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"I'm a Geek And Proud (GAP)"
My name is Jamie Bonnar Balfour. I am known
to many as Binary Balfour.
My mother's side of the family...
Starting with my grandparents, I am the
grandson of Jean Paterson, who was the granddaughter of the founder
of
Paterson's (who manufacture oatcakes and
other food) and her husband Alexander
McKenzie who went to Cambridge University in
England to read Law, before being called
into fight for the country during the Second
World War. Later on, my grandad became the
editor of the Scottish Financial Times some
time ago.
When they married, they had two children,
one of them being my mother. My mother went
to a Park School in Glasgow and went to
Queen Margret College. She met my father
who was a Chemical Engineer
over in Dubai at the time.
My father's side of the family...
I don't know as much about my father's side
of the family, but I do know my grandad died
rather early on in my father's life (my
father was aged only 17). My grandma met my
grandfather in Glasgow where they had five children,
one of whom (the last born) was my father.
My father was a chemist for
sometime, before going into finance and
finally into computing.
What I believe in...
I am quite an open-minded person and have
many beliefs and things that I support. In
the computing industry I have been known for
being a bit of a fan-boy for developments
such as HTML5, open-source programming,
FireWire, eSATA, DisplayPort, HDMI,
Blu-Ray and DVD, solid state drives
and convertible tablets. On the other hand I
am not particularly fond of USB as a
standard, hard disk drives and Adobe Flash!
The companies that I am really a fond
supporter of currently are:
  
 
  
These companies are the companies whom I
believe in well, as all of my dealings with
them in the past have been excellent -
whether it was a complaint or a purchase or
whatever, they have always been excellent
and so I back these companies. I also back
them due to the fact that they are the
manufacturers of some of the best components
and products that I have.
For the games companies, that's a no
brainer:
  
The first game I ever played in my life,
when I was 4 years of age, was Warcraft Orcs
and Humans. Since then I've owned the
majority of the Blizzard games, in
particular Warcraft ones, but I enjoy
Starcraft just as much. Diablo has been a
personal favourite game of mine for a long
time also. Ensemble Studios are part of
Microsoft Game Studios but I wanted them to
have a bit of glory for the second game
series I ever played - Age of Empires. My
dad got me into this also, with the Rise of
Rome (AOE1) and later the trial version of
Age of Empires II: The Age of Kings. I later
went and got my own copy of Age of Empires
II game. Westwood are responsible for
creating Command and Conquer. C&C95 would
have been the third game I played, when one
of my best mates; Nick, introduced it to me.
Since then I have countinued to play the
majority of the series.
Music
Music is nice and easy. The order goes
Oasis, Beady Eye, Noel Gallagher's High
Flying Birds, Kasabian, Muse, Travis,
Coldplay, Pendulum, Gorrilaz and then The
Beatles. Pretty simple, but I'm a well known
fan of most of these bands, so you'll
probably know this already.
The gadgets
As a collector of different types of awesome
technological gadgets; I thought I should
make a bit about them as it is a hobby for
me to talk or write about gadgets.
Desktop computer
The Zebra - custom built
PC
Gigabyte GA-Z68XP-UD3
motherboard
Intel Core i7 2600K 3.4GHz @
3.7GHz
8GB Corsair Dominator DDR3 10066
RAM
1x 120GB OCZ Vertex 2, 3x 1TB,
2x 2TB
Windows 7 Ultimate x64
XFX AMD Radeon 7950 DD Black
Edition
Blu-Ray ROM and Blu Ray RW drive
Card reader
Corsair Graphite 600T Limited
Edition White
Corsair HX850W PSU
Microsoft Wireless Desktop 6000
v3
Logitech G500 gaming mouse (only
for gaming)
Corsair SP2100 2.1 speakers
Asus PA238Q 23" 1920x1080 LCD
LED IPS monitor DVI
Wacom Bamboo Graphics tablet
Logitech Quickcam Sphere AF
Hauppauge HVR-1100 TV card
40" Samsung LE40C750 LCD TV in
duplicate setup
Wired Marley headphones
MacBook Pro
MacBook Pro 13" 2011
(Thunderbolt version)
Intel Core i5 2.3GHz
8GB DDR3 10600 RAM
240GB OCZ Vertex 3 SSD
Mac OS X Mountain Lion and
Windows XP Professional x32
1x Thunderbolt, 1x FireWire 800,
2x USB 2.0, Gigabit Ethernet, SD
Reader
DVD-RW Super-combo drive
Tablet
PC
Fujitsu Lifebook T4410 (3G
version)
Intel Core 2 Duo T6570 2.1GHz
8GB DDR3 10600 RAM
120GB OCZ Vertex 2 SSD
Windows 7 Professional and
Windows XP Tablet PC Edition
2005 x32
HDMI, VGA, 3x USB 2.0, FireWire
400, ExpressCard, Gigabit
Ethernet, 3-in-1 card reader
DVD-RW Super-combo drive
Digitizer pen and touch
compatiable
3G, Wi-Fi and Bluetooth
Convertible design
Docking station
TV
Samsung LE40C750
40" LCD TV
1920x1080P
4x HDMI, 2x SCART, 1x
Composite video, 1x
Component video, 1x VGA, 1x
RJ-45
Samsung HT D5500 home
theatre system with 2 HDMI
inputs
NAS
Seagate GoFlex Home 2TB
Smartphone
iPhone 5 16GB 4G on Orange (with
EE)
Tablet
Asus Google Nexus 7 32GB
Games consoles
Nintendo
NES, SNES, N64, GameCube, Wii,
Wii U Premium, Gameboy, Gameboy
Pocket, Gameboy Color, Gameboy
Advance, Gameboy SP (Tribal), DS
Lite, 3DS
Sony
PS2, PS3 250GB, PSP
Microsoft
Xbox 360S 250GB
iPod
iPod Touch 4th Generation 32GB
The older gadgets and technology still get a
place on this page:
The Desktop 2009
The Platypus - custom built
PC (2009 - 2011)
Gigabyte GA-EP45-UD3R
motherboard
Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550 2.83GHz
@ 4GHz
8GB DDR2 8500 RAM
1x 120GB SSD, 3x 1TB hard
drives, 1x 2TB hard drive
Windows 7 Ultimate x64
XFX ATI Radeon HD5670
Blu-Ray ROM, Blu-Ray RW and
DVD-RW drives
Card reader and Floppy disk
drive
Lian-Li PC-60B Plus
Corsair HX850W PSU
Microsoft Wireless Laser Desktop
6000 v2
Labtec Arena 5.1 Surround sound
Dell P2310h 23" 1920x1080 LCD
monitor DVI
Wacom Bamboo Graphics tablet
Logitech Quickcam Sphere AF
Hauppauge HVR-1100 TV card
40" Samsung LE40C750 LCD TV in
duplicate setup
Wireless Philips Headphones
TV 2007
Samsung LE40M87 (2007 -
2011)
40" LCD TV
1920x1080P
3x HDMI, 2x SCART, 1x Composite
video, 1x Component video, 1x
VGA
Hyundai AV-48 and Logitech X530
speaker system
Netbook 2009
Acer Aspire One A150X
(2009 - 2012)
Intel Atom N270 1.6GHz
1GB DDR2 6400 RAM
120GB hard drive
Windows XP Professional x32
1x VGA, 1x 10/100 Ethernet, 3x
USB, 1x SD Reader, 1x 5-in-1
Card reader
8 hours+ battery
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