About

Intro

Hi Folks, and welcome to my blog.

The purpose of this blog is both for me to share my experiences with various technologies (and whatever else I happen to be thinking of) with you & the rest of the world, and partly for me to play about with a few new ideas on, without having to go to the effort of writing an entire site myself (thanks WordPress).

About Me

Name: John Bevan
Country: England / UK / GB (depending on your definition)
Occupation: Software Developer / Technical Architect / Technical Support
Languages: English, very basic French
Software Languages: Primarily C#, ASP.Net & JDE. Have some previous experience with C++, Java, ADA 95, Prolog, Visual Basic (inc ASP, VBA, VBS), LotusScript, JavaScript & VDM.

Personailty:

Eysenck’s Test Results Extraversion (42%) moderately low which suggests you are reclusive, quiet, unassertive, and private. Neuroticism (44%) moderately low which suggests you are relaxed, calm, secure, and optimistic. Psychoticism (26%) low which suggests you are overly kind natured, trusting, and helpful at the expense too often of your own individual development (martyr complex). Take Eysenck Personality Test (similar to EPQ-R) personality tests by similarminds.com	Career Inventory Test Results Extroversion ||||||||| 30% Emotional Stability |||||||||||||||||||||||| 76% Orderliness ||||||||||||||| 46% Altruism |||||||||||||||||||||||| 73% Inquisitiveness |||||||||||||||||| 56% You are an Idealist. Take Free Career Test personality tests by similarminds.com
Advanced Big 45 Personality Test Results Gregariousness ||||||||| 30% Sociability |||||||||||||||||| 54% Assertiveness ||||||||||||||| 42% Poise ||||||||||||||| 50% Leadership ||||||||| 30% Provocativeness ||||||||||||||| 42% Self-Disclosure |||||||||||| 38% Talkativeness |||||| 18% Group Attachment ||||||||||||||| 42% Extroversion |||||||||||| 38% Understanding |||||||||||||||||||||||||||| 82% Warmth ||||||||||||||||||||| 66% Morality ||||||||||||||||||||| 70% Pleasantness |||||||||||||||||||||||| 78% Empathy ||||||||||||||||||||| 62% Cooperation |||||||||||||||||||||||||||| 82% Sympathy ||||||||||||||||||||| 70% Tenderness |||||||||||||||||| 54% Nurturance |||||||||||||||||||||||| 78% Accommodation |||||||||||||||||||||||| 71% Conscientiousness ||||||||||||||| 46% Efficiency |||||||||||||||||| 54% Dutifulness |||||||||||||||||| 58% Purposefulness |||||||||||||||||| 54% Organization ||||||||||||||| 46% Cautiousness ||||||||||||||| 50% Rationality ||||||||||||||| 50% Perfectionism ||||||||| 30% Planning |||||||||||||||||| 54% Orderliness ||||||||||||||| 49% Stability |||||||||||||||||||||||| 78% Happiness |||||||||||||||||| 58% Calmness |||||||||||||||||||||||| 78% Moderation ||||||||||||||||||||| 62% Toughness |||||||||||||||||||||||| 74% Impulse Control |||||||||||||||||||||||| 78% Imperturbability ||||||||||||||||||||| 70% Cool-headedness ||||||||||||||||||||| 62% Tranquility |||||||||||||||||||||||| 74% Emotional Stability ||||||||||||||||||||| 70% Intellect ||||||||||||||| 50% Ingenuity ||||||||||||||||||||| 62% Reflection ||||||||||||||||||||| 62% Competence ||||||||||||||||||||| 70% Quickness ||||||||||||||||||||| 66% Introspection ||||||||||||||||||||| 66% Creativity ||||||||||||||||||||| 62% Imagination ||||||||||||||| 50% Depth ||||||||||||||||||||| 66% Openmindedness ||||||||||||||||||||| 61% Take Free Advanced Big 45 Personality Test personality tests by similarminds.com	Factor low score high score Gregariousness 30% quiet, reclusive engaging, socially bold Sociability 54% withdrawn, hidden warm, open, inviting Assertiveness 42% timid, gunshy controlling, aggressive Poise 50% uneasy around others socially comfortable Leadership 30% stays in background prefers to lead Provocativeness 42% modest, plays it safe bold, uninhibited, cocky Self-Disclosure 38% private, contained very open and revealing Talkativeness 18% quiet, stealthy, invisible motor mouth, loud Group Attachment 42% loves solitude prefers to be with others Understanding 82% insensitive, schizoid respectful, sympathetic Warmth 66% disinterested in others supportive, helpful Morality 70% break/ignore the rules play by the rules Pleasantness 78% aloof or disagreeable gets along with others Empathy 62% out of tune w/ others in tune with others Cooperation 82% competitive, warlike agreeable, peaceful Sympathy 70% socially inconsiderate socially conscious Tenderness 54% cold hearted, selfish warm hearted, selfless Nurturance 78% self pleasing, me first people pleasing, me last Conscientiousness 46% reckless, unscheduled careful, planner Efficiency 54% unreliable, lazy finisher, follows through Dutifulness 58% leisurely, derelict strict, rule abiding Purposefulness 54% inattentive, undisciplined prepared, focused Organization 46% relaxed, oblivious detail oriented, anal Cautiousness 50% impulsive, spendthrift restrained, cautious Rationality 50% irrational, random direct, logical Perfectionism 30% careless, error prone detail obsessed Planning 54% disorganized, random scheduled, clean Stability 78% easily frustrated calm, cool, unphased Happiness 58% unhappy, dissatisfied self content, positive Calmness 78% touchy, volatile even tempered, tolerant Moderation 62% needs instant gratification easily delays gratification Toughness 74% hypersensitive, moody thick skinned Impulse Control 78% lacks self control maintains composure Imperturbability 70% highly emotional emotionally contained Cool-headedness 62% demanding, controlling accommodating Tranquility 74% emotionally volatile emotionally neutral Intellect 50% instinctive, non-analytical intellectual, analytical Ingenuity 62% lacks new ideas innovative, novel Reflection 62% unreflective, coarse art and beauty lover Competence 70% slow to understand/think intellectual, brainy Quickness 66% intellectually dependent intellectually independent Introspection 66% not self reflective self searching Creativity 62% dull headed synthesizer, iconoclast Imagination 50% practical, realistic dreamer, unrealistic Depth 66% lacks curiosity mental explorer Take Free Advanced Big 45 Personality Test personality tests by similarminds.com
Sir Francis Galton, the cousin of Charles Darwin, first popularized the notion of measurable intelligence in the late 1800s. Charles Spearman later discovered that all mental abilities tend to correlate together when statistically analyzed. He called this G. Modern researchers tend to agree that there are two kinds of intelligence, crystallized intelligence (learned knowledge) and fluid intelligence (abstract processing ability). Most non-verbal intelligence tests measure the latter. Some research suggests that fluid intelligence may correlate best to G. Congratulations, you obtained a very high score. Your overall percentile is 98% which means you scored higher than 98% of the people who have taken this test. The internet population tends to be more intelligent so your percentile might be higher if the test taking sample was perfectly random. Keep in mind, taking this test more than once will render your percentile score inaccurate because the percentile score assumes these questions were fresh to the test taker. The point of this test is to challenge you and show you how you compare to other test takers on a set of novel questions. Consequently, I need to keep the answers secret to protect the integrity of the test. Take Free Visual Pattern Test personality tests by similarminds.com
Sir Francis Galton, the cousin of Charles Darwin, first popularized the notion of measurable intelligence in the late 1800s. Charles Spearman later discovered that all mental abilities tend to correlate together when statistically analyzed. He called this G. Modern researchers tend to agree that there are two kinds of intelligence, crystallized intelligence (learned knowledge) and fluid intelligence (abstract processing ability). Most non-verbal intelligence tests measure the latter. Some research suggests that fluid intelligence may correlate best to G. Congratulations, you obtained a very high score. Your overall percentile is 88% which means you scored higher than 88% of the people who have taken this test. The internet population tends to be more intelligent so your percentile might be higher if the test taking sample was perfectly random. Keep in mind, taking this test more than once will render your percentile score inaccurate because the percentile score assumes these questions were fresh to the test taker. The point of this test is to challenge you and show you how you compare to other test takers on a set of novel questions. Consequently, I need to keep the answers secret to protect the integrity of the test. Take Free Numeracy Test personality tests by similarminds.com

(sorry these test results are a bit messy at present; I’ll tidy up soon)