Don’t be duped
I’ve done it before, and I’ll do it again: share a pic or meme or story on social media that turns out to be FAKE NEWS! (Fortunately, my Facebook “friends” Continue Reading
Roll your own blockchain in R
Want to sharpen your understand of how blockchain works? Why not create your own in good old R? It may not be the most practical implementation of the blockchain principal, Continue Reading
You can run, but you can’t hide
Today’s terrifying Rise of the Machines story is about how us humans, cowering behind shattered walls and in concrete bunkers, will still not be safe from the Terminators, who — Continue Reading
Kenneth Graham got it wrong
As if traffic in Jo’burg isn’t bad enough, there’s a whole new problem which will soon be facing motorists. Researchers at the University of Virginia have been teaching rats how Continue Reading
Data are
“Data is” or “data are”? Well, the data are in. David Evans looks at forty years of scholarly articles and finds out that scholars are split on the issue. (Or Continue Reading
Back before Basics
To this day I remain in absolute awe of ’80s game pioneers like Braben and Bell, Jez San and Matthew Smith, who wrote complex classics like Elite, Starglider and Jet Continue Reading
How the far right play Googlewhack games to SEO their propaganda
Ever notice how the far right come up with some really weird terms to describe those they disagree with (ie everyone else)? There is, apparently, method behind their grammatical madness. Continue Reading
Visualising the great age of sail
European explorers of the 18th Century have a lot left to answer for, but tracing their journeys sure is purdy. This collection of visualisations (including an animated video) plots the Continue Reading
The UN says: Welcome to the “digital welfare dystopia”
Ah, the United Nations special rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights, what does that old fraud really know? Turns out, he’s pretty clued up on the implications of Big Continue Reading
Riffing on the riffle
The visualisations have a bit of the Windows Solitaire victory screen about them, nevertheless, this look at what happens when you shuffle a deck of cards using different techniques is Continue Reading