by Tom | Feb 27, 2010 | Personal, Reading
There were three genuinely interesting and thought-provoking articles in the Indy today. It is a sad fact that I thought this was unusual enough to comment on.We are not drinking more today, the ONS redefined a unit of alcohol in 2005/06 and that’s what makes...
by Tom | Feb 24, 2010 | Reading, Science
Useful to read some challenge to thinking, but always critical to weigh new point evidence against the full set.The contention from Stanford is that some farmers may find increasing crop prices beneficial. And this could well be true, just as the Southern UK should...
by Tom | Feb 18, 2010 | Reading
Nice graph showing how close the top three were in the men’s downhill, and how Bode was nailing it until the last split.Separately, they started showing a great superposition of Lindsey Vonn and Julia Mancuso (I think) but I haven’t seen it again....
by Tom | Feb 15, 2010 | Reading, Science
I loved the story behind the Alpher-Bethe-Gamow paper, but the Cox-Zucker has to be up there as well.
by Tom | Feb 9, 2010 | Reading
Cracking romp through the odd and odder denizens of Mayfair prompted by the pending demolition of Number 22. Thanks to La Moulerama for the link.
by Tom | Jan 27, 2010 | Government, Reading, Science
Very good PhD comic:
