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Alan Turing finally receives an apology
Alan Turing (Photograph: Public Domain) Alan Turing, one of the true great minds of computing history, has finally received an official apology from the UK government. There is no doubt that he shaped...
View ArticleOn Sabbatical
I am on sabbatical. Yes, I will have one year study leave without teaching at home! This is the first time I have done this. As of now, I officially have time to concentrate on my research for a while....
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Yes, they do exist!
After ten years of working on the BlueJ project, today, for the first time, I saw a real-life Bluejay. Out in the wild. Outside the window, just a few metres away, on the bird feeder. Very exciting....
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Highs and lows of flying in the USA
I am on my way back home from a visit to the US right now. Two things just happened in the last few hours: On my flight from Atlanta to Boston, I had internet access on the plane! Woohoo! That was the...
View ArticleFixing an old link
Quite some time ago — in November 2006, to be exact — I wrote a position statement called I Object! on my old blog. It seems that this is now hard to find, since my old blog is dead and has been moved...
View ArticleUS now charges entry fee at the gate
I just discovered that I now have to pay to enter the USA. Just like when entering Disney Land. But cheaper. I am planning travel to the US again soon, and have been going through the paper work. For a...
View ArticleShort pause in the Joy of Code
If you were following the Joy of Code series, you may have noticed a short pause: No new episodes for over a week already. I am currently away at the ACE 2012 conference, so I don’t have the chance...
View ArticleA quick update
I know that some of you are waiting for the next Joy of Code episode. We are a having a little pause. Just a quick note to reassure you: I have not stopped — there is more to come! I am at a conference...
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The Blackbox servers are here
Here they are: The new Blackbox servers (and one more for BlueJ) These are the two servers that will run the Blackbox project. They are two Dells, each with 12 cores (24threads), 32G RAM, 2x 500G HD to...
View ArticleDo you want to work on BlueJ/Greenfoot? We’re hiring!
The BlueJ/Greenfoot team are quite a small outfit (currently four people), but we are looking to hire two more team members. The official job advert is here, but there’s a better starting point if...
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