About me.
I live in Brighton on the South coast of the UK with my gorgeous girlfriend. I currently work in e-Learning, mostly specifying and writing commercial additions for an open source learning management solution called Moodle.
I am a dark-haired, dark-eyed, skinny runt. I was born in November 1977, but can still occasionally be asked for id. I have a MEng from Cambridge University in Aeronautical Engineering that I have never used in a paid job, a MSc from Sussex University in Human-Centred Computer Systems, and a truly great capacity for making a mess! My name is Eleanor/Ellie Martin, and I can be contacted at eam31 (at) yahoo (d.o.t) com.
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About the site.
The site has a number of components, spanning (hopefully) most of my interests. There is the blog which covers my spare time interests: gardening, knitting, cycling, geekery... And general day-to-day stuff. Then there is a second journal for my university stuff. This was spurred on by needing to produce a 'learning diary', but I think is going to be a useful place for collecting my thoughts and notes on my courses and dissertation this year.
Why Life on Mars?
I had it before the TV show, for what it's worth. My surname is Martin, so Martian has been a nickname for a long time. It followed from that really. Of course, then came 'Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus', but Life on Venus is just rubbish.