Computing, computers, software, hardware, coffee, mp3 players, computer games, books, digital cameras, gadgets, podcasts, cartoons, forums, magazines, hitting deadlines, John Prescott.
Anyone and everyone who's into computing.
The team's favourite bands:
Simon: Frank Sinatra
Sarah: Busted
Kevin: Eels
Anthony: Jordan and Peter Andre
Martin: Roxy Music
Elizabeth: Minus the Bear
Gemma: Westlife
Glen: Kings of Leon
Dan: Rubber
Jon: Led Zeppelin + anything involving drum/bass/stripped down German techno or a trombone
And favourite movies:
Simon: Too many to list! Last *great* film I saw was Sideways
Sarah: American Werewolf in London
Kevin: Garden State
Anthony: ‘Micro Mart: The Movie’ as directed by me
Martin: My Fair Lady
Elizabeth: The Goonies, all Indiana Jones films, Spirited Away, Edward Scissorhands
Gemma: Love Actually
Matt: Withnail & I
Glen: Seven
Dan: Leon
Jon: Star Wars
Favourite telly programs:
Simon: The Wire
Sarah: Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
Kevin: Match of the Day
Anthony: QI
Martin: The Simpsons
Elizabeth: Eastenders
Gemma: Eastenders
Matt: Trailor Park Boys or Operation Good Guys or Family Guy or Quincy
Glen: Alan Partridge
Dan: Poker Superstars
Jon: Spaced
Favourite books:
Simon: Either 1984 (George Orwell) or Danny, The Champion Of The World (Roald Dahl)
Sarah: Wuthering Heights or Catch 22
Kevin: Homer's Odyssey
Anthony: 1984, by George Orwell
Martin: 1984
Elizabeth: Jane Eyre, Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, His Dark Materials (a trilogy of books by Phillip Pullman)
Gemma: PS I love you by Celia Adhern
Matt: Love All The People, the complete Bill Hicks
Glen: The Hobbit
Dan: Scar Tissue, Anthony Keidis
Jon: Lord of the Rings trilogy
Bit self-explanatory, this:
Simon: Leslie Phillips
Sarah: Spiderman
Kevin: Helikaon
Anthony: Ron Jeremy
Martin: Philip K. Dick
Gemma: David Beckham
Matt: Hunter S. Thompson
Glen: Angle-grinder man (the man who removes your car clamp for free)
Dan: Daniel Negranue
Jon: Simon Brew