Stories by ColinWright

Code's Worst Enemy (2007)

A Spotter's Guide to "Help Vampires" - a drain on any community

3D Printed Model of a Virus Self Assembles When Shaken (video)

The smallest positive integer that Google has never heard of

Coding in the Clink

Making Wrong Code Look Wrong

Twitter Users Most Followed by Readers of Hacker News

The only way is up: constructing the Heron Tower

Hiding the Lockheed Plant during World War II

Jtalk: a Smalltalk implementation that runs on the JavaScript runtime.

Why Arabic is Terrific

Why numbering should start at zero (EWD 831) (HTML version)

What are some correct results discovered with incorrect (or no) proofs?

This will mess with your mind - Non-Euclidean Level Design (Portal 2 Version)

Astronomer complains: The ISS passed through NGC7000

Simulating Harmonographs

Flipping 10 heads in a row - a small probability demonstration

An algorithm to ferret out fake reviews online

The Clock Frequency of our Universe

Ask HN: Does Twitter really limit your "Real Name" to 20 chars?