Science: Visualised Gravity
This is a quick blog post about gravity and the way in which we visualise it in our educational materials, take a look at this: Typical Visualisation of Gravity This is what I’ve seen a lot of when I...
View ArticleOpen Source Car: Riversimple?
A hydrogen based concept car designed by teams in Oxford and Cranfield universities in the UK that I totally missed the news on last week. There are some very nice technical features to this car such...
View ArticleMathamatics: Working it Out
I’ve finally figured out a mathematical problem, this is no small achievement for me since I’ve never studied mathematics beyond algebra and what extra I’ve learned has been strictly to do with the...
View ArticleWorking at Gaming Failure
I was just thinking how I sometimes take games (computer, card or any other kind) far too seriously and I really perform better when I can try my best and at the same time not care so much about...
View ArticleMyths
Professor Mike Hulme at the University of East Anglia wrote a very interesting opinion piece in New Scientist last month. It was all about climate change and how fighting climate change isn’t just...
View ArticleDeactivate your Brain
If you’ve not seen Rebecca Saxe’s TEDTalk about how we are really very good at reading other people’s minds. I recommend it: The interesting part is the disquiet in the audience that the idea of...
View ArticlePirates and Control
There have been a number of articles recently about pirates and using Free and Open Source software and it’s certainly an interesting consideration. In my opinion the problem is that people shouldn’t...
View ArticleLearn in Fractal
If you’ve ever been involved with teaching then you’ll know that you teach the small stuff first, little lies, small over simplifications that get the students off in the right direction. Sometimes...
View ArticleSoftware as a Science
Or to put it more clearly: Peer reviewed software design knowledge accumulation using statefull mechanical embodiment as formal proofs as a basis of mechanical understanding of Turing-space. I think...
View ArticleIf it sounds mad
I’ve just been reading Glyn Moody’s article on the defence of hackers and open source. And no doubt I fully disagree with any notion that Free and Open Source is as relatable to some mass anarchistic...
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