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...
by Tom | Jan 26, 2010 | Reading
Don’t install anti-parking bollards like this:Don’t try and create energy from nothing – I’m amazed so many people are still trying.Don’t repackage a $500 blu-ray player and sell it at $3,500.Don’t make a Thunder Generator at...
by Tom | Jan 26, 2010 | General
Is it best to show some body? Should you flirt or be holding a cute hamster? A fantastic piece of analysis from OKCupid of over 7,000 average members’ photos and interactions throws up some seriously unexpected facts. Good to see that they have updated guidance...
by Tom | Jan 25, 2010 | IT
Great set of stats: I guess the internet will be soon majority used by Asian-based surfers and it is instructive to see how rapidly the infrastructure used to host it is changing.
by Tom | Jan 25, 2010 | Business
I mean that sincerely. I wish more charities would explain what they do in terms of costs as Just Giving does so explicitly. I’d love to see further comparison with charities that do this themselves. Fascinating to see the different costs associated with...
by Tom | Jan 25, 2010 | Government, Personal
It looks like it doesn’t matter which account you use to pay self-assessment. It shouldn’t, given that the unique taxpayer reference (UTR) is unique… So why doesn’t HRMC tell you this? A minor #fail.
