This web-site is essentially a note-book that I don't mind other folk
reading – its real purpose is to be a place: in
which I can record my thoughts and explorations of various topics; that I can
access from anywhere with a web browser and an internet connection. Parts of it
may, none the less, be of interest to others; I'll let you be the judge of that.
The major entry-points are:
I did my degree in mathematics,
specializing in theoretical physics; I still dabble in
both. My writings here use a notation designed
for plain text (via a cruder precursor) and
the mathematics is divided between an older area which is
more chaotic, but contains more material, than the more disciplined newer work. The latter is somewhat more focussed on the needs
of theoretical physics.
and book reviews, organized chronologically, along
with a diaryrecording what's changing
on this site. Similar thoughts sometimes end up as project
sketches, ranging from space travel and software engineering to tools for
theoretical physics.
I earn my living as a
computer programmer (see my curriculum vitae –
or, to North Americans, resumé – for
details) and am in favour of Free Software. When
I'm learning new web technologies, I add toys to this site as examples; and
sometimes I write essays about how I think the software industry might be
improved.
ramblings and witterings
Like many a vain fool with a website,
I have recorded some of my opinions about politics and
life in general, of which you can make what you will. As
my opinions change, I might even update these pages, but some of them are very
old, so might be out of date.
I endeavour, on this web-site, to conform to the world-wide web consortium's relevant standards:
consequently, it should work with all user agents (including the ones described
as web browsers) in so far as they support those standards. On the other
hand, particularly when I'm exploring new web technologies, I do use some modern
standards (e.g. SVG and XHTML) which are not as widely supported as plain HTML;
so you'll get most out of this site with a modern standards-compliant browser
(such as FireFox or Opera). I
personally recommend (and routinely use) the cross-platform Opera web browser
– I'm employed to work on making it
better and getting it to work well on diverse devices (not just desk-top
computers). The version that runs on my mobile 'phone is built from the same
source code as the desktop version, so improvements we make in either are
naturally available in the other.
I have had several abodes on the net: however, most of these may sensibly be
expected to have expired. So if you have any other e-mail address for me,
please revise to just eddy@chaos.org.uk. This is now my definitive home (and e-mail address) on the
InterNet, although I also have outposts at work and on my.Opera.
To announce that there must be no criticism of the president or
that we are to stand by the president right or wrong is not only unpatriotic and
servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public.
I should point out
that approximately 99% (no, this is not hyperbole: it is a grim
statistical fact) of the e-mail I get at this address is spam: I get hundreds of spams (totalling about a
megabyte) per day and of order a dozen or so (a good amount, in my view) of
legitimate e-mails per week. If you actually want me to notice your e-mail,
you'd do well to bear in mind that I use highly-developed first-impression
triage to make it possible to spend only a few minutes per non-spam on the
routine chore of flushing my in-box.
and book reviews, organized chronologically, along
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