About Me

I'm a 15 year-old programmer and amateur photographer from Surrey, who mainly works in HTML, JavaScript, CSS, Python and VB (only when I have to!). I aim to start developing Android apps; am yet to venture into the worlds of Java, C and C#.

I am always on the lookout for new projects, so please leave any ideas here. I am open to exploration of new languages, and can't wait to hear your suggestions! Really, I mean it: I'm a bit stuck for ideas at the moment.

I currently run a Lenovo ideacentre 510-15IKL with an Intel Core i7-7700 at 3.60GHz, 16GB of RAM, an Nvidia GTX 1050, a 500 GB SSD and a 2 TB HDD, runnning 64 bit Windows 10 Home. I also have a Lenovo G50-80 with an Intel Core i3-4005U running at 1.70GHz and 8GB of RAM, booting Ubuntu MATE 18.10.

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