I am Glyn Normington, a retired software developer, interested in helping others improve their programming skills. I worked in software for 39 years, edited IETF RFC 9535, and have been teaching part-time at the University of Winchester.
I'm married with three children and six grandchildren.
I'm delighted to live in the lovely city of Winchester, which is south west of London, England. Winchester has many beautiful buildings, including Winchester Cathedral (below).
I grew up in the county of Yorkshire and studied mathematics at University College, Oxford. During my first and second years at “univ”, I lived on Logic Lane in the buildi
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Bio: about me
I am Glyn Normington, a retired software developer, interested in helping others improve their programming skills. I worked in software for 39 years, edited IETF RFC 9535, and have been teaching part-time at the University of Winchester.
I'm married with three children and six grandchildren.
I'm delighted to live in the lovely city of Winchester, which is south west of London, England. Winchester has many beautiful buildings, including Winchester Cathedral (below).
I grew up in the county of Yorkshire and studied mathematics at University College, Oxford. During my first and second years at “univ”, I lived on Logic Lane in the building with the bike racks, below. I like to think that logic is one of the guiding principles of my life, although my narrowly rationalistic, and in fact atheistic, worldview in that period of my life was soon to change.
After graduation, I moved to Hampshire for work, which I guess makes me an economic migrant.
I'm now a follower of Jesus¹, but very much a work in progress. I'm involved in a local church where I look after the technical side of live streaming. I belong to a small group which meets most weeks to study the bible, pray, and support each other. You may wonder how my faith fits with my love of logic, but the two are logically consistent. As CS Lewis once wrote: “Miracles do not, in fact, break the laws of nature”. The revolution in my understanding of the world occurred when I investigated the historical evidence for the bodily resurrection of Jesus.
My politics are left of (the UK) centre. I read The Guardian, but also subscribe to Prospect magazine, which is a bit more balanced. I was saddened by Brexit.
I love reading — Kazuo Ishiguro is one of my favourite authors — and try to keep fit, mostly by running. My wife and I enjoy walking and sailing. The joke goes that Yorkshiremen are like Scotsmen with all the generosity squeezed out, so I like repairability. BTW I use arch.
I find languages fascinating. I had to learn French at school, but then chose Russian as a second foreign language. I added Ancient Greek in order to avoid doing history.
Oh, and I'm left-handed. (If I know the barista, I occasionally order a decaf, skinny, left-handed flat white, because of the latte art.)
For what I'm up to at the moment, please see the now page. Feel free to contact me.
S. D. G.
¹ I would normally describe myself as a Christian, but some readers (especially in the USA) may associate this with right-wing nationalism, which isn't me.
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I took a part in EURONEWS video episode about environment protection. The program called "The Road To Green". We went to Graz in Austria to participate in 2 events. It was great experience and amazing opportunity to be involved with Euronews . Huge thanks to Cyril Fourneris ! You can watch video and read article here : euronews.com/green/2024/05/01/…
In this episode of the Road the Green, Euronews reporter, Cyril Fourneris, travels to Graz, Austria and Berlin to see what everyday people are doing to help the environment.
Very happy to see that you get some attention for your work Dima. I wish they had done a longer video with you but for now it is a very good start. We need more "inspiration" to get more active about these issues and ways to get involved because like you said most people don't even know where to get involved.
Thank you Tio! I think it still good, it will be aired on TV several times this and next week. They also made a short video just with me. Not sure if its also for TV, but this short one is quite cool : euronews.com/green/2024/05/01/…
Yeah, I don't know about attention, even if it's Euronews the guy who running this program is not sure if he will get funding and approval for 2 season of this show. That was the last episode from season 1. So yeah looks like not many people watch such shows. But anyway we have to do it. The same as you with TROM. Because even if not much we still reach people. And that's I guess important
Yup very cool. I like your last line in the video. You do have an impact for sure, to make people see that such volunteering is not only needed, but something "cool" to be part of. Can be fun, very rewarding, and super interesting. And you'll motivate others to get involved.
I was about to write the same thing 😁 Great last line in that video. And great work you're doing in general, you're very inspirational 🙂 Nice that you got on Euronews! 😀
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> Needs to have different rooms/channels/chats so as to allow clarity of communication. Can Snikket do this?
Yes. Other XMPP hosting service can probably provide this too. But paying for the Snikket service supports the project's work on improving the XMPP experience for the average person.
Disclaimer: I've done a bit of paid work for Snikket. Also, the answer to your question is yes for Matrix too, and there may be a Matrix hosting service that also meets your needs.
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