I read a very interesting article about the development of the human brain in the Observer recently. But there was one very big problem with it - the headline. Continue reading →
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Apr 10
Apr 10
A tool I made for Londoners that makes journey planning quicker
TfL's Journey Planner is a great resource for figuring out the best way of getting from place to place in London.
I've created a tool the speeds up the process. Here's a bit of background... Continue reading →
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Mar 10
Mar 10
Magnetic levitation and ferrofluid
I made this video to demonstrate how you can levitate something using diamagnetism. The video is pretty self explanatory but leaves out some details... Continue reading →
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Mar 10
Mar 10
3D pictures (of me and Ben Miller)
I recently had the privilege of hosting a Q&A with Ben Miller, from double act Armstrong & Miller, at the Brighton Science Festival. There was a man there called Mark Bennett taking 3D pictures of us. He has very kindly let me have the originals so I thought I'd write a blog post about 3D photography using these images as examples. Continue reading →
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Mar 10
Mar 10
Keyboard shortcut for Google’s “did you mean”
This post could also be titled "My first Greasemonkey script"... Continue reading →
04
Mar 10
Mar 10
Video definition of the word Definition
Here's another little video by my comedy partner Gemma Arrowsmith and me for wordia. Even more self referential than the last. Here it is (opens in a new window):
It's silly. Any other words you'd like us to do a video definition of? Let me know in the comments.
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Mar 10
Mar 10
Interesting freecycle freebiejeebies scam and a dubious experiment
I love scams. They're often ingenious and involve a good bit of psychology. It's great fun figuring out how they work.
I saw an interesting misuse of freecycle recently which was a scam of sorts. I'll tell you how it worked then introduce my own dubious experiment. Continue reading →
01
Mar 10
Mar 10
Recursive video definition of the word recursion
As I've mentioned before, I'm a big fan of recursion. So when my comedy partner Gemma Arrowsmith showed me a website called Wordia we cooked up a plan to create a recursive video definition of the word recursion. The results are below (opens in a new page, you'll understand why I didn't want to embed it when you watch the video):
Any other words you'd like us to do a video definition of? Let me know in the comments.
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Feb 10
Feb 10
The Droste effect – image recursion
I love recursion. There's something about the way it invokes infinity that makes my head spin. Droste effect images are recursive images that got their name from a Dutch company that makes chocolates and cocoa and things like that. Continue reading →
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Feb 10
Feb 10
Blackberry Smiley shortcuts
This is a quick tip for blackberry users who put smileys in their messages (more blackberry keyboard shortcuts here).
