Greetings & Salutations!
Wayne is a polymath who was born at a very early age and, quite impressively, has not died yet-something he considers to be a notable achievement.
He joined Freemasonry in 2006, the Holy Royal Arch in 2007, the S.R.I.A. in 2012, and the Ancient & Accepted Rite in 2013. In 2011, Wayne became the Master of Llannerch Lodge and has spent fourteen of the following fifteen years in one chair or another. His commitment to Masonry is extensive. He was a founding member of the Widows Sons North Wales chapter, served as the Provincial Webmaster for five years, the Assistant Provincial Mentor for five years, and was part of the Membership Pathways Team also for five years. Additionally, Wayne was an active member of the North Wales Association of Masonic Study for eight years, as both a Speaker and committee member, he has also been giving talks across several provinces since 2017.
Wayne is also a fervent supporter of the Blood Bikes Wales charity, dedicating his time and effort to this vital cause, raising over £50,000 from talks and presentations.
Put simply Wayne is A Blood Biker, A CodeNinja, A Gamer, A Hacker, A Blogger, A Writer & Poet, A Speaker, A Freemason, A Rosicrucian, A Reader, A Spod, A Son, An Uncle, A Brother, A Man, AN INDIVIDUAL!
From the Pen of Wayne Owens
Recent News & Blog Posts
Ghosts At The Insane Asylum
It seems the Insane Asylum is haunted, or we have the worlds weirdest burglars. Last night as I made my bid for freedom I left Gawain my trusty work desktop recompiling its kernel, and doing other re-compiles of parts of its OS. I know it was doing this as the screens...
Is it really Winning if you have to Cheat to do it?
It is a straightforward question. If you need to cheat to win, have you really won? Can you give a whoop of joy and flick you nose at the losers? Can you boast about your skills? In fact, is anyone impressed? I’d say NOT! Now, I can understand how someone playing a...
NetIM BotNet – Part 2
Update time, for NetIM BotNet – Part 1. I have now got the project running on version control (subversion), so that I can keep track of changes, revert to working versions in the case of irrevocable coding errors. and ease of installing on multiple servers. This...
A Sisyphean task
Now a lot of people think that governments, or legal types thrive in pointless red tape, and the rest of us mere mortals are driven insane with the pointlessness of their tasks. The truth is somewhat different, Busby* could teach these lovers of the red tape a thing...
WOW! A good update, Let the Zombie Massacre begin.
So yesterday I was gearing up for a session of Zombie killing with my usual l4d wingman SuperSpiro, Booted up the ole Xbox, connected to XBox-Live and BANG. “Updates are available for this program… Downloading Updates” Now the last time my xbox insisted i had an...
Violence has its place.
Today I was reminded why I make it a policy to be unarmed in the office. The extra time needed to find a suitable weapon gives my temper time to loose its edge. And on days like today every second gained helps keep people alive… Now I’ve been busy all week, my...
It’s not “What you Know” or “Who you Know” But “Who you ARE!”
King of the Lab! As those of you who have to deal with the world of emails know BT, Yahoo have recently upped their fight against Spam in a rather Draconian Manner. and SysAdmins around the world have learnt to dread the influx of the following in their logs :-...
NetIM BotNet – Part 1
As my Dear Readers you may be aware (If you recall back to the Jibber Jabber posts). We at the Insane Asylum have switched to a uniform IM chat system that we now all use for inter communication between padded cells. Which is much simpler that the days when some were...
In the velvet darkness, of the blackest sky
In the velvet darkness, of the blackest sky All morning the skies above the Insane Asylum have been dark & brooding as we are sat under a Thunder Storm. Now this is not necessary a bad thing, OK. So my dogs are outside getting drenched, OK I will spend longer...
BSG: The Final Flight of the Galactica
Adama: Starbuck, what do you hear?Starbuck: Nothing but the rain.Adama: Then grab your gun and bring in the cat.Starbuck: Aye-aye, sir! The series has come to the end of its four seasons run. And we have the 2 hour finale, where they get to tie up all the loose...
Micro$oft 0: WayneOwens 1
Tales of My delve into the world of Micro$oft repair work. I had put out requests during the day yesterday for the parts I needed to repair my X-Box, and rectify the inherited design flaw of the system. So I had a half dozen M4 bolts (always get more than you need in...
The Dreaded 1RLOD
So I have a free evening with no plans, nothing urgent requiring my attention, so have the opportunity to go a bit further on re5. Time to try and get past the heavily armed zombies who had me pinned down with their machine gun fire when I last played. So a quick...