Just for fun

Just for fun, March: Media

Reality T.V. Math: Project Runway v. Fashion Star+

Photo courtesy of luca pedrotti I’ve been a fan of Project Runway since Heidi Klum, Tim Gunn and crazy Jay McCarroll...

Hurricane Danielle (Courtesy of NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center) Okay, I’ll admit it. I don’t typically watch television news. (Sorry...

Photo courtesy of SarahWynne You know when you were little and you got sick on your birthday? It’s not quite...

Photo courtesy of -Snugg- Looking for a last-minute gift for your budding Eistein? You’ve come to the right place. I’m...

This is a red-crested partridge (pear tree not included). Photo courtesy of jinterwas. If you celebrate Christmas, you’re heading into...

On Tuesday, I appeared on Midday with Dan Rodricks, an hour-long, call-in radio program on Baltimore’s WYPR. At the top...

I LOVE this guy. He’s the fellow who produced Facebook for Math Nerds and Twitter for Math Nerds. And in...

In her quest to convince me that math is a stupid subject, my daughter started playing a little game with...

Raise your hand if you’ve heard of M.C. Escher. Now raise your hand if you know what tessellations are. Surprise!...

Photo courtesy of andreas.rodler So, I’ve seen an abacus (or the plural, abaci), but until this video, I’d never seen...