It's time for a big change for the Johnston Clan

No, we're not pregnant...

No, it's not April Fool's...

No, I didn't win the lottery... 
(Although, having said that, I do feel like I've hit the jackpot as far as my career is concerned.)

... I've just accepted the best job in the continent for my line of work!

I'll be taking up the position of HPC Engineer at the Center for High Performance Computing, within the Advanced Computer Engineering Lab, at the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research. 

In other words, I'll be working in the facility that houses the fastest supercomputer in Africa, and potentially (TBC fairly soon:)) the fastest supercomputer in the Southern Hemisphere.

I will be heading up the HPC ecosystems project for the region in a bid to prepare facilities to be ready for the eventual commissioning of the Square Kilometre Array. Yeah, you can tell I'm fairly excited about it :)

This means that the Johnston Clan will be semigrating to Cape Town!

It will be sad to say goodbye to our home of a collective 70+ years and to say farewell (for now) to all of our friends, our church and our family but there's an excitement stirring in us to make this move - we can't steer this ship if it's not moving and we can't wait to see what God has in store for us!