Mark Booth

Oxford, United Kingdom

Age: 42

I'm a geek, a role-player and a biker.

I work for Diamond Light Source, developing open source scientific software for the UK national synchrotron facility. In the past I have worked in the robotics, mechatronics and laser micro-machining industries.

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Embedding mercurial revision information in Visual Studio c# projects automatically

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28 votes

Hosted bug tracking system with mercurial repositories (Summary of options & request for opinions)

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character-creation system-agnostic asked Apr 27 '11 at 18:28

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Does the 'two-second rule' provide a valid minimum gap for safe driving?

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What are the benefits of using Arch Linux over the standard Debian build?

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What other hidden or inobvious RSS feeds are available on stackexchange and stack exchange sites?

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11 votes

Why doesn't my 5050 led strip draw as much power as I expect?

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How can I add git hashes to my Eclipse RCP application About page?

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What problems can I expect when adding a Rogue Trader / Dark Heresy character to a Deathwatch game?

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