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I've retired early after 4 years working as Allinea's testing HPC software, having spent 3 years working for IBM for the {{wp|Met Office}} porting their software to a new supercomputer. Before that I spent
See also [[UK Conseries Timeline]]
2 years in Boulder, Colorado, working for {{wp|NCAR}}. I've also worked for Compusys, and was a high performance computing specialist in the Numerical Weather
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Prediction division of the {{wp|Met Office}} for
Glasgow~[[Albacon (UK)]]~[[Glasgow]] 1980-1998~ ~ ~Glasgow
10 years, developing the 4 Dimensional Data Assimilation System.
Plymouth~[[ArmadaCon]]~[[Plymouth]] 1988-~ ~ ~Plymouth
 
Bristol~[[Bristol-Con]]~[[Bristol]] 2009-~ ~ ~Bristol
I now fritter my days away doing conservation work with 4 local groups, developing wikis and scanning SF convention publications. I've developed the [https://help.expounder.info Expounder] software that displays Wikidata in very clever ways. See the [https://warlike.info Warlike.info], [https://sfnal.info SFnal.info], [https://underfoot.info Underfoot.info], [https://wheretoday.info WhereToday.info] and [https://seafaring.info Seafaring.info] sites.
Durham, UK~[[Durhamcon]]~[[Durham, UK]] 2016-2018~ ~ ~Durham, UK
 
Glasgow~[[Faircon]]~[[Glasgow]] 1978-1984~ ~ ~Glasgow
I'm a fan of the literary and hard science ends of Science Fiction, am mildly interested in TV and films, and couldn't care less about Comics and Anime. I occasionally run SF conventions, and their (science) programmes, most recently
Manchester~[[Festival of Fantastic Films]]~[[Manchester]] 1990-~ ~ ~Manchester
{{fancyclopedia|Loncon 3}} and {{fancyclopedia|Mancunicon}}. I was joint editor of [https://fancyclopedia.org Fancyclopedia] but abandoned it because I could not stop bad practice by other editors.
Glasgow~[[Hypotheticon]]~[[Glasgow]] 1997-2001~ ~ ~Glasgow
 
Leeds~[[Lucon]]~[[Leeds]] 1989-1993~ ~ ~Leeds
C. S. Forester is my favourite author, and I run the [https://hornblower.fandom.com Hornblower wiki] and work on [https://www.johnbray.org.uk/Hornblower Hornblower] stuff.
Exeter~[[Microcon]]~[[Exeter]] 1982-2015~ ~ ~Exeter
 
Northampton, UK~[[NewCon]]~[[Northampton, UK]] ????-2010~ ~ ~Northampton, UK
I've set up a [https://www.johnbray.org.uk/planetdesigner planet designer] (currently broken) that does all the fiddly physics calculations. The latter should be very useful to all those people at [http://www.contact-conference.com Contact] who I've been involved with over the years, and the London-based Space Discussion Society I attended for 3 decades.
London~[[Nine Worlds]]~[[London]] 2013-2018~ ~ ~London
 
Oxford~[[Oxonmoot]]~[[Oxford]] 1974-~ ~ ~Oxford
I wrote a website [https://www.johnbray.org.uk/forts Fortress UK], artillery fortifications in Britain, but have folded the information into Wikipedia now. I'm still keen on forts, and underground sites.
Imperial College, London~[[Picocon]]~[[Imperial College, London]] 1983-~ ~ ~Imperial College, London
 
Glasgow~[[Satellite (UK)]]~[[Glasgow]] 2007-~ ~ ~Glasgow
Born a Kentish Man in {{wp|Orpington}}, SE London, schooled
Hatfield. UK~[[Shoestringcon]]~[[Hatfield. UK]] 1979-1992~ ~ ~Hatfield. UK
at {{wp|Dulwich College}}, I read Physics
Newcastle, UK~[[Silicon (UK)]]~[[Newcastle, UK]] 1976-1984~ ~ ~Newcastle, UK
at {{wp|Exeter College}}. I came into SF fandom via {{fancyclopedia|OUSFG}} where I helped organize a small convention, {{fancyclopedia|Conine}}, and collaborated on the [http://www-pnp.physics.ox.ac.uk/SF/MH-Zool.html Bloomsbury Good Reading Guide to Science Fiction and Fantasy]. I organized the programme for {{fancyclopedia|Illumination}}, the '92 Eastercon, and briefly ran an Electronic APA [http://efanzines.com/ECB/index.htm Earth calling Biscuit Barrel] all while working for software house {{wp|Logica}}
Newcastle, UK~[[Tynecon]]~[[Newcastle, UK]] 1974-2015~ ~ ~Newcastle, UK
 
Winchester, UK~[[Wincon]]~[[Winchester, UK]] 1988-1999~ ~ ~Winchester, UK
I'm always travelling (56 countries, 29 US states) and find it very hard to sit at home on a sunny day. I'm a more passive fan of musicals (especially Gilbert &amp; Sullivan), gardening, history and industrial archaeology, and try to find a happy medium of hill walking and beer. The hill walking is much harder to do in London compared to Colorado, but the conservation volunteering (4 groups now) is fun.
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I've retired early after 4 years working as Allinea's testing HPC software, having spent 3 years working for IBM for the Met Office porting their software to a new supercomputer. Before that I spent 2 years in Boulder, Colorado, working for NCAR. I've also worked for Compusys, and was a high performance computing specialist in the Numerical Weather Prediction division of the Met Office for 10 years, developing the 4 Dimensional Data Assimilation System.

I now fritter my days away doing conservation work with 4 local groups, developing wikis and scanning SF convention publications. I've developed the Expounder software that displays Wikidata in very clever ways. See the Warlike.info, SFnal.info, Underfoot.info, WhereToday.info and Seafaring.info sites.

I'm a fan of the literary and hard science ends of Science Fiction, am mildly interested in TV and films, and couldn't care less about Comics and Anime. I occasionally run SF conventions, and their (science) programmes, most recently Loncon 3 and Mancunicon. I was joint editor of Fancyclopedia but abandoned it because I could not stop bad practice by other editors.

C. S. Forester is my favourite author, and I run the Hornblower wiki and work on Hornblower stuff.

I've set up a planet designer (currently broken) that does all the fiddly physics calculations. The latter should be very useful to all those people at Contact who I've been involved with over the years, and the London-based Space Discussion Society I attended for 3 decades.

I wrote a website Fortress UK, artillery fortifications in Britain, but have folded the information into Wikipedia now. I'm still keen on forts, and underground sites.

Born a Kentish Man in Orpington, SE London, schooled at Dulwich College, I read Physics at Exeter College. I came into SF fandom via OUSFG where I helped organize a small convention, Conine, and collaborated on the Bloomsbury Good Reading Guide to Science Fiction and Fantasy. I organized the programme for Illumination, the '92 Eastercon, and briefly ran an Electronic APA Earth calling Biscuit Barrel all while working for software house Logica

I'm always travelling (56 countries, 29 US states) and find it very hard to sit at home on a sunny day. I'm a more passive fan of musicals (especially Gilbert & Sullivan), gardening, history and industrial archaeology, and try to find a happy medium of hill walking and beer. The hill walking is much harder to do in London compared to Colorado, but the conservation volunteering (4 groups now) is fun.

There are other John Bray's on the Web

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