About
I’m a student and netrepreneur in Wales, UK. This is my personal blog, where I write about pretty much anything that comes to mind…if I think others might find it interesting…any opinions are my own and nobody else’s unless expressly stated.
Here’s some other places you can find me on the web, and a few random facts about me…
Find Me…
My other sites:
- Thistle InfoTech - web services for small businesses
- MovieCues - film music reviews
- Alfred Newman Online - tribute site to my favourite film music composer
Favourite Software / Tools:
- OS – Windows XP
- MS Office 2010 Professional Plus
- Gmail (webmail client)
- Google Chrome / Mozilla Firefox (web browsing)
- FileZilla (FTP client)
- Skype (IM)
- Visual Studio 2010 (programming)
- Notepad ++ (text editor)
Favourite Games
- Deus Ex
- Halo
- Splinter Cell
- Grand Theft Auto
Favourite Films:
- Lawrence of Arabia
- 2001
- Gone with the Wind
- The Godfather
- E.T.
- Ben-Hur
- Goodfellas
Favourite Music:
Film Scores
My top ten film scores
- Gone with the Wind – Max Steiner
- The Magnificent Seven – Elmer Bernstein
- Lawrence of Arabia – Maurice Jarre
- E.T. – John Williams
- The Alamo – Dimitri Tiomkin
- El Cid – Miklos Rozsa
- How The West Was Won – Alfred Newman
- The Good, The Bad and The Ugly (Ennio Morricone)
- The Sea Hawk (Erich Wolfgang Korngold)
- Sunset Boulevard (Franz Waxman)
Classical
A (very) small selection of my classical favourites…
- Beethoven – Violin Concerto, Symphonies 4, 5, 7, 9
- Mozart – Symphonies 25, 36, 40, The Marriage of Figaro, The Magic Flute, Flute & Harp Concerto, Piano Concerto 24
- Strauss (I & II) – Die Fledermaus, Radetzky March, Blue Danube Waltz, Hunting Polka, Unter Donner und Blitz
- Bach – Brandenburg Concertos, Christmas Oratorio, Toccata & Fugue
- Haydn – Symphonies 88 & 104, Trumpet Concerto, The Seasons Oratorio
- Wagner – The Ring Cycle
Recommended recordings? Lots…but as a starting point, if it’s by Herbert Von Karajan and the Berlin Philharmonic, you’ll be lucky to find better 
.