Personal Stuff



As well as writing for Archive magazine, and spending lots of time using Acorn and Psion computers, I do have other things to occupy my time.
I'm a materials scientist by training, and work for an R&D company in the automotive industry (I buy engines or whole cars and take them apart to see what our competitors are doing). I'm involved in the Institute of Materials and am also an Associate Lecturer in the Open University. I've taught several courses in the Technology Faculty there over the years, including the Foundation Course (Living with Technology) and a range of Second Level Materials courses. I'm currently tutoring students on T191 (Personal & Career Development in Engineering), which is part of the OU's new MEng degree, and ties in with the Institute activities nicely.
As far as other attributes are concerned, I wear glasses, have a family, bass guitar, and an obsession with cricket. Some useful URLs for the last topic are:


I'm an inmate of the Psion Forum on CompuServe, and several Web sites connected to members there are on the Series 5 Links page. Others include those run by: I also have to put in a link to the Web site of one of the best TV series ever made!

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