Author: 2008

• Home is not where the heart is

  

  Home – the long awaited 3D social network for the Playstation 3 – was released to the general public for download last week. In case [...]

   

• Infinity, and why 0.9 recurring equals 1

  

  One of my favourite proofs in the maths world is actually a very simple one. The reason that I love it so much is that [...]

   

• Quantum of Solace: quantifiably shambolic

  

  Spoiler warning: There isn’t much of a story to be revealed anyway, but if you still want to watch this film (which I strongly advise [...]

   
 

• A brief note on the UK interest rate cut

  

  Last week, in light of the rather turbulent economic conditions, the Bank of England decided to reduce interest rates by a whopping 1.5 percentage points [...]

   

• There are only 10 types of people in the world…

  

  A Quick Introduction to Basal Numbers Our number system has evolved a lot over the years, but for a while now, we have established the [...]

   

• Calming the Crisis

  

  I’m sure you are all aware of the condition the world economy is in at present (ie. bleak). And so, I won’t talk about how [...]

   
 

• Lethargic athletes are winners!

  

  I was watching the Champions League match last week between Manchester United and Aalborg, and was desperately wishing for United’s new striker Dimitar Berbatov to [...]

   

• All you can eat… is not very much

  

  I love the Pizza Hut buffet. It’s £4.99 for all the pizza you can eat – although drinks are not included, which is one of [...]

   

• Ten of the best (lesser known) guitar tracks

  

  I was originally asked to write a themed list of 10 songs last year for my university newspaper – The Beaver – but unfortunately the [...]

   
 

• Dividing by 5

  

  To kick off my maths articles, I thought I’d start off with an easy one. A really easy one. This one goes out especially to [...]

   

• The Future is Nature

  

  Technology is growing fast. It has been for a while, but to really appreciate it – step back and think how far we have progressed [...]

   

• When will gaming lose its stigma?

  

  Unsurprisingly, employers are finding new ways to distinguish between prospective employees. Education has traditionally been the ‘signal’ of choice to recruiters – it doesn’t matter [...]

   
 

• The Prisoner’s Dilemma, Big Brother style

  

  My parents are addicted to reality TV, so I often have to endure the sight of Big Brother when I’m in the living room. Normally [...]

   

• O’Reilly? Oh dear…

  Being fed mostly on BBC News here in the UK for most of my life, I’ve kind of got used to (and taken for granted) [...]

   

• The Apple of my eye: my ‘switch’ to Mac

  

  I was wondering what to write in my inaugural article. Then it hit me like a Steven Gerrard free kick (hard as nails) – I [...]