So who is Ranulf anyway?

I guess I'm not normally in the habit of telling people who I am, particularly, but as I've removed the weblog long ago (and before they became the in thing!), here's a little synopsis...

For starters, most people know me as Ralf, not Ranulf. That started with a friend of mine at school, who decided that 2 syllables in a name was too many. His name was Matthew, and everyone called him Matt... Anyway, Ralf kind of stuck and now more people call me Ralf than Ranulf. But, Chief (as in Wigham) is right out. Got that?

I'm mid-late 20s 30 almost 31 and live in Coventry in England. I guess the most important thing to me really is how I relate to God, and there are frequent ramblings on my weblog about this. I go to a pretty lively church called New Horizons and if you want to know more, it's probably easiest just to look at the church website.

Outside of church stuff, I've been interested in computer programming for a long time, and I'm currently doing Java programming for a living and some hacking on the PS3 under Linux in my spare time.

I've been learning Biblical Greek for a while, although I seem to have ground to a halt at that... Must make some more of an effort again sometime.

History of my name

The name itself is derived from Old English, being originally Randwulf, meaning Wolf-shield or Protector against wolves. It was fairly common in the 14th century, and seems to have fallen out of common usage, although derivatives such as Ralph, Ralf and Randolph live on.

According to Baby names

Your name of Ranulf has created the desire to focus on the details of your immediate interests to the extent that others consider you to be fussy. You are attracted to, and could excel in, the mechanical or technical fields, such as computers. Instead of establishing the system and order you would like, you are over-particular in some things that matter to you personally but lax and indulgent in other ways. You place great importance on whatever you happen to be interested in, and can be quite thorough and detailed in what you are doing, but find it difficult to be consistent. You scatter your efforts when things becomes too monotonous. You have intense urges and feelings for which you can find no expression. At times you are motivated more by moods and desires than by sound logic and reason, and under conditions of stress you could react inadvertently in temper or stubbornness that you would regret later. The indulgences prompted by this name can lead to high blood pressure and its relative ailments, as well as nervous tension affecting the whole nervous system.

And who am I to argue?

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