Author: James
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A Selective (Professional) Biography
Hello world, I think it’s nice to give the code I write a bit of context, by including some autobiographical detail. I have a BSc in Maths and Artificial Intelligence from the University of Sussex, which taught me plenty of theoretical, pure maths (which has, somewhat perversely been rather useful in practice), and how to…
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Present Tense Book Review – Bulldog Drummond
The internet is not exactly lacking in book reviews, so thought I’d try to give a bit of a twist to my meagre musings: talking about the book before I’ve finished. I’m starting with Bulldog Drummond, by Sapper (a pseudonym required because the author was a serving member of the armed forces). I’ve read the…
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Love on the Dole
Saw Love on the Dole last night, at the Bolton Octagon. It’s an in-the-round theatre, which is interesting, although it also doubles as a sauna, which makes the latter acts somewhat uncomfortable. I enjoyed the play, Mrs. Monkeyshines thought it was okay, but was less impressed than me, which was sort of the wrong way…
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My first blog post should be more interesting
About 12 years after I first limped on to the internet with a Geocities page, I’ve finally gotten around to setting up a proper website. I’ve previously avoided writing a blog, based on the principle that it is better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to open your mouth and remove all…