The mathematics of finding the love of your life based on the formula for winning a game show on TV: Without over complicating matters, mathematical analysis suggests that you should survey the scene for 37 per cent (1/e equals roughly 0.37) of the way through the period that you have set yourself to find a partner. Supposing that you start dating at the age of 16 and aim to ... Read full entry
Game show hosts get more sex
Posted by John Lampard on Thursday, 16 October, 2008 to the comment subset
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Logos: the sum of their parts
Posted by John Lampard on Friday, 23 May, 2008 to the design and art subset
Logólogos: there is a formula for creating logos and here are loads of examples of how well it works. The Wikipedia logo would be my favourite. :) Via Design Observer.
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New Coke formula
Posted by John Lampard on Wednesday, 23 April, 2008 to the comment subset
It's been 23 years since Coca-Cola announced it was changing the formula of the classic soft-drink, and probably 22 years and 364 days since it rescinded the infamous decision. Some people suggested the formula change was little more than a publicity stunt, an effort to reverse the then flagging fortunes of the company. One way or another though, Coca-Cola has extracted considerable marketing mileage out of the truths, and misconceptions, surrounding ... Read full entry
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