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I grew up on McGuyver, man. Through my own hobbies I developed a love for Linux, Open Source technologies and maker pages, such as Instructables. I really enjoy Hackathons and bringing groups together to create something bigger than themselves in such a small time frame. Making can really drop you in the deep end and can mean that you have to learn completely foreign skills sets to be able to finish a project, which is a great way to learn.  

1.) Given that I'm a latent pyromaniac, the first thing I'd probably do would be to re-enact Gizmo's flaming stationary bow and arrow (from that one time he went all John Rambo on things!) 2.) Next up, if I'd run out, I'd probably end up using a paper clip as a stand in for a cable, while working on a Raspberry Pi project...   3.) Keep it for the next time I need to remove an iPhone simm! 4.) And finally just use it to reset my router!

Primarily because I thought the documentary 'Kumare' was a stroke of genius! :P In relation to work, there would be for a few reasons, my father has been in the IT business for nearly 35 years so I've grown up around and literally earned my pocket money working PC network maintenance from about the age of twelve. I used to teach the ECDL one to one as a teenager during summer holidays, so training people comes naturally to me. I went on to study Web Design and have years of experience working in the family business, then later freelancing with...