User:Markz55

Markz55

This user lives in England.

24This user has visited 24 of the 205 countries in the world.

This user is right-handed.

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This user supports recycling.

This user contributes using Microsoft Windows 7.

This user uses Google as a primary search engine.

This user graduated from the Sheffield Hallam University.

this user is a STAR WARS fanFilm

This user rather likes the Ffestiniog Railway.

This user supports public transit.

This user does not appreciate tobacco smoke.

About me

I have lived in the Midlands of England all of my life. I am married. I have been fortunate to travel the world for both work and pleasure. In fact travel is one of my great passions. I am retired now but worked in a railway computing/IT arena but despite this I only started editing Wikipedia in Feb 2008. I am a Chartered Engineer, a European Engineer and in 2009 I became a Fellow of the IMechE. In Feb 2012, I became an Ambassador for the IMechE and STEMNet as I really want to help young people become interested in technology and engineering.

My Interests

I am interested in a variety of topics including:

Music

• Dance
• Electronica
• Trance
• Some Rock
• Some Britpop
• Some R&B
• Some Pop
• New Romantics from the 80's

My favourite artists include (in no particular order):

U2	Madonna	Coldplay	Faithless	All Saints	Alanis Morissette	OneRepublic
The Ting Tings	Dido	The Enemy	Girls Aloud	Keane	Sugababes	OMD
Blondie	DJ Tiësto	George Michael	Ultravox	Duran Duran	Ian Van Dahl	Rihanna
The Human League	Jamelia	Jean Michel Jarre	Justin Timberlake	Moby	New Order	Robyn
Robbie Williams	Savage Garden	Seal	Simple Minds	Snow Patrol	David Gray	The Killers

Top 20 Singles of the Noughties (I struggled to narrow it down to 10!) - not really in any order.

1) I Can’t Let You Go – Ian Van Dahl
2) Who Do You Love Now? – RIVA and Dannii Minogue
3) Satellite – OceanLab
4) We Come 1 – Faithless
5) American Dream – Jakatta
6) Don’t Stop The Music – Rihanna
7) Give It 2 Me – Madonna
8) Vertigo – U2
9) Crazy In Love – Beyoncé
10) Sex On Fire – Kings Of Leon
11) As The Rush Comes – Motorcycle
12) Push The Button – Sugababes
13) Dream On – Christian Falk featuring Robyn
14) Cry For You – September
15) When Love Takes Over - David Guetta
16) Flawless – The Ones
17) Urban Train – DJ Tiësto
18) Sand In My Shoes – Dido
19) Clocks – Coldplay
20) Sound of the Underground – Girls Aloud

Top 10 Albums of the Noughties (In order)
1) Eyes Open – Snow Patrol
2) X&Y – Coldplay
3) Hard Candy – Madonna
4) FutureSex/LoveSounds - Justin Timberlake
5) Everything's Eventual – Appleton
6) Taller In More Ways – Sugababes
7) Hopes and Fears – Keane
8) Life For Rent – Dido
9) We'll Live and Die in These Towns – The Enemy
10) We Started Nothing – The Ting Tings

Travel

• See the countries I have visited below.

Railways

• Ffestiniog Railway

Films

• Star Wars
• Lord of the Rings
• Comedies
• British Movies (Old and New)

Computing

• Programming
• Wikipedia

Countries I have Visited

Australia Belgium Bulgaria Canada to the provinces of: Ontario Quebec China including: Hong Kong Czech Republic Denmark France Finland Germany Ireland Italy Luxembourg

Malaysia Netherlands New Zealand Norway Poland Singapore Spain Sweden Switzerland United Kingdom including: England Northern Ireland Scotland Wales United States to the states of: New York Pennsylvania