About Me

Name: Nik Sibley.
Age: 29 (and counting…).
Status: Married to my lovely Nicola.
Where I Live: In the city of Coventry, England, United Kingdom.
Pets: Coco (British Shorthair cat) and Jasper (Lutino cockatiel) (see Pets page).
Current Car: Mini Cooper, 2004 (see Mini page).
Interests: Technology, computing, internet, driving, photography, travelling, walking, camping, being outdoors, rock and alternative music, watching films (DVD and cinema), comedy, eating out.
Likes: A few things which cheer me up and get me through my days include good food, fresh coffee, my cameras, R.E.M., Zooey Deschanel, my Mini Cooper, Apple Mac, Apple iPhone, pick and mix sweets, awesome photos, listening to my favourite songs (especially through earphones), Ben Sherman, internet LOLs, Absolute Radio, BBC 6music, She & Him, Nintendo Wii.
Dislikes:I may be very easy going but a few things I don’t like include Manchester United, golf, little prawns in Chinese food, arrogant and rude people, most dance “music”, Microsoft Windows.
Desires: To get a house of our own sometime, start playing music again (Keyboard, piano, violin, may start something else too for fun).

Career

Current Employment: I am a coach driver with megabus.com (Stagecoach). I drive big blue coaches around parts of the UK, generally between London, Rugby, Coventry, Birmingham, Manchester, Sheffield, Leeds, Wakefield Woolley Edge, Bolton Horwich and Preston.
Past employment: In the past I have worked in engineering, warehousing, fork-lift truck driving, picture framing, and local bus driving (for my current employer).

Gadgets

Yes, I am one of those guys that loves gadgets and boys toys. A few things I currently rate are:

 Apple MacBook Pro laptop computer (aluminium unibody, Mac OS X Snow Leopard (10.6), 15.4″ LED-backlit LCD (1440 x 900), 2.66GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, 4GB 1066MHz DDR3 RAM, 320GB HD, 8xspeed CD/DVD Superdrive, dual graphics (NVidia GeForce 9400M and 9600M GT), Wi-fi, Bluetooth 2.1, 1x Firewire 800 / 2x USB 2.0 / 1x SD, multi-touch trackpad, backlit keyboard, 7 hour battery).
 Apple iPhone 3G mobile phone (black case, 3.5″ multi-touch LCD (320 x 480), 16GB, 2MP camera, O2 network, UMTS/HSDPA/GSM/EDGE, Wi-fi, Bluetooth 2.0, aGPS, accelerometer, ambient light / proximity sensors).
Panasonic SC-PT470 home cinema (black, DVD / CD / USB / iPod / Photo / Radio player, 5.1 surround sound Dolby / DTS)
Technika television (black, LCD, Freeview, DVD, 22″; will upgrade this soon)
Pure Chronos iDock bedside audio (Black, DAB / FM / iPod / Aux player, alarm clock)
Nintendo Wii video games (white, assorted games and accs).