Donovan Hide

I'm a software developer who used to be a technical manager who used to be an editor who used to be a runner. Full details here.

I live in London, but originate from Birkenhead. I support Tranmere Rovers and sit in the Kop. I like solving Dr. Ecco puzzles, as set by Dennis Shasha.

This site

Based on the designs of Jonas Arnfred and implemented using the development version of Django, this site is an exercise in getting familiar with Python again after a long time spent working in a banking institution, using C# and other Microsoft commercial products. The tagging system uses django-tagging and the blogging side was inspired by django-basic-apps. There's a little bit of jQuery thrown into the commenting system, with a little help from akismet.py too.

The Logo

(For when it is complete!) The lovely Sophie Annan produced the logo, based on a Martin Amis book cover.