Campaign for an apology for treatment of Alan Turing

The website for Number 10 Downing Street has a new petition calling for an apology for the treatment which led Alan Turing to commit suicide at the age of 41, rather than submit to having his homosexuality "cured" by chemical castration. Turing was, not only a founding father of Computer Science, but a leading member […]

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Choosing a development hosting solution

I'm considering changing the development environment we use to host our projects in work and I'm not alone. The reason why will become more clear further down. To be honest this article is partly to help me work out what my priorities for this are, and to appeal to the lazy web for any other […]

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Violence and Gender

Recently, I've spoken to a few people about an English tourist having his genitals set alight in Crete. Apparently he was exposing himself to a local girl and fondling her. If so, his behaviour was just plain disgraceful, and regardless of the justice of the situation as defined by the law, a stern reminder to […]

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