Articles from September, 2005

Homeless Loafers in the French Alps

Well it’s been a while - we’ve just been so busy enjoying ‘not working’ that we haven’t had much time for updating our site!

We had a good week with John and Leigh, if a little troubled by the weather

I managed my first 4,000m peak, the Allalinhorn, with John, although unfortunately Giles and Leigh were forced to turn back and wait for us to finish as Giles was not well. (Therefore no photos of that one as I was too knackered to carry my camera and have yet to nab some photos from John).

A few days later we…

Posted on September 23, 2005 20:39 / 0 Comments / Read article in full ...

The Long Drive South

Apologies for the lack of posts in the last month but surprisingly its been difficult to find public internet connections in the UK.

Well I am writing this from a bar in Chamonix enjoying the glorious sunshine. The drive south was hard with us leaving the Lakes at 10am yesterday and arriving in the Alps at lunchtime today. Following the sale of our house we decided to cement the image of homeless hobo’s by sleeping in the car last night. It wasn’t as bad as it sounds as we drove until 2am before grabbing a few hours kip. At least…

Posted on September 03, 2005 20:41 / 0 Comments / Read article in full ...

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About Giles Thurston

Hi, my name is Giles Thurston and this is my personal site.

I'm based in Ely, the second smallest city in the UK just north of Cambridge. I have over 15 years commercial software development experience, spending the first few years as an application developer before moving into web development and consultancy. I've led teams, managed multi million pound contracts and have a number of years of business development experience. My day job these days tends to focus on IT management and in particular Business Development but I keep my hand in by undertaking personal web development and design projects.

In 2008, after 16 years using Windows based PC's, I made the switch to a Mac and boy was it worth it! Although I continue to use PC's on a day to day basis, my personal preference is always to go with Apple products and I hope to blog about my experiences as a switcher here on this site, with various hints and tips which may be of use to anybody following me over the fence from Windows

Away from software development and technology, I am a husband to Leanne and father to Arlo James, who joined our family in April 2009. I'm a keen sportsman and enjoy a variety of mountain sports, including mountaineering, climbing (rock & ice) and mountain biking. I've recently got back into running and am hoping to do my first triathlon in 2010.

On this site I hope to blog about web apps, all things Apple & life in general. I also highlight my various posts, links & latest twitter updates from around the web.

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Feel free to get in touch and give me your feedback on the site. You can contact me directly through twitter or the other networks I use regularly, links to which you will find below. Alternatively feel free to join the discussion and comment on my blog posts, all contributions are welcome!

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You will find me across the web, using many of the latest social media and community sites. Some of these accounts are now dormant, however the following are those that I keep returning and using in day to day life. Feel free to connect with me through these sites.