Additional Skills & Hobbies
Languages ('Natural' and Computer)
- Good modern French and Italian (approx. CEFR C1 French, B2/C1 Italian), functional comprehension of spoken Venetian (dialect of Veneto region).
- Graduate/post-graduate level Latin, Old and Middle English.
- Studied Japanese, Chinese (Mandarin/汉语) and Ancient Greek to high-school leaver/first-year university level, and Modern Icelandic and academic reading German at introductory levels.
- Extensive experience with computer languages including Python, Java, XML/XSLT/XPath (particularly TEI XML and xHTML), assembly languages (65C02, 68HC11, some 68000 and Intel MMX), and ANSI C and C++.
- Extensive experience with UNIX (primarily Solaris), Linux (primarily Ubuntu/Debian, formerly Red Hat), MS Windows and MacOS.
- Some current or past experience with JavaScript, XQuery, Perl, SQL, ASP, Cold Fusion, JSP, sh, Visual Basic, Visual C++ and Verilog, as well as Django and Cocoon frameworks.
Other Skills and Certification
- Amateur (Radio) Operator's Certificate of Proficiency (AOCP) at Australian 'Unrestricted' level (see list of international equivalents).
- Full, clean driver's licence (UK); have held clean Australian, US or UK licence continually since 1992.
See also Education and Training.
Hobbies
Experienced and active hiker, including basic mountaineering, particularly in French and Italian Alps:
- Active member of Club Alpin Français (Grenoble Isère) (FFCAM); formerly also Club d'Escalade Atoutprises (Île-de-France) (FFME).
- Certified (validé) by the FFCAM for 'la formation UF vers l'autonomie en terrain montagne et assurage en mouvement'.
- Intermediate level in via ferrata (D in Alpine system), cross-country skiing 'classic' style (red routes), climbing (sport lead and top-rope, approx. 5c French system).
- Basic level in snow-shoeing, cross-country skiing 'skating' style (green routes), glacier traversals and progression en corde tendue (level PD in Alpine system), rappelling (abseiling), bouldering (approx. V2/V3 in V system).
Hikes and selected cross-country ski traces since August 2016 are available on ViewRanger; selected photos are available on Flickr.