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Sean's random musings

A varied collection of thoughts and ideas, usually around statistics, football or generally interesting tidbits.

New Pound Coin

The interesting mathematics of our new pound coin

5 min read · April 16, 2013

2013 · mathematics
Variance in TV Viewing Figures

How many people just turn on How does Grey's Anatomy viewing figures vary over time?

9 min read · April 16, 2013

2013 · mathematics
Velocity Required for Loop-the-Loop

What is the velocity required to complete a loop-the-loop

3 min read · February 21, 2013

2013 · mathematics
It's Snowing Outside

Investigating the number of unique snowballs

4 min read · January 19, 2013

2013 · mathematics
The Crawshaw Method (for Quadratics)

How to solve quadratic equations using the Crawshaw method

4 min read · May 01, 2012

2012 · mathematics
A Short History of Nearly Everything - Some Corrections

Some corrections in A Short History of Nearly Everything

5 min read · March 31, 2012

2012 · books
1 = 2

1 = 2

1 min read · February 17, 2012

2012 · mathematics
Sine Rule on a Sphere

How to use the sine rule on a sphere

2 min read · January 04, 2012

2012 · mathematics
Cosine Rule on a Sphere

How to use the cosine rule on a sphere

3 min read · January 02, 2012

2012 · mathematics
Batch Process in Bash

How to do the same process on a large number of files in Bash

2 min read · March 18, 2011

2011 · code bash