<h1 id="life-and-times-of-a-geek---part-1">Life and Times of a Geek - part 1</h1>
<p>I really liked David Whitman's idea of doing a show on his birthday <a href="https://hackerpublicradio.org/eps/hpr1547/index.html">https://hackerpublicradio.org/eps/hpr1547/index.html</a>, so I'm borrowing the idea.</p>
<p>This show is being released on my 65th birthday, and I decided to use this opportunity to tell you about my long experience with computational devices as part of the series &quot;<em>How I Found Linux</em>&quot;. Thinking about what I want to cover, I realise that it might be quite a lot, so I'm organising the shows into a collection of short episodes.</p>
<p>I have been thinking about doing this for a while. Up until now I was concerned that it would be a bit self-indulgent, but I have been advised to just go ahead and do it. I hope you find the shows interesting.</p>
<p>The full notes for this episode are to be found here: <a href="https://hackerpublicradio.org/eps/hpr1664/hpr1664/hpr1664_full_notes.html">hpr1664_full_notes.html</a></p>
<h2 id="links">Links</h2>
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<li>Full notes <a href="https://hackerpublicradio.org/eps/hpr1664/hpr1664/hpr1664_full_notes.html">hpr1664_full_notes.html</a></li>
<li>Great Smog, Wikipedia page <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Smog">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Smog</a></li>
<li>Slide Rule <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slide_rule">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slide_rule</a></li>
<li>Aberystwyth:
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<li>Town <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aberystwyth">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aberystwyth</a></li>
<li>Aberystwyth University <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aberystwyth_University">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aberystwyth_University</a></li>
</ul></li>
<li>Statistical tests:
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<li>Chi-square test <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chi-squared_test">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chi-squared_test</a>,</li>
<li>Student's t-test <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Student%27s_t-test">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Student%27s_t-test</a></li>
</ul></li>
<li>Mechanical Calculator, Wikipedia page <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mechanical_calculator">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mechanical_calculator</a>
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<li>Triumphator <a href="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2b/Calculator_triumphator_hg.jpg">https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2b/Calculator_triumphator_hg.jpg</a></li>
</ul></li>
<li>Algol 60:
<ul>
<li>Wikipedia entry <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ALGOL_60">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ALGOL_60</a></li>
<li><em>Revised Report on the Algorithmic Language Algol 60</em>:
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<li>PDF version <a href="https://viega.org/cs6373/papers/algol60-revisedreport.pdf">https://viega.org/cs6373/papers/algol60-revisedreport.pdf</a></li>
<li>HTML version <a href="https://www.masswerk.at/algol60/report.htm">https://www.masswerk.at/algol60/report.htm</a></li>
</ul></li>
</ul></li>
<li>Stropping (Syntax) Wikipedia entry <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stropping_%28syntax%29">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stropping_%28syntax%29</a></li>
<li>Elliott Brothers <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elliott_Brothers_%28computer_company%29">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elliott_Brothers_%28computer_company%29</a></li>
<li>Elliott Algol <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elliott_ALGOL">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elliott_ALGOL</a></li>
<li>Core memory <a href="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/da/KL_CoreMemory.jpg">https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/da/KL_CoreMemory.jpg</a></li>
<li>The punched card era:
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<li>Wikipedia entry <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_programming_in_the_punched_card_era">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_programming_in_the_punched_card_era</a></li>
</ul></li>
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