Piano
I like to listen to and play Piano. I like a lot of the classical composers like Bach, Chopin, Satie etc... I am a big fan of Ludovico Einaudi and I particularly like to play Le Onde (of course).
Travel
I like to travel. With my job I have been fortunate to travel all around Europe. I often spend time in Northern Italy and Switzerland where I have seen some of the most amazing sights. I have been to many places around Lake Como, Milan and Varese. I have walked with Snow Shoes up a Swiss mountain, experienced a strong earthquake and have seen "The Last Supper" by Da Vinci in Milan. I have been to Belgium and toured many of the great cities there. Belgium has some great food and beers. Shrimp Croquets with a Duvel takes some beating. Several visits to Germany have been memorable with walks around Lake Constantine and a trip to the best car collection I have ever seen whilst working at the headquarters of HP. Warsaw in Poland was a memorable trip with a visit to the top of the palace of science and culture. Duck with Orange and Chocolate sauce in the square was different but very nice. Spain is one of my favourite places to travel to and maybe one day this will be where I call home. Who knows.
Cook
I like to Cook and will have a go at almost anything. Some things I have tried are making my own sausages, chutneys, smoked my own Mackerel , made cheese, make my own pasta and so on. I am fortunate that I travel with my work as I have met many different people and have acquired a lot of knowledge and recipes over time.
Mountain Bike
I like to Mountain Bike and try to get out onto the rocks and into the mud as often as I can. I ride an Epic Comp FSR and my rides are usually about 20 miles.
Pizza Oven and Smoker
Inspired by my travels to Italy I decided to build a Wood Fired Pizza Oven in my garden. This has been a huge success and we have had many many enjoyable pizza parties. I even invited my Italian colleagues round for Pizza when they were in the UK office and we had a great time. As well as Pizza we have also cooked meats, chickens, breads and even cakes in there. The smoker can run hot or cold. I love smoking Mackerel, Salmon, cheeses and hams.
My name is Sean Benton and for the last 28 years, I have been a Data Engineer/Platform Administrator for a worldwide Corporation (Apparel). I specialise in Power BI and IBM Cognos analytics. I also have experience with SQL Server BI Stack and Tableau. Just for fun, I want to learn more about web coding (html, css, javascript, PHP, python etc.). This website is purely for fun and practice and so is not intended to look polished and finished. The information will be partial as it will just be there for the sake of putting some content on the page and there will be broken links.