Stories by ColinWright

To approximate 52! by hand, compute 54! and divide by 3000

How Not to Do Twitter – An Example

An example of how not to do Twitter

What would you use to create this chart?

A rant on the side

Fast rural broadband possible via 4G, says Wiltshire farmer – Farmers Weekly

Wanted: Web front end programmer (paid – MVP)

No Linux, no Python, it's Oberon all the way

Danish Researchers: A Better Way to Line Up Than 'First Come, First Served'

“I’m gonna use my formula sheets and that’s the only way I’m gonna do stuff.”

A so-called “expert witness” fails to perform middle school math

Q: Why can’t we see the Apollo lunar landers with the Hubble telescope?

The North Pole Is Warmer Than Western TX, Southern SA, and Parts of the Sahara

Virgin customers told: we're moving you to TalkTalk and you'll lose your email

Introducing Guesstimate, a Spreadsheet for Things That Aren’t Certain

The Chimp and the Surgeon: A History of Heart Transplants

The Crypto Warrior

A survival guide for Unix beginners

GaugeMap: Thousands of river gauges, each with a Twitter account

Contrasts in Number Theory