For most of that time, I've also been a keen gardener, but for many years I failed to make the connection between gardening and science.

On the one hand, the press, television, and movies make heroes of vandals by calling them whiz kids.

I view Linux as something that's not Microsoft - a backlash against Microsoft, no more and no less.

Just think, IBM and DEC in the same room, and we did it.

No amount of source-level verification or scrutiny will protect you from using untrusted code.

FORTRAN was the language of choice for the same reason that three-legged races are popular.

I also have an idea for a book on biodiversity, and why and how we should be conserving it.