Rachel's homepage

A bit about me.

I work as a Computer Officer for the University of Cambridge, specifically the Management Information Services Division of the University Offices. If you're really interested, you can look at my CV, however I am currently very happy in a challenging job that I love.

On the 9th July 2005, I married Tony Finch, who also works in the University. I changed my surname on marriage to Coleman Finch. Our wedding photos can be found here. We have a son called Charles.

I have a LiveJournal and a Fotopic gallery. You can view what I'm listening to (and perhaps find music you like) at Last.fm or Audioscrobbler. Before working for the University, I was a software developer at Jobstream, and before that I was an undergraduate at New Hall.

I recently signed the NO2ID pledge to refuse to register for an ID card. Although the pledge states "only if 10,000 other people make the same pledge", I will refuse an ID card regardless of the number of signatories. The scheme proposed is expensive, intrusive and likely to provide little benefit to the British people. My feelings are expressed in more detail in this this LiveJournal entry. For people who don't feel able to refuse to register for an ID card, but want to support those who do, there's a Resist pledge now at PledgeBank.

A while ago I took part in an experiment at the Wolfson Brain Imaging Centre, and they sent me pictures of my brain. The Internet was made to share pictures of your brain.

Miscellaneous articles

Occasionally people ask me things. If I get asked more than once, I start writing it down, and it ends up here.

What it's like to donate eggs.
What I really want for Christmas/birthday/occasion of your choice.
What to get my son for Christmas/birthday/occasion of your choice.
Useful tools for diet management.
Where to hire cars in Cambridge.

My contact details can be found on this page.