
9th January 2021
James Bond film tier list
Christmas was always associated with Bond films, back when...

13th August 2020
Can you learn ‘pocket’? You have to define it first…
Rob Brown recently made a video asking an interesting...

9th April 2020
Digital camera manufacturers in 2020
Given that I recently upgraded my digital camera after...

24th November 2019
Not sure who to vote for in 2019? Try my updated Python election model
Back in 2017, I made an election model in...

11th April 2019
Left-hand lead or right-hand lead? Matched grip or traditional grip? Why not all of them…
A common topic of discussion among drummers is...

17th March 2019
Preference manipulation is a big problem for competitive markets
Let me take you back to introductory economic theory...

13th February 2019
Should we be measuring quality adjusted employment?
In amongst the current hoo-hah in UK parliament regarding...

12th January 2019
macOS vs Windows vs Linux on the same hardware
I’ve found myself in somewhat of an atypical situation...

22nd September 2018
243 personality types
People have been trying to categorise others into different...

29th April 2018
Electric cars: how far is there to go?
The electric car revolution has been underway for a...

26th November 2017
Science news in Haiku
Antibiotic Resistance Cells growing stronger Ineffective medicine New tactics...

14th October 2017
Steam refunds and loss aversion
I’ve written about Steam quite a bit before, because...

16th September 2017
Fixing a hot-cold switching Triton shower
A while ago, my Triton electric shower started cycling...

26th May 2017
Not sure who to vote for in 2017? Try my election model
Back in 2010, I made an election model in...

28th March 2017
Computer transplant: Define Mini -> Define C with Kraken X62
My old desktop has been chugging along nicely for...

29th January 2017
The best country to be in for a 4-hour flight to a new country
I realised during my long flight from the US...

8th September 2016
Towards a better review system
The five-star review system you find on most websites...

24th July 2016
Useful LaTeX packages for writing papers
LaTeX is amazing for producing beautifully typeset documents. However,...

3rd April 2016
“Learn to read the Bible effectively”
This leaflet came through my letterbox last week. “An...

19th March 2016
The separation of individual from cause
“Thank you for answering my questions. Do you have...

27th December 2015
Price Discrimination on Steam
Price Discrimination is a well-known concept in microeconomics. The...

24th October 2015
Why do niche bands become more mainstream?
Bands like Genesis, Muse, Metallica, and Dave Matthews Band...

5th September 2015
Societal Sanity – a short story
“Welcome to the testing simulation! I’m very excited to...

16th August 2015
Economic Intuition: Wotisit?
I recall teachers using the phrase ‘economic intuition’ a...

2nd January 2015
Understanding Selection Bias
Measuring the effect of an intervention, or ‘treatment’, is...

1st December 2014
A Simpleton’s Succinct Summary of Sport
In today’s modern world, it is quite likely that...

19th October 2014
Linux Porting: A Golden Opportunity
Steam OS was released in its first iteration almost...

11th May 2014
Film vs digital: another case of the nudge
I’ve read a lot of stuff about photography lately....

29th September 2013
Are we imprisoned by growth?
Economic growth and technological progress have brought us many...

26th July 2013
Kahneman’s Cabs: Solving Probability Puzzles
In 1981, Daniel Kahneman, along with his long-time sidekick...

8th April 2013
Society for the Preservation of Uninformed Charlatans
Earlier today, my mail slot was rather firmly penetrated...

18th March 2013
Why you should show Word the sword and try on some LaTeX
Whilst many academics and authors already swear by it,...

21st February 2013
Necessarily Sufficient or Sufficiently Necessary?
The best way to remember things, at least I...

18th December 2012
“Ma, build me a PC for Christmas!”
When our current (and soon to be previous) generation...

22nd September 2012
Why does scientific interest die?
Earlier in the summer, I decided to visit the...

4th February 2012
Lines of best fit: how to derive the simple OLS estimators
If you ever encounter some data in your life,...

21st August 2011
House price vs wage: which city is the most expensive place to live?
I’d noticed recently that a few people had mentioned...

16th June 2011
Why LA Noire should have been more like Heavy Rain
First things first – let me say that LA...

8th June 2011
The Pigeonhole Principle: Fun with Functions
Maths is full of cool theorems. The Pigeonhole Principle...

9th April 2011
Asymmetric information and high school effort grades
In high school, I remember thinking how our grading...

6th January 2011
Pythagoras would have liked TV shopping
Pythagoras’ theorem is one of the beauties of mathematics....

11th December 2010
Intelligence and wage – a positively skewed hump?
Labour economists devote much of their time to looking...

1st October 2010
The Groin Strike Dilemma
Back when the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) was in...

27th July 2010
World Cup prediction results (and some statistics)
Well, the World Cup has been and gone. Enthralling...

28th June 2010
How many games are there in a tournament?
In keeping with the football spirit, I’m going to...

26th April 2010
Who should you vote for? Download my Election Model!
I’m sure you know that next Thursday, the UK...

18th April 2010
Daniel Kahneman, Loss Aversion and a video
Out of all of the various areas and branches...

22nd December 2009
Top 20 Favourite Games of All Time
In the world of digital entertainment, some games have...

26th July 2009
Cycle your way to musical theory
Modes. They seem to be difficult for many musicians...

7th December 2008
Infinity, and why 0.9 recurring equals 1
One of my favourite proofs in the maths world...

15th November 2008
Quantum of Solace: quantifiably shambolic
Spoiler warning: There isn’t much of a story to...

26th October 2008
There are only 10 types of people in the world…
A Quick Introduction to Basal Numbers Our number system...