Midweek miscellany

by John on December 6, 2011

Science

Why are scientific retractions increasing?
Detecting rings around exoplanets
How tire pressure sensors work

Work

Doing a job

Math

A primer on Bezier curves
Number of cycles in a random permutation

Programming

Seven habits of effective text editing
Scott Hanselman’s tool list for Windows
Unix tool tips
Impractical programming

History

The Billy Possum
Revisiting Alan Turing

Humor

{ 2 comments… read them below or add one }

1

I. J. Kennedy 12.12.11 at 20:34

Thanks for turning me on to 99% Invisible via the Billy Possum link.

2

John 12.12.11 at 20:35

It’s a great podcast.

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