{"id":70,"date":"2023-10-16T20:43:22","date_gmt":"2023-10-16T20:43:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fixitross.com\/?page_id=70"},"modified":"2025-05-06T19:35:12","modified_gmt":"2025-05-06T19:35:12","slug":"about-me","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/fixitross.com\/index.php\/about-me\/","title":{"rendered":"About me"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/1&#8243;][vc_column_text uncode_shortcode_id=&#8221;738360&#8243;]<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"\" data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"63\">Hey, I\u2019m Ross, the tinkerer behind the lens (and the code)<\/h3>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"65\" data-end=\"367\">I\u2019m a 44 year old Brit who never really outgrew the \u201cHow does that work?\u201d phase. By day\u202fI secure networks and run a home\u2011lab that\u2019s forever sprouting new automation experiments. By night\u202fI\u2019m chasing perfect light, whether that\u2019s a plate of runny-yolk perfection or a windswept landscape at blue hour.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"369\" data-end=\"391\"><strong data-start=\"369\" data-end=\"389\">Why the mash\u2011up?<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul data-start=\"392\" data-end=\"833\">\n<li class=\"\" data-start=\"392\" data-end=\"516\">\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"394\" data-end=\"516\"><strong data-start=\"394\" data-end=\"422\">Tech &amp; Cyber\u2011security<\/strong>\u00a0keep my left\u2011brain sharp: patching, scripting, and keeping my self\u2011hosted services humming.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"\" data-start=\"517\" data-end=\"686\">\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"519\" data-end=\"686\"><strong data-start=\"519\" data-end=\"569\">Photography, video, and a bit of audio sorcery<\/strong> feed the right\u2011brain: capturing honest textures, telling food stories, and turning raw files into something tasty.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"\" data-start=\"687\" data-end=\"833\">\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"689\" data-end=\"833\"><strong data-start=\"689\" data-end=\"721\">Learning is my through\u2011line.<\/strong> Every project, whether it\u2019s hardening TLS settings or perfecting poached\u2011egg highlights, starts with, \u201cWhat if\u2026?\u201d<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"835\" data-end=\"860\">On this site you\u2019ll find: (Eventually, this is a work in progress, so please be patient)<\/p>\n<ol data-start=\"862\" data-end=\"1057\">\n<li class=\"\" data-start=\"862\" data-end=\"935\">\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"865\" data-end=\"935\"><strong data-start=\"865\" data-end=\"889\">Photography<\/strong> from Seascape to the plate, you will see it all.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"\" data-start=\"936\" data-end=\"987\">\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"939\" data-end=\"987\"><strong data-start=\"939\" data-end=\"959\">Home\u2011lab how\u2011tos<\/strong>\u00a0for fellow DIY sysadmins.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"\" data-start=\"988\" data-end=\"1057\">\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"991\" data-end=\"1057\"><strong data-start=\"991\" data-end=\"1013\">Creative workflows<\/strong> where cameras, code, and curiosity collide.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"1059\" data-end=\"1211\">If that blend sounds like your cup of tea (or flat white), stick around, poke the buttons, and drop me a message, I\u2019m always up for swapping tips and ideas.<\/p>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/1&#8243;][vc_column_text uncode_shortcode_id=&#8221;738360&#8243;] Hey, I\u2019m Ross, the tinkerer behind the lens (and the code) I\u2019m a 44 year old Brit [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-70","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fixitross.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/70","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fixitross.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fixitross.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fixitross.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fixitross.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=70"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/fixitross.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/70\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":83,"href":"https:\/\/fixitross.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/70\/revisions\/83"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fixitross.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=70"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}