by Tom | Jan 28, 2010 | Business, IT
That’s a much smaller number than I was expecting, but they have such a high new sign-up rate and seemingly reasonable 20% stickiness that it shouldn’t be a problem.
by Tom | Jan 27, 2010 | Government, Reading, Science
Very good PhD comic:
by Tom | Jan 27, 2010 | Science
Sad to see such poor trial design around the use of animals in experiments (not knowing how many primates you were using is pretty damning; it’s not as if they are small or quiet). However, there aren’t many disciplines where this would be exposed as an...
by Tom | Jan 27, 2010 | Reading
I very much like the idea of a walking route calculator that avoids main roads and pollution. Seems to work OK on the “route home when the tubes and buses are closed”.
by Tom | Jan 27, 2010 | Reading
Truly marvellous American humour. “I wear a size 10 1/2 or 11 shoe, but that’s an American size. What’s that in England? Five pounds? A litre?”. “13 volumes is 15 volumes too many”. The discomfiting of the interviewer is just...
