{"id":18,"date":"2012-08-25T19:44:13","date_gmt":"2012-08-25T18:44:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fussylogic.co.uk\/blog\/?page_id=18"},"modified":"2012-10-31T10:45:27","modified_gmt":"2012-10-31T10:45:27","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.fussylogic.co.uk\/blog\/?page_id=18","title":{"rendered":"About Us"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div style='float: left'><a href=\"http:\/\/www.fussylogic.co.uk\/blog\/?attachment_id=794\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-794\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.fussylogic.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/andyp-head-090226-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"andyp-head-090226\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-794\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.fussylogic.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/andyp-head-090226-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.fussylogic.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/andyp-head-090226-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.fussylogic.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/andyp-head-090226.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>I am a multi-skilled engineer.  I hold a Masters in Electronic Engineering and a Doctorate in Signal Processing.  I have worked as a programmer and systems designer for 20 years and have a broad skill set.  I am personable and have run small teams of engineers in the past; but work alone as a contractor now.  I can turn my hand to any computing or programming problem, but my chosen areas of expertise are as follows:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Linux systems or application programming<\/li>\n<li>Linux systems administration<\/li>\n<li>PHP\/Python Web Development<\/li>\n<li>PostgreSQL<\/li>\n<li>AVR\/MSP430\/ARM Embedded Development<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I have worked as a systems administrator, database administrator, technical director and developer.  I am familiar with the following technologies, but am happy to learn any new technologies needed for a project.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Programming Languages: C++, C, Python, PHP, Perl, Atmel AVR, JavaScript, Pascal (Delphi), Java, Visual Basic, Z80 Assembly, PIC Assembly, ST6 Assembly, 8051 Assembly, 68000 Assembly, 8085 Assembly, Bash Shell Scripting<\/li>\n<li>Software Expertise: Cross-platform, Qt, Server, TCP\/IP, Multi-threading, Linux Drivers, Digital Video Decoding\/Display, SQLite, ffmpeg, Embedded<\/li>\n<li>Operating System Expertise: Linux<\/li>\n<li>Application Expertise: PostgreSQL, Apache, Latex, git, subversion, cvs<\/li>\n<li>Open Source Contributions: git<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>A small section of my open source software is available at <a href=\"http:\/\/github.com\/andyparkins\">github.com\/andyparkins<\/a>, should you wish to see my programming style.<\/p>\n<p>I am a keen proponent of the Bitcoin online currency; and am willing to accept them in payment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I am a multi-skilled engineer. I hold a Masters in Electronic Engineering and a Doctorate in Signal Processing. I have worked as a programmer and systems designer for 20 years and have a broad skill set. I am personable and have run small teams of engineers in the past; but work alone as a contractor\u2026 <span class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fussylogic.co.uk\/blog\/?page_id=18\">Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fussylogic.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/18"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fussylogic.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fussylogic.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fussylogic.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fussylogic.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=18"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"https:\/\/www.fussylogic.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/18\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":878,"href":"https:\/\/www.fussylogic.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/18\/revisions\/878"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fussylogic.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=18"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}