Whilst I've had a website since 1996 this is the latest incarnation.
People who have visited before we notice some drastic changes, I have decided to go minimalist with graphics apart for the photography section, this will let the site load much faster than before and it will work with all browsers.
Also gone are some of the dynamic contents, like the guestbook, was never really used and it made the site look old as if it never changed (and look it's changed now hasn't it!).
Now that's over - I am Michael Helm, born in the Wednesfield area of the UK (midlands) and raised just outside of Blackpool.
I moved to Manchester after finishing my university degree at UMIST and got a job and after a year got a house. During this time I met and got engaged to a canadian who later became my wife (and still is).
Let's try left-aligning this text now.
Basically I have always since being a teenager been into computers and have made my career out of computers, I have programmed them since 1997 and commercially since 2000 alongside being a Database Administrator and more recently have managed a small company on behalf of the Managing Director.
In addition to computers I enjoy Reading - with tastes that cover Action, Science-Fiction and Fantasy alongside Factual books (usually science or historical). Enjoying authors such as Tom Clancy, Arthur C Clarke, Terry Brooks, Michael Crichton.
I also am an avid amateur photographer and some of my pictures can be found on the site - pictures have been taken since around 2001 when I first got a digital camera (camera's prior to this were 35mm and free-focus and the pictures have degraded over the years) in 2006 I purchased a new SLR digital camera and feel this has given my photography a new lease of life.
Alongside the photography my wife and I are members of the National Trust and we often spend time going to their properties and walking the grounds, taking pictures and generally enjoying the outdoors.
This site is copyright 2006 Michael Helm