No longer an h-teen :-)

My h-index on Google Scholar just hit 20 - I'm no longer an h-index teen :-)

Supporting the R Foundation

Support the R Foundation by becoming an Contributing Member (25 EUR / year). R is a free and open-source environment with particular strengths in statistical analysis.

Top 1%

Quick follow-up on a metric I first reported five years ago - I'm still in the Top 30 categorization researchers worldwide (among about 4500 published authors). That puts me in the top 1%. Methodology here:  http://willslabblog.blogspot.co.uk/2013/05/top-30.html

Supporting Wikimedia Foundation

I donated $20 to support wikipedia.

Supporting FSFE

I joined the Free Software Foundation Europe as a supporter (60 EUR annual payment).

Supporting GNU Toolchain

GNU toolchain, which includes a great C/C++ compiler among many other things, is central to many free software projects. They are now accepting donations. I donated around 7 mBTC (milli-Bitcoin, as of 2017-09-11, 1 mBTC = ~ £5).

This was the first thing I've ever done with Bitcoin, and it was a bit of a faff. Buying bitcoin with GBP is not easy, and involves all manner of authentication steps, including mobile phone verification - so...much harder than getting, say, Euros or US Dollars.

Supporting TOR

Tor is a web browser and project standing against tracking, surveillance, and censorship. At the moment, Mozilla is matching all donations - I donated $75 (and got a free t-shirt).

https://donate.torproject.org/pdr