About Jack (Yawn) :

High fidelity Sound :  Since the early 1950s I have enjoyed listening to good music. It was particularly upsetting when, back in 1988, a head infection left me with some permanent hearing problems. High quality music systems and music media help considerably by presenting clearer and more accurate sound, which is why I am particularly interested in the subject of high-fidelity sound.

Programming, using Visual Basic 5 Professional :

Measurement Conversions :  A few years ago, I compiled a "universal" measurement converter, Convertit4U, that accepts a number of units of measurement in the selected format and automatically displays the equivalent values in all the selection's contemporary measurement formats. It also accepts 2D, area and 3D, volume conversions. The programme was never actually published and many "free" converters are now available on line.

Payroll Programme Suite :  At appropriate intervals I statutorily update and, from time to time, enhance the payroll calculation programme suite that I compiled way back in the mid 1980s. Using the Z88, arguably the first laptop, the programmes enabled me to quickly validate and approve the complex time-consuming calculations carried out by expert payroll team operatives. The now fully-graphical system was to be published to provide active payroll tools on the internet using my reserved www.payrollassistant.co.uk domain. I'm far too old to be bothered now.

Sudoku Pal :  In 2005, following a debilitating staphylococcal attack, I passed a few months along by compiling a Sudoku puzzle solver. The programme provides a range of tools from simple entry and updating grids, to automatically solving puzzles up to and including the difficult level.  [Guess] and [Recover] buttons are provided, on the excuse that they enable inclusive (all-possibilities) logic to be used to solve those annoying "illegal" puzzles that have more than one ultimate solution. A range of example puzzles are included to demonstrate some particularly interesting situations that can occur, including a couple of the afore-mentioned "illegal" puzzles. Puzzles may even be (slowly) generated from scratch by entering outstanding numbers from the auto updating grid.

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Photography :  Is a wonderful way of recording life's events.  Long ago, I archived the bulk of my old negatives and transparencies to digital format.
The film camera bodies are in "storage", having been replaced by digital cameras, but the old exchangeable lenses can still be used.

Genealogy and Web-site design :  I have hosted the Delderfield Genealogy website at  www.delderfield.com  for over a decade now.

Freedom of speech (or rather the lack of it) :  Many years ago I suspended my www.thelawisanass.co.uk website after finally accepting the fact that the public expression of honestly held opinion is no longer permitted in the UK.
The site was a platform where UK citizens were able to record their comments on the laws of the land. Subsequent visitors then voted for or against the views expressed. The total votes recorded were an indication of current public opinion on our laws.  I still hold the domain, so watch the space, but don't hold your breath.

Nina's interests :

Croudace Family Tree Research :  Nina welcomes any family tree information about the Croudace name and it's derivative names.

Gardening : Nina loves nurturing flowering plants and selecting garden accessories.

The Internet :  Nina uses the internet as a source of information and to keep in touch with family and friends.

Art :  Nina enjoys painting and making useful things.