Hey all! My name's John and I live in the wonderful Aberdeenshire town of Banff on the north-east coast of Scotland (no, not the Canadian one - definitely no decent ski-slopes here). I'm (in no particular order) a father of two beautiful children, lover of dogs, chicken wing aficionado, coder, sci-fi nerd, staunch ally, liberal, poet, Scotsman, engineer, and bike mechanic.
This is the story of me deciding to leave the 9-5, and start trying to build my own future, rather than someone else's. It's a huge step for me, and definitely out of my comfort zone, but at the age of 44 it was time to decide what the second half of my life was going to look like. How could I change things to live locally, sustainably, and the best way to give my family the quality of life they deserve.
And why thedaddy.org? I have owned this domain since 2003 because, well, I was just amazed that it was still available, even then! I have used it for many things in the past, most notably a home-build web forum that was reasonably successful until Facebook arrived on the scene. It's been parked for a long time, but I've kept it for my email domain, and I just decided that I'd bring it out of retirement for my vlog :)