Pick a number at random from the universe. Not just from inside your head. Open a page of the financial times or look up the size of a planet; convert you height to cubits or measure the weight of your favourite book. Something like that.
Don't actually do it, it's hypothetical. But ask yourself a question. What are the chances of that number starting with a 1? Continue reading →
Magenta is a peculiar colour. We use it all the time in printers along with cyan and yellow.
The weird thing is, you won't find magenta in a rainbow!
I've had a BlackBerry Bold 9000 for about 5 month and my obsession with keyboard shortcuts applies here too. Continue reading →
Freecycle is great but it can clog up your email. I think I've got the answer. Continue reading →
I know what you're thinking: what's the difference between a Venn diagram and an Euler diagram? Good question. The following diagram should clear things up:
Just to clarify, Venn diagrams have regions for all possible combinations of groups whether there are things in those regions or not. Continue reading →
I've been wanting to make one of those diagrams that describes a song. In the end I did a few for Bryan Adams. Here they are:
50p coins are too pointy to use as wheels. Or so I thought. Continue reading →
I thought I'd write about the different ways I use technology to be more productive. This is the first post along those lines.
I use firefox as my main browser because it's so extensible and customisable. There's a lot to say about my firefox "setup" so I'll break it down into sections. This entry is about shortcuts. Continue reading →
I bought these magnetic balls off eBay and I've made loads of cool stuff with them.
Trouble is, after I've made one cool thing I have to destroy it before I can make another cool thing. So this blog will also serve as a photographic record of my achievements.
Let's get started then. These are the balls in an unordered state:
And here they are as a Möbius Strip:
