests"><U>this page</U></A> for more details.</div> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>