James Crook's Home Page

James Crook

James Crook Born 6-Nov-1963, Cambridge. Living in Dublin with Bobby MacLaughlin ; Before coming to live and work in Dublin I was a graduate student in Edinburgh and Cambridge.
I am a mathematician, real-time programmer, molecular biologist, integrated circuit designer & animator. I also like garlic.
Outside of work I enjoy football (playing rather than watching), writing for an Amateur Press Association, attending Science Fiction conventions and workshops on Muscle Effect Therapy and on CCI Co-Counselling.

On my part of the website I maintain The Tech Index . These tech pages reflect my technical interests - such as how to write extreme-optimised software and topics in how biological systems are 'designed'. The pages are there as an open invitation for you to contact me by e-mail, if you share an interest in the topics.
The alt.thinking.hertz section is altogether more quirky. Articles in alt.thinking.hertz explore concerns I have about pollution, an interest in mandalas and software for the mind. It's meant to be fun to browse and click about in even if your world view is very different to mine, and I hope you will enjoy some of the links.

Amateur Press Association: Also known as an 'APA'. An APA is organisation run for and by writers. The APA produces a magazine every two months with a limited print run (by photocopying). This is sent to all members of the APA.
Co-Counselling: A personal development method allied to counselling. In co-counselling no money changes hands. Instead people exchange equal time. When acting as counsellor, the co-counsellor gives free attention and makes interventions. When acting as the client, the co-counsellor is responsible for deciding what issues in their lives they wish to explore in the session.
Muscle Effect Therapy: Also known as 'MET'. MET is a touch therapy which changes habitual tensions held in the muscles.

"James Crook's Home Page" page last updated 25-February-2011