About the Author

About the Author

ANDRÉ BEN HAMOU went to Imperial College in 1999 ostensibly to study physics but tried not to let that get in the way of his inner geek, joining the Department of Computing's system support group to patch up its ailing Mac network. Over the course of the next five years he learned some stuff, including how to program in a few languages, how to analyze complexity, why magnets have two ends (red and blue), why loose coupling is important in system design, which cocktail bar is easily the best in London, on how many levels Macs are just brilliant, why cucumbers and tumble dryers do not mix, how to use a tape loader without losing an ...

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