As a freelance science writer, I’ve had to do all my own IT fixes. I guess I could pay someone, but they charge more than me and with computing problems happening as often as they do, my business would soon run at a loss. The answer, is to solve my own computing problems, a quick browser hack here, a blogging plugin there. I figured that the best way to keep a record of all these fixes was to record them in a blog. So, here they are by helping myself with blogging, browsing, and computing tips, tricks and hacks, hopefully you too can find solutions to some of the common problems without having to pay for a private IT dude to come to your home or small office.

Significant Figures was originally a Blogspot blog about scientific illiteracy and innumeracy in the media, hence the name. You can still read the archived items in that category and I occasionally add more as the mood takes me.

But since those humble beginnings, I morphed the site it into something much more useful site in January 2007 and since then it has gone from strength to strength, with RSS subscriber numbers increasing tenfold in the first year and reaching about 1000 different people every day. Here you will find tips for life, browsing, blogging, hacking, searching and general computer fixes. And don’t forget to grab the Sig Figs feed to keep up to date with my latest problems and the solutions I’ve found.