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The irrationality of √2: a proof
My favourite bits of maths are related to pure number theory. It’s the stuff that we owe the Ancient Greeks a whole lot to. A [...]
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iWeb is dead. Long live WordPress!
It seems that Apple have all but killed off their iLife website creation application iWeb. The last ‘real’ version was to be found in iLife [...]
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What’s going on with consumption?
I was blown away by BBC’s article on the top economic graphs of 2011 for the UK: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/in-pictures-16090055 Not only do they paint a very [...]
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A Dramatic Turn of Events… or merely melodrama?
If there’s one thing Dream Theater has as a band, it’s resilience. Still going after 25 years despite numerous setbacks and a few notable member [...]
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The Psychology of Playing Fast
Being able to pull off a really fast piece of proficient playing on a musical instrument is something almost everyone would like to be able [...]
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A Fractional Bedtime Fiction
Once upon a time, the great country of Englonia was ruled by the benevolent leader Neelios. He was famed for his mathematical methods of problem [...]
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House price vs wage: which city is the most expensive place to live?
I’d noticed recently that a few people had mentioned the expensive cost of housing in relation to the average salary in their area. So I [...]
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Musical Interlude – Always With Me, Always With You
Here’s a video of me playing Joe Satriani’s classic – Always With Me, Always With You. Enjoy.
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Marcus Wareing at The Berkeley
Last week, my good friend Mr Fonz and I treated ourselves to a nice lunch at Marcus Wareing’s restaurant at The Berkeley Hotel in Knightsbridge. [...]
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Shuffling Cycles
Playing cards and number theory go together like young boys and bishops. Here’s an interesting application of mathematical cycles that involves card shuffling. The type [...]
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Why LA Noire should have been more like Heavy Rain
First things first – let me say that LA Noire is an enjoyable experience with a gripping plot. I had a lot of fun playing [...]
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The Pigeonhole Principle: Fun with Functions
Maths is full of cool theorems. The Pigeonhole Principle is one of my favourites because of the fact that it is so powerful and quite [...]
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Asymmetric information and high school effort grades
In high school, I remember thinking how our grading system was a total farce. We weren’t graded on ‘results’, allegedly. Instead, our teachers gave us [...]
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Interest Rates – or you say “jump”, I say “how high?”
As you can see from the graph above, UK interest rates have flatlined at 0.5% since the recession took full effect in 2009. At the [...]
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Musical Interlude – The Repentance Solo
Here’s a little musical interlude – me playing the solo from Dream Theater’s Repentance. A beautiful song. Sorry about the sound quality, and my suspect [...]
