Archive for 2005

Changes in sites over time

Wednesday, September 7th, 2005

The big three e-commerce sites have moved to home pages with a lot of information and a high link density

Chemical reactions depend on temperature

Tuesday, September 6th, 2005

This goes for chemical reactions in the brain of a baby being born with a shortage of oxygen. A ‘cooling cap’ slows the build up of damaging chemicals and allows time for remedial action.

The big bug count

Monday, September 5th, 2005

The RSPB devised an innovative technique for estimating insect populations – count the splats on the numberplate as you drive in the country. How did the methodology stack up?

Central England Temperature

Sunday, September 4th, 2005

Temperature records kept from 1659 to present day allow trends to be identified

Zipf’s law?

Saturday, September 3rd, 2005

Broadband connectivity is shared amongst users – Fair Use policies need to cap bandwidth hogs