"In one of the stars I shall be living. In one of them I shall be laughing. And so it will be as if all the stars are laughing, when you look at the sky at night...you-only you-will have stars that can laugh!"

Sadly, one of my children, Daniel, died 8years ago and the passage above was read at his funeral; and later was put onto his grave stone. I subsequently named a star in memory of Daniel and named the star that was numbered 000612 in the National Star Registry - the same number as the asteroid the Little Prince lived on. This star I was told was in the constellation Cepheus.

So, when I came to register a nick many years ago I chose Cepheus1...because it was unique in as much as I could always get that name...and of course, in memory of Daniel.

"No one ever truly dies - as long as someone remembers them"

Tell us a bit about you then!

My name is James Turner - although I am Jim to my friends! I live in Buckinghamshire in the UK with my family. I am 42 years old and have 3 beautiful children - Ben who is 14, Jessica who is 12 and Joe who is 10.

I am the Managing Director of Human Performance Limited, a business that I set up in May 2002 which is a Human Resources consultancy business.

When I left school I trained as a Chef and did a 5 year apprenticeship in a number of London restaurants before I qualified.

I went back to College when I was 22 as a Lecturer and spent 2 years teaching professional Chefs.

Having gained Teaching and Training qualifications I moved into Personnel and Training within the Catering Industry - at one point spending 2 years as the Personnel and Training Manager for London Zoo - and no...I didn't train the animals!

I spent 10 years working in HR, regularly getting promoted, until I was Head of Development for the largest Convenience Retailer in the UK - Employing over 12,000 staff in 1200 stores throughout the UK!

I turned 40 in 2002 and with the impending big 4 0 looming I decided at the beginning of 2001 that I didn't want to work for someone else for the rest of my life! So that's really how Human Performance got of the ground.

At the beginning of 2002 I went back to college to learn HTML coding; and in September 2003 I enrolled for my Webmasters Diploma which involved learning Dreamweaver, Flash, Fireworks, Networking Fundamentals and Web Server Management!

Which brings us "bang-up to date"! Human Performance Limited has been going for almost 5 years and I just launched World Wide Web Performance!

Please have a look at my websites...and don't hesitate to contact me if I can be of help to your business!

Tell us the kind of "stuff" you're into Jim!

Well, I have to drive quite a lot - so it's always nice to drive a car that is comfortable and lots of fun! My current car is shown to the left - it's a BMW 320 td se with sports suspension, sports seats, extra wide alloys and bluetooth telephone preparation!

Music, Music, Music and....did I say....MUSIC?

I am a massive music fan! I can live without the TV, but don't take away my music! The music that changed my life was back in 1977 and the group were The Clash; but most importantly it was Joe Strummer's music that I really cared about. There is a site dedicated to him called YallaYalla - take a look!

Guitars & Drums

I'm a frustrated musician at heart and really wish I had the time to learn to play my drums and my fender guitar!

I did take drum lessons a few years before work got in the way, but when I'm sat at the drums trying to play "Time is Tight" I could almost be Topper!

But one day I'll strap on that guitar and learn how to play - until then it looks great in the corner of my bedroom!

Other Hobbies & Interests

Where do I start? I've done compound archery for a couple of years and achieved 1st Class Bowmen. I've become quite a bit of a computer "nerd" over the past few years! I'm into Pocket PC's in a big way which you can read more about HERE! I've also got a Pocket PC Theme company which I started back in January 2002 and you can learn more about HERE! As I said earlier on in this page, I've been learning how to design web sites and have been at college studying for the past year or so - with still another year and more to go! And of course - I have to make time for my beautiful family!

My Favourite Music & Books!

As you'll appreciate this part of the site will change regularly, but I will try to keep it updated with my current listening and reading must haves!

Seafruit by Seafruit

I still love this album...and still no one has ever heard of them. I seem to have recollections of them releasing another album but can't really be certain.

I'd highly recommend you search this album out and give it a listen. It's very hard to describe who they sound like, but it's great singer/songwriter music in the vein of The Waterboys and Starsailor..

Favourite songs from this album are the single Looking for Sparks and Tenderhooks! You won't be disappointed!

Still Life by Aqualung

The 2nd Album from this group who became famous when a song from their first album was used as a television commercial!

This is another album full of depressing music that I would compare to Coldplay, Travis and Radiohead!

This is a really beautiful album that not all the critics were fans of - but why listen to what the critics say? Buy this album and judge for yourself!

A great 2nd album from Aqualung!

Dead Famous by Ben Elton

I am a fan of Ben Elton as I find his books highly entertaining and he is a very competent writer.

This book is set on a "Big Brother" style set where 1 of the contestants has been murdered. The investigation takes place whilst the "inmates" are confined to the house!

This is Ben's very cleverly observed dig at all these reality tv shows that makes for our prime-time viewing these days!

A very amusing book with a great ending that you will probably not work out!

Dreamweaver MX
by Macromedia

This book is subtitled "Training From The Source" and you'll find it hard to find a better book if you want to learn how to use Dreamweaver MX.

As I have said, I am currently studying for my Web Masters Diploma and this book has proved invaluable as I attempt to get to grips with all the features the software has.

You get straight-forward lessons to work your way through and a CD that contains all the resources to complete the work. You even get a 30 day trial of Dreamweaver MX thrown in as well! A great book to become a web master!

The Complete Clash
by Keith Topping

If you loved The Clash you just have to get this book!

You get a brief introduction to The Clash - you're expected to be a fan already! You then get a complete A to Z of every song they ever played and/or recorded. The detail of this book is just superb!

You also get information about every album and every tour they ever embarked upon and to wrap up you get a brief " What are they doing now!"

This is a brilliant book for all Clash fanatics!