Y'know things that are all the rage? Blogs. Everyone has one; or at least had one before Facebook, Twitter et al diluted the realtime pool.
Since I'm nu-old skool — and watching endless streams of people validate their own self-importance has me reaching for the Glock — I figured why not make a blog? The main difference here compared with other people's blogs is that instead of being limited to one topic, you get a little slice of everything all mashed up. I can now omit vowels and apostrophes with impunity.
Warm and fuzzy stats
· 80 words (wastes less than a minute)Floating point arithmetic is the bane of statistics. Golden rule: round, round round.
Space is pretty big
· 384 words (devours about 2 mins)Space: the final frontier. These are the facts and figures behind our very own V’ger (as they pronounced it in Star Trek 1) in everyday language. Still pretty mind boggling all the same.
Two identical snowflakes: statistical hokum?
· 330 words (laps up about 2 mins)When is a snowflake not a snowflake? That’s the real question we should be asking.
The cat temperature coefficient
· 56 words (devours less than a minute)Want blue feet on winter mornings? Get a cat.
The search for stupid
· 297 words (wastes about 2 mins)How do you find something unless you know what it’s called?
10 items or else
· 198 words (munches less than a minute)Never try to settle an argument with the general public using quantum physics as the currency.
Statistics drive
· 156 words (sucks up less than a minute)When motorways, destinations and probability collide the result is a head-scratcher.
Faux democracy
· 219 words (eats up less than a minute)Should I just vote for the person with the best hair cut on the day?