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[[File:Olly B.jpg|400px|thumb|right|The JC yesterday]] | [[File:Olly B.jpg|400px|thumb|right|The JC yesterday]] | ||
Well, after ten years I suppose I should at least own up to who I am, so here goes: | Well, after ten years I suppose I should at least own up to who I am, so here goes: I’m Olly. Interests, if they’re not obvious from this wiki, are financial services law, language, writing, guitars, cricket, books and mountains. And wikis: MediaWiki, which this site is written on, is the cleverest software, and I have learned a lot about it in the last decade. | ||
While writing this wiki I’ve practised law in NZ and the UK for 27 years, mostly inhouse at places I will not mention, put in a stretch as a film and book reviewer — which I was pretty good at, as you will see from my [http://olly-buxton.blogspot.com/ fan mail] — written a couple of books (the first one, '''''[https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B078LMG24Q The Montenegro Sanction]''''', under the pen name [[Hunter Barkley]], you can buy for a fiver from Amazon), released an album of angsty-but-ironic rock music ([[Dangerboy]]), played with my buddies in the same cool band, [[Supercheese]], for longer than either the Beatles or Led Zeppelin managed, and drunk a ''lot'' of wine, all while being supported by my super-talented better half — whom I will spare the ignominy of naming — but she is a world-famous<ref>In our house, anyway.</ref> bridge teacher, artist and the most patient spouse on the planet. | While writing this wiki I’ve practised law in NZ and the UK for 27 years, mostly inhouse at places I will not mention, put in a stretch as a film and book reviewer — which I was pretty good at, as you will see from my [http://olly-buxton.blogspot.com/ fan mail] — written a couple of books (the first one, '''''[https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B078LMG24Q The Montenegro Sanction]''''', under the pen name [[Hunter Barkley]], you can buy for a fiver from Amazon), released an album of angsty-but-ironic rock music ([[Dangerboy]]), played with my buddies in the same cool band, [[Supercheese]], for longer than either the Beatles or Led Zeppelin managed, and drunk a ''lot'' of wine, all while being supported by my super-talented better half — whom I will spare the ignominy of naming — but she is a world-famous<ref>In our house, anyway.</ref> bridge teacher, artist and the most patient spouse on the planet. |