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Mar 30, 2024

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"You're not a scientist, maybe a DJ..."

A project to record some biographical tales from tadpole to scientist to tech entrepreneur - people I've met, things I did, adventures I had... PUBLIC HEALTH WARNING: this contains stories of an entirely personal nature!

Introduction

Prologue: “You’re Not a Scientist, Maybe a DJ..”

Introit

Apr 23, 2022

Prologue: “You’re Not a Scientist, Maybe a DJ..”

Apr 23, 2022

Part one - Wirral, where it all began

From the beginning

I’m not a celebrity, I’ve never robbed a bank, never received a Nobel prize — and I never signed up to the vanity queue for climbing…

Apr 23, 2022

From the beginning

Apr 23, 2022

Part 2, primary school days...

2. The Eye of Harmony

Tadpole days before it all got serious…

Apr 24, 2022

2. The Eye of Harmony

Apr 24, 2022

Part 3, secondary school and science...

3. A Runaway Universe

How science came to be on the agenda

Apr 26, 2022

3. A Runaway Universe

Apr 26, 2022

Part four, going deeper to set yourself free...

4. Escape From The Cavern!

Freedom is going deeper

Apr 27, 2022

4. Escape From The Cavern!

Apr 27, 2022

Part five, high school years

5. From middling to major sixth

16–18 in a flash

Apr 28, 2022

5. From middling to major sixth

Apr 28, 2022

Part six, university years

6. Taking Goals to Newcastle

The Runaway University

May 1, 2022

6. Taking Goals to Newcastle

May 1, 2022

Part seven, how I got into computing

7. Dial "C" for Computing

How I got into computing

May 1, 2022

7. Dial "C" for Computing

May 1, 2022

Part eight, finals and PhD

It’s a knockout

Student sans frontiers

May 5, 2022

It’s a knockout

May 5, 2022

Part nine, mountains and emigrating to Norway

9. Legging it to Norway

Wind and wuthering

May 7, 2022

9. Legging it to Norway

May 7, 2022

Part ten, as a physics post doc...

10. Stable Configurations and Big Physics

A Phase Transition In The Works

May 8, 2022

10. Stable Configurations and Big Physics

May 8, 2022

Part eleven, moving to computer science...

11. Leaving physics/computing for computing/physics

An unexpected turn

May 8, 2022

11. Leaving physics/computing for computing/physics

May 8, 2022

Part twelve, settling into the new role

12. Seeking new audiences

Travelling and becoming a computer scientist

May 10, 2022

12. Seeking new audiences

May 10, 2022

Part thirteen, teaching years

13. Automating teaching

How the web became a detachable buoyancy device

May 14, 2022

13. Automating teaching

May 14, 2022

Part Fourteen, How I predicted the future a little bit

14. Stranger Than Fiction

From monographs to novels

May 20, 2022

14. Stranger Than Fiction

May 20, 2022

Part fifteen, work life unbalanced

15. Sugar and Spice, Day and Night

Getting more personal

Jun 3, 2022

15. Sugar and Spice, Day and Night

Jun 3, 2022

Part Sixteen, progress in computer research...

16. Graphs, networking, and voluntary cooperation

Research travails becoming promising

Jun 11, 2022

16. Graphs, networking, and voluntary cooperation

Jun 11, 2022

Part Seventeen, soon coming of age...

17. Promise Theory

Give and take in the world of agents

Jun 28, 2022

17. Promise Theory

Jun 28, 2022

Part eighteen, dark days

18. A Blind alley

Darker times afoot

Jul 10, 2022

18. A Blind alley

Jul 10, 2022

Nineteen, ne-ne-ne nineteen

19. Ticket To Ride the CFEngine

All abroad!

Jul 25, 2022

19. Ticket To Ride the CFEngine

Jul 25, 2022