I'm Daniel Timms, a software developer and human calculator from the UK.
Some time after celebrating my 9000th day with a dinner party involving inappropriate combinations of seafood and custard, I was looking for a new web development project, so made HyperBirthday.com for anyone on the internet to find their own similar milestones.
hyperbirthday@hyperbirthday.com
Employed by Hewlett Packard Enterprise from 2012-2016 to work on C++ applications, and projects in Natural Language Processing. Now working in STEM Education.
I compete internationally at Mental Calculation, which is probably the world's least interesting spectator sport. Since 2018, I've been running World Mental Calculation, the top website about advanced mental math and fast math training.
You can read more about my work and projects on my other website daniel-timms.com.
I've been travelling as a lifestyle since 2016, spending most Winters exploring tropical countries like Colombia, Indonesia and Nicaragua.
Sometimes I write music for the piano - including original compositions, Ukrainian folk dance and experimental pieces. Here's my piano transcription of Nightwish's "Sahara":