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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

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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

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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

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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

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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

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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

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8. It’s a knockout

Student sans frontiers

May 5, 2022

8. It’s a knockout

May 5, 2022

Part nine, mountains and emigrating to Norway

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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...

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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...

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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

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12. Seeking new audiences

Travelling and becoming a computer scientist

May 10, 2022

12. Seeking new audiences

May 10, 2022

Part thirteen, teaching years

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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

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14. Stranger Than Fiction

From monographs to novels

May 20, 2022

14. Stranger Than Fiction

May 20, 2022

Part fifteen, work life unbalanced

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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...

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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...

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17. Promise Theory

Give and take in the world of agents

Jun 28, 2022

17. Promise Theory

Jun 28, 2022

Part eighteen, dark days

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18. A Blind alley

Darker times afoot

Jul 10, 2022

18. A Blind alley

Jul 10, 2022

Nineteen, ne-ne-ne nineteen

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19. Ticket To Ride the CFEngine

All abroad!

Jul 25, 2022

19. Ticket To Ride the CFEngine

Jul 25, 2022

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@markburgess_osl on Twitter and Instagram. Science, research, technology advisor and author - see Http://markburgess.org and Https://chitek-i.org

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