About

my desk setup, H1 2025

Who is Matt Juffs? and why does he talk in the 3rd person?

I am 41 (at the time of writing), born 1984-05-14 and I like writing dates in the ISO format.

I work as a Technical Lead/Solution Architect, for Microlise - predominantly remotely, from home. A couple of times a month, I do make it into the office - for refinement.

I'm a Dad/Step-Dad to 6 girls (Alisha, Lily, Mia, Tegan, Annie-May and Florence) and I'm outnumbered.

I've lived in a few places, within the UK: Windsor (Berkshire), Lincolnshire, Somercotes (Derbyshire), Pentrich (also Derbyshire) and now Ripley (you guessed it, Derbyshire).

I enjoy reading, writing, walking, driving, Star Wars, coffee and a few other things you'll find on here.

What is Slickhouse? and what does it mean?

Sometime in 2003/2004, a friend at University called our student digs slickhouse and the name has stuck ever since.

I keep meaning to actually register it as a business, but I prefer working for an employer and leaving the business stuff to them.

When did this all begin? slickhouse, not the big bang...

I first registered slickhouse.com in 2004 according to who.is and haven't let the renewals slip since. Slickhouse has gone through various iterations and I plan to write a history page on it, in the near future.

Where is this hosted?

Currently, on an Azure VM. Originally it was on a UKHost4U shared server; then my homeserver; then Azure; then another homeserver - and back to Azure again. Once my homelab has been restored, I shall host it again on there.

How do I contact you? so I can send you spam.

You could use the contact page. You can also leave a comment on one of the posts - which I'll see and may respond to.


I managed to fit in the who/what/when/where/how - with a few whys!