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These days, the best overview of what I'm doing at work (and what I've been up to for the last few years) is available on my page on LinkedIn |
When I'm not spending time with my family, I can sometimes be found programming or testing my chess program. It's an interesting, therapeutic hobby; and I've got to travel a lot and meet all sorts of interesting people through it. What else? Well, I enjoy sport, especially rugby, soccer and skiing. I'm a member of the AEI Rugby Football Club, although I don't play as often as I did a few years ago. With all the information about computer chess on this site, you would think I'm a great chess player myself, right? Well, you'd be wrong - I've played for the local chess club a fair bit in the past, but not at any great level. When I have time (seems less and less these days), I love to read. I enjoy all sorts, including "classic" Science Fiction (John Wyndham, H.G Wells, John Christopher etc.), the odd biography, and anything on artificial intelligence/ computer chess/ IT security. Other stuff which I enjoy includes go-karting, music (big Pink Floyd fan), stand-up comedy, classic BBC comedies (Black Adder, The Young Ones, Men Behaving Badly etc.), decent beer, Chilean wines, Dilbert, attempting to play football, watching England attempt to play football, and 1980's arcade games (which you can now run on your PC) . We recently bought a second hand piano, and I'm teaching myself to play it. I'm aiming to master one or two Scott Joplin rags - I can get by on "the Entertainer".. "Maple leaf rag" is next in line. |