{"id":1777,"date":"2015-10-04T17:55:51","date_gmt":"2015-10-04T17:55:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.andyloughran.co.uk\/?page_id=1777"},"modified":"2024-12-09T22:22:35","modified_gmt":"2024-12-09T22:22:35","slug":"bio","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/andylockran.dev\/index.php\/bio\/","title":{"rendered":"Biography"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I&#8217;m a bit of a geek, with a keen interest in how technology is evolving to assist our lives, and invent new capabilities that were previously too expensive or time-consuming before. &nbsp;I love data, playing with it and working out ways to analyse it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized is-style-rounded\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1536\" height=\"2045\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/andylockran.dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/5865d756-39d3-49da-9c82-8b3ac051a106-edited.jpg?resize=1536%2C2045&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2108\" style=\"width:200px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/andylockran.dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/5865d756-39d3-49da-9c82-8b3ac051a106-edited.jpg?w=1536&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/andylockran.dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/5865d756-39d3-49da-9c82-8b3ac051a106-edited.jpg?resize=225%2C300&amp;ssl=1 225w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/andylockran.dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/5865d756-39d3-49da-9c82-8b3ac051a106-edited.jpg?resize=769%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 769w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/andylockran.dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/5865d756-39d3-49da-9c82-8b3ac051a106-edited.jpg?resize=768%2C1023&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/andylockran.dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/5865d756-39d3-49da-9c82-8b3ac051a106-edited.jpg?resize=1154%2C1536&amp;ssl=1 1154w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Andy<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For fun, I like to exercise and keep myself fit, historically by playing tennis and five-a-side football. &nbsp;Nowadays that&#8217;s moved onto a swimming, cycling and running. &nbsp;You can see many of my activities over on my <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.strava.com\/athletes\/2240577\" target=\"_blank\">Strava Profile<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Most of my blogging was done in the mid 00&#8217;s &#8211; with stories related to technologies that I was just discovering, and discussions regarding open source, linux and <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ubuntu.com\" target=\"_blank\">ubuntu<\/a>.  Whilst my posts are interspersed with political thinking; I&#8217;m not confident I&#8217;m right; I&#8217;m very open minded about being challenged, and always striving to better myself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you want to get in touch for any reason, please contact me below, or via email at andy@zrmt.com, or on social media using @andylockran on most popular sites.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m a bit of a geek, with a keen interest in how technology is evolving to assist our lives, and invent new capabilities that were previously too expensive or time-consuming before. &nbsp;I love data, playing with it and working out ways to analyse it. For fun, I like to exercise and keep myself fit, historically [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1777","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/andylockran.dev\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1777","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/andylockran.dev\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/andylockran.dev\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/andylockran.dev\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/andylockran.dev\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1777"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/andylockran.dev\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1777\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2772,"href":"https:\/\/andylockran.dev\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1777\/revisions\/2772"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/andylockran.dev\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1777"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}