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Who is Tim

Papa of two little boys, and married to Wonder Woman herself.

I enjoy playing music anytime I can with/at anyone who will listen.

I'm a keen 3D printer in the non-literal sense and have enjoyed learning to code in OpenSCAD.

Comic enthusiast, Superman #1.

One of my proudest achievements is my pilot's license in paragliding.

What I do

I am the Course Director at Tech Educators, the UK based coding bootcamp provider, heading up the software development course.

Teaching with TechEd is so flipping rewarding! I remember when I first learnt to code, and I remember my milestone Eureka{" "} moments. Now I get to see those in the students' faces, and it's music to my eyes.

What can I do

I am primarily a JavaScript Developer working with Next.js

Other tech stacks are available.

I'm also fairly competent at making coffee. Whole package.

Some stuff I Made

Open Source 3D Printbale Board Game

What started out as a silly little project to make a game I wish existed quickly turned into a massive Open Source project with contributors all over the world. Pretty fun.

X-Wing TMG with less rules, a smaller box & no prohibitive IP?

Sign me up, baby!

Explosions and maths on a grid

Like squares, colours, explosions and games you can play in a queue?

You're flipping welcome.

Machine Learning Pizza

I am passionate about pizza. Specifically pizza dough.

I am passionate about 'puters and stuff.

So passionate I created libraryof.pizza so pizzaiolos could use machine learning to find their own version of the perfect dough.

I've been approached my MANY people to make a coffee equivalent, so watch this space...

This is P.A.U.L.A the AI who helps with pizza magic.

Clandestine Chat App

Inspired by the website that Batman uses to speak to Riddler in the Batman movie, and disappointed with the version that was at the actual URL, I created this.

Is very silly.

Be aware that it saves the last 30 minutes of chat before you put anything there you'd rather no one saw.

Printable GM Screen

Perfect for you box of zines and OSR books you got from Kickstarter, this A5 screen fits snugly next to them.

The boards and hinges are 3D printable, using leftover filament for assembly.

A bonus editable insert set is also available{" "} here . You can either print them as they are, or fork the repo and edit the HTML page in the{" "} /inserts {" "} directory.

Terminal Timer

Created for my classes, run a timer in your terminal with just the command "timr".

There is also a{" "} browser based version {" "} because you can't share audio over Google Meet unless you share a browser tab, so this way the students can hear the music in the last 30 seconds.

Table Tennis Stat Tracker

I really am very competitive. Not to suggest I'm a sore loser, but given the opportunity to make something into a competition I will do exactly that.

Enter: King Pong. Now I can prove to anyone who works in my building that I'm actually really good at table tennis.

I swear I can actually be fun to be around...

Coding meets D&D

I had the joy of working with Harry, a good friend and GM (Game Master, or Head Geek) in making a character generator for an OSR TTRPG called The Black Hack

Was that enough esoteric acronyms?

The Clone Wars Watching Assistant

A tool to help you watch The Clone Wars in chronological order without losing your place.

The Clone Wars TV show was released in a funky order, so Star Wars released an official chronological order, but the experience of keeping track of what you'd watched was clunky...

...so I made this!

Coding meets Pancakes

Don't you just love it when a pancake recipe online tells you to use "an egg"?

I am also a huge fan of vague incomplete instructions.

On the off chance you like to make food properly, use this app to correctly measure out your ingredients for pancakes based entirely on the weight of the eggs.

What in Pucknation?!

After an evening of playing a game we were making up as we went, I felt it was important to share this game, with at the very least, me in the morning.

What the Puck enters the chat!

Parametric Design

This was in response to the life counters that Wizards of the coast sell becoming prohibitively expensive.

Parametric means you can change few parameters and the whole thing changes. This required some maths I'm not qualified to take credit for.

dApp for Teaching dApps

I feel rather strongly that the current state of web3 is{" "} NOT the future.

That said, the technology is incredible. Maybe one day we can use it for some good?

Whatever happens, here is a little mini lesson on how a part of that tech works.

Blockchain Pizza

This was another project that was super world changing... truly ground breaking stuff. The world needed a community of web3 forward pizziolas patting each other on the back for their work.

Web3 saves the world, yet again...

Let's chinwag!


I'm not looking for any new opportunities, but I do like talking to interesting people. So ask me a question or tell me about your cool new thing.
I love hearing about things.

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