Website Spring Clean

At last, the start of the new 2022 season is approaching. Like a bear stirring from Winter hibernation, I've started to think about what I need to get done in advance. I've started by cleaning up the website. Some of the pages were rather full of content and were taking some time to load, so …

Your personal computer can help scientists fight COVID-19

If you're reading this on any kind of computer, there is something that you can do that actually provides concrete, actual help in the battle against COVID-19. There is no commitment of money or time. By installing a tiny Folding@Home app on your computer that will run calculations of complex protein computer modelling using the …

Do you really need ZOOM?

So here we all are in lockdown and suddenly, everyone is talking about ZOOM, the video conferencing software. ZOOM itself has seen their market cap stretched beyond $40.3 billion, worth more than Uber and Lyft combined. This exponential growth has been driven not only by business use when working from home, but also by the explosion …