Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of vanities: all is vanity
(Ecclesiastes; chapter 1 verse 2)


Computer Related

C++ Things

I get an acknowledgement from Scott Meyers for doing some reviewing of the prototype version of his Effective C++ CD-ROM.

Communications Protocols

I get an acknowledgement in a couple of LMP-related RFCs: RFC4204, RFC4209.

Lispy Things

Python

I get an acknowledgment about some errata I submitted for the second edition of Core Python.

Guile

My Guile tutorial now also lives at the GNU website here, with some other mentions here and here.

Mailing list discussions are here and here

Maxima

Mention of my MathML conversion module for Maxima on the Maxima mailing list.

Miscellaneous Usenet

Usenet posts are:
X Server Device Developers Kits
Generated code tight loops on HP-UX 10.20


Mathematics & Science

New Kind of Science

My review of, notes on and references related to Stephen Wolfram's "A New Kind Of Science" get a mention here. There's also a shorter version of it somewhere under the Amazon.com reviews.

On Usenet, the review gets, er, discussed in a thread here

Academia

My D.Phil. supervisor, Andrew Fowler mentions me in his CV and his list of what ex-students are doing now.

I also get a mention for providing a bunch of corrections for the English edition of María Manzano's book "Model Theory".

Miscellaneous Usenet

Posts on maths and science topics are:
Re: What is conjugate?
Re: Prediction of unstable laser
Re: Prime Number
I also get a mention here.


Recreation

Computer Gaming

My PalmOS version of the RoboRally game was announced in rec.games.board here.

I get a mention in the Ratchet and Clank FAQ for contributing a tip.

Dance

Usenet posts on dance-related topics are:
Re: Steven Mitchell
Re: dance camp ?
Re: Michael Jackson
Ballroom camps in Europe
Re: French Style Jive (LeRoc, Ceroc etc)
Re: WCS or Boogie-Woogie?
Forever Tango (was Re: Tango Anyone?)
Lindy Hop to WCS
Herrang Trip Report
Re: Song mentioning specific dancer: Shorty George
Re: RYAN FRANCOIS workshops in Santa Barbara, CA, 19-21 July

Miscellaneous Usenet

Re: Why equate chaos with evil?
Re: Zelazny's time flows (Was Re: Lord of Light time flow?)

Blog Comments


Other David Drysdales

"No, just a Zaphod Beeblebrox, didn't you hear I come in six packs?"
(Douglas Adams, "The Restaurant at the End of the Universe")

There seems to be a Scottish golfer.

And someone who also works in the computer industry.

There's also a Canadian epeeist who was at one point the University of New Brunswick Fencing Club President, which is a bit eerie.