This is a really interesting talk on “living by numbers”. I’ve seen reference from other people on fitness blogs about sleep monitoring on a regular basis, and the idea that you can track personal health data and adjust your lifestyle to improve health (or reduce household CO2 emissions, etc.) is a nice ideal. I have a few reservations, however… Chris… Read more →
The graduate and family Originally uploaded by wamblicious Danya graduated with a first-class honours science degree from Sydney University yesterday. It only seems like a little while ago that he first came down to Sydney and crashed on my couch for a few months. He’s grown in many ways since then, and it’s a real pleasure to see him honoured… Read more →
One of the mapping blogs I follow, CloudMade, turned up a cute little diversion in the form of a way to generate trihexaflexagons, where each of the three faces is a layer on the map: “hexaflexamaps”, so to speak. It’s a nice way to switch between (say) a cycle map, a topographic map, and a street map. OpenStreetMap is good… Read more →
