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Feb
02
Reverting to the Time Domain

Reverting to the Time Domain

Darwin vs Sheffield Darwin made it through to the quarter finals by making a mockery of my round two predictions
4 min read
Jan
26
A Farewell to X

A Farewell to X

I joined Twitter in October 2009 and immediately followed Stephen Fry, Jenson Button, Barack Obama and Jake Humphreys. Not quite
6 min read
Jan
17
Full Kit W*nker

Full Kit W*nker

In last week's post, I discussed the idea of having UC contestants returning for multiple series, which would
4 min read
Jan
12
The College Sports Piece

The College Sports Piece

It's too late to say Happy New Year, so I'm not going to do that. Instead,
3 min read
Dec
24
Deck the Halls With Queries of Power

Deck the Halls With Queries of Power

Every so often, you come across a game-changing data analysis tool (this is a theme I'm sure is
3 min read
Dec
15
Ancient DNA

Ancient DNA

Edinburgh and Trinity have played only once in UC history, with Edinburgh winning a quarter-final match in 2022. Trinity came
4 min read
Dec
08
Creativity Death Spiral

Creativity Death Spiral

Posting this on Reddit to try and boost my readership, I thought I'd check out my analytics to
4 min read
Dec
01
Stitch Incoming

Stitch Incoming

Two things happened this week which made me feel old. First, I was jumping up and down in my kitchen
5 min read
Nov
12
A Steely Performance

A Steely Performance

After last week's debacle in which my 2-seed Magdalen got knocked off by my 16-seed Darwin, let'
3 min read
Nov
09
Predictably Poor Punditry

Predictably Poor Punditry

Last year, I wrote a post about how pundits have a free pass for all of the terrible predictions they
3 min read