Twenty years ago, on 16 August 1994, the Bellsouth IBM Simon hit the American market. Weighing in at a hefty half a kilogram, and looking rather like a grey brick, the Simon was advertised with a not-so-snappy slogan declaring it to be “The World’s First Cellular Communicator”. Although the slogan was a bit of a mouthful, …
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Breaking the Code
Last month I went to see the Oxford Theatre Guild’s production of Hugh Whitmore’s play, Breaking the Code, at the Old Fire Station in Oxford. The play presents the life of Alan Turing from childhood to the end of his life, and is based on the excellent book Alan Turing: The Enigma by Andrew Hodges. …