Non-music
Some other of my interests/activities.
Martial Arts
Some places I have studied are below. Unfortunately I gave up at intermediate level due to back problems.
http://www.optimumcondition.com/
P90X
If you are interested in the body part of mind/body/spirit equation, then following exercise routine may be of interest.
http://www.beachbody.com/p90x/
You need to be be pretty fit to do P90X and it takes 1-1.5 hours per day for 3 months. Worked for me reasonable Ok:
Before &
After Photo
[Warning; I've only got my shorts on!]
Scuba diving
I did my PADI course in Cairns Australia on the Great
Barrier reef in 1998. Since then I've dived at Moorea (near Tahiti),
Fiji, Grand Cayman and Jamaica.
I'm a bit of a fair weather diver, I'll only go in if water temperature is
above 25°C.
Radio Frequency Integrated Circuit Design
This has been my job since 1996 and mixes technical aspects with
a bit of creativity.
Here's a paper I wrote, published in June 2007 IEEE Journal of Solid
State Circuits (JSSC); file size is 2.5MB.
A CDMA Dual-Band Zero-IF Receiver with Integrated LNAs and VCOs in an Advanced SiGe BiCMOS Process
Below are PDFs of my US issued patents:
These are in attorney language, so not easy to read.
Diode protection of cascoded mixed-voltage transistors. US Patent No: 8,913,362
Transmit/Receive switch with doubly-floating device and switched bias voltage. US Patent 9,117,651
Cars
Photos of cars I have owned; my first was an old Porsche 944, purchased when I was 30. On moving to USA, I thought I should buy American and purchased a yellow Mustang.
Travel
I do not take regular holidays, but have gotten around a bit.
