About

I am

Dave Naylor, a Lancastrian bloke living in Leeds, West Yorkshire. I was born in the mill-town of Oldham but I migrated to the eastern side of the Pennines over thirty years ago.
In 2004 I ended up living near the bottom of the M621; I’ve been there ever since. I suppose I’m now from Leeds, something at which a younger me would have baulked.
Married to Lisa, a Leeds girl, and we have a son: Fraser. I have two daughters: Rebecca who lives in London with her husband Ryan and Lisa who lives in Meltham with her fiancee Matt. We have a cat called George.

I can

Build, fix and maintain websites.
Do lots of other webby/devoppy things.
Configure servers.
Design print and web graphics.
Take and post process photos.
Make knockout curries.

I have

Played lots of cricket, chased baddies, watched lots of rugby league, flown kites, ridden motorbikes, raced in parakarts, worn a lab coat, careered around Yorkshire, dabbled in politics, been to the Glastonbury festival a lot, seen countless gigs

I like

Cricket, rugby league, photography, video, computers, linux, music, politics, film, cooking, clouds, Thatcher’s Cider and Timothy Taylor’s beer. That’s not an exhaustive list, I’ve probably forgotten a few things.

I use

A 5K 27" iMac with a stupid amount of ram. I have an installation of Arch Linux on my older PC and then I have an under-the-desk headless server running Ubuntu.
A OnePlus phone, an iPad Mini and an i7 MacBook Air when away from home.
Vim for code, NeoMutt for e-mail and Colemak for typing.