Markz55 This user lives in England. 24 This user has visited 24 of the 205 countries in the world. This user is right-handed. . The This user does not put two spaces after a full stop. 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 fan Film This user rather likes the Ffestiniog Railway. This user supports public transit. This user does not appreciate tobacco smoke.

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.

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):

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