This title sums up the most popular articles on my site over the past 30 days (according to a mix of Google Analytics and Woopra statistics). Linux posts are by far the most popular. Perhaps this is simply due to the large quantity of Linux related posts I tend to make on this site, although [...]

I found this image whilst browsing Reddit, which I’ve come to do quite frequently. Although I can not vouch for its statistical accuracy, the likely truths behind it are quite fascinating.

I found this video by RSA Animate really interesting. It describes what motivates us to work and states how, for non-trivial tasks, higher monetary incentives tend to lead to worse performance. This behaviour is apparently not too anomalous and has been replicated in many locations and by many different professionals in fields such as economics, [...]

I was recently shown this image of online, orginal source unknown, which shows just how small we really are in the vastness of space. Click the image to view it enlarged, on its own.

Dr Mark Gasson, from the University of Reading has had a virus infected computer chip implanted in his arm. Tests proved this virus could spread to external control systems wirelessly. The BBC who initially reported this proof-of-concept ‘infection’ stated that Dr Gasson admitted that the test is only proof of concept but believe that there are [...]

Although not all of the default applications on the Nokia N97 can be uninstalled, the following steps show you how to uninstall all the applications you are able to. Press the menu/applications button (bottom left of the phone). Tap ‘Settings’ Tap ‘Application mgr.’ (Application Manager) Tap ‘Installed apps.’ (Installed Applications) You will then be presented [...]

I previously wrote about using SQL check constraints in MySQL. It seems however that the MySQL relational database management system (RDBMS) does not actually support the fundamental verification used by check constraints in other RDBMSs. This means that although you can add check constraints to tables without issue, they are not validated and data is [...]

I recently came across an interesting Climate Care website that lets you do you the following to help your environment with ridiculous ease. Calculate how much carbon your are using, be it in electricity usage, air flights, driving costs or other. Display the amount of money it would take to offset your measured carbon usage. Donate [...]

I recently posted quite a large article on my company blog regarding the various Internet pranks that went on this 1st of April 2010. Google April Fools’ Day Pranks Google went a bit heavy on the pranks this year, with each department seeming to produce its own set of pranks. Google Animal Translate - Google have [...]

Sleep kind of fascinates me, especially dreams. In fact, anything the human brain and its subconscious is capable of is quite incredible in my opinion. Given that the brain is effectively a collection of cells and electrical impulses it is quite amazing that said biological computer evolved as it did, to allow humans the feelings of conciousness, [...]