Genealogy: My ancestors in the Thackray family tree can be traced back to Joseph Thackray (1713), a Blacksmith near Otley, Yorkshire, and the name Thackray/Thackrah is an ancient name

Photo gallery: Melbourne, Australia, Denver, Colorado, Dallas, Texas, Uganda, Monument Valley, Arches and Grand Canyon National Parks, sailing and hang-gliding, and a typical Cambridge sunset. Also, some pictures of Ashdown Forest where you can play pooh sticks

Cambridge, cycling, software, etc

• Cambridge: live weather, carbon monoxide level, cycle path map, and guide
• Dave Wheeler's excellent secure software HOWTO
• A delicious butternut squash lasagne recipe
• My MSc Biochem thesis on RNA interference
• A comparison of mitochondrial DNA and processor opcodes
• I collect good words to use
• And finally, a few pieces of code which I've written