Stories by ColinWright

Inexperienced programmers often blame the machinery for its strict obedience

Telling You the Answer Isn't the Answer - understanding is born out of confusion

The Smallest Distributed System

One Line of Code That Changed the Web Forever

What is the first bit of math that made you realize that math is beautiful?

Mickey Mouse on Speed: 'Mickey Mouse and the Medicine Man'

Quicksort implemented in Swearjure

Then and now: On the internet, nobody knows you're a dog (updated) (image)

I haven’t thought about the kid who bullied me in over twenty years.

Why I Will Never, Ever, Go Back to the United States

Saying goodbye to Twitter

MOOCS - "may actually be costing students and colleges more"

A few maths jokes ...

What would it be like if a planet just barely missed colliding with the Earth?

Fourier analysis for non-scientists

Realistic Facebook Privacy Simulator

Contagious Content: The Six Insider's Secrets [Infographic]

Stanford Ovshinsky: the greatest scientist you've never heard of?

What is it like to be a mathematician?

A Ramanujan math treat - how did he ever come up with these things? (image)