Science and SciFi
Science and SciFi
Changing date/time in Ubuntu virtualbox
I was a bit puzzled by the fact I could not easily change the date/time in an instance of a virtualbox as used by the High Performance Scientific Computing Coursera course run by Dr. Randall J.… Read More »Changing date/time in Ubuntu virtualbox
Science is beautiful exhibition
When I first heard about the plans that the British Library had about an exhibitions called Science is Beautiful I got very excited. I did even make an entry in my diary about the date… Read More »Science is beautiful exhibition
Getting Gephi 0.8.2 to work with a Mac
Ever since the previous Java update for the mac, my Gephi installation was not happy. I resorted to uninstalling version 0.8.2-beta and going back to 0.8.1. Not a bad version, but definitely not one with… Read More »Getting Gephi 0.8.2 to work with a Mac
Use of statistics…
Some people use statistics like a drunk uses a lamp-post, for support rather than illumination.
Sorted for some geeky reading
Very pleased with the post that arrived today. It looks like I am sorted for my healthy dose of geeky reading.
Anti-atom beam
It may sound like a line from Star Trek, but I can assure you that the creation of a beam made out of anti-hydrogen atoms is a real achievement carried out by scientists at CERN.… Read More »Anti-atom beam
Harvesting magnetic fields…
A few days ago I got a message from my mate Jorge Soto… always great to hear from him, particularly with New Year wishes and even better with an interesting question: The question is related… Read More »Harvesting magnetic fields…
Wishful thinking or The Misuse of Maths in Psychology
The misuse of maths in psychology “Think positively!” – a seemingly innocuous remark you might hear every so often… you might have even read it in one of those self-help books, or even from renowned… Read More »Wishful thinking or The Misuse of Maths in Psychology