Paul Ashton was a lecturer in the Department of Computer Science at the University of Canterbury from 1987 to 2000. Since 2000 he has been a software developer in Christchurch. He is also secretary of the NZ Skeptics.
Crypto book review
6 November 2023
Easy Money: Cryptocurrency, Casino Capitalism, and the Golden Age of Fraud
Sue-ing the government
19 April 2021
After chatting with Graeme Hill on Magic Talk recently about Sue Grey, co-leader of the conspiracy minded Outdoors Party, and her threat to sue the government, I found out that Sue was planning to give a talk on the steps of parliament the next day. So, during my lunch break, I wandered up to the Beehive to see more about why Sue thinks the government's rollout of the COVID vaccine needs to be stopped.
NearZero Inc: A sadly prophetic company name
1 November 2010
Many people lost a lot of money investing in non-existent data compression software because well:established principles of information theory were ignored. This article is based on a presentation to the 2010 NZ Skeptics conference.