Alan Ford's Homepage

There is very little on this page, this acts simply as a placeholder and links to other, more useful things.

You probably want This Homepage.

I am originally from near Bristol, UK, but now live mostly in Southampton, UK.

I graduated from ECS at the University of Southampton in 2005, and there's much more content at my university homepage.

I can be emailed at alan@whirlnet.co.uk (also my MSN messenger address).

Stuff That's Here

Nothing much.

• An unofficial homepage for the British author Frederick Forsyth. I try to keep this up to date, not least because it remains the best source on the Internet for such information -- even the BBC hand it out as a reference!
• You're much more likely to find useful stuff (including Linux software) at my university homepage.

Some Usenet Stuff

I used to be a prolific usenet poster in the past, but I've long since lost time for that. However, some related links:

• A rather out-of-date page of information about the demon.* usenet hierarchy.
• I am a member (until the end of 2004) of the uk.* usenet committee, and before that I was a member of UKVoting.
• I still offer a strawpoll service (primarily using the Condorcet method) to proponents of new groups, who are looking to gauge public opinion during discussion.

Other Stuff

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