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Master of my Domain

Here’s another section for the mathematics textbook I’m not writing, Tropic of Calculus. One of the concepts pre-Calc students seem to wrestle with is Domain and Range. Here are some… Read more »

I bet he doesn’t have to build calluses

I love this piece of art from the Goodfoot Lounge. The strumming hand is connected to ropes and pulley, so the arm strums whenever the bathroom door is opened.

Here’s a chapter section from the “math in the vernacular” textbook that I’m not writing, “Tropic of Calculus”. (Ed note: The previous section would have covered the definition of functions… Read more »

The end of a relationship

To my profound sadness and disappointment, a relationship of the past three and a half years has ended. As my brain has been churning with all of the expected emotional… Read more »

Math for Mathematicians

I’ve come to a realization over the last couple of weeks. Math, as most of us know it, from algebra through Calculus, isn’t really for mathematicians. It’s for engineers, physicists… Read more »

Path Pwned

Last Summer, when I was biking all over town with one of my frequent riding companions, there was periodic friction over the topic of bike routes. The aforementioned pal is… Read more »

Spanish Coffee

I was pretty happy with this small video I took. The waterfall effect of the cream melting into the drink is hypnotizing.

Atheists and Faith

Lately, I’ve been thinking about atheism and faith. There seems to be a common sentiment that atheists don’t have faith, that they lack the ability to take something on faith…. Read more »

Time and tide

There are times when a new model, a new way of doing business, is so clearly superior that it seems inevitable that the old ways will fall into the past… Read more »

Dusted, but unbroken

This week, I made a pecan pie for The Baker Down The Street. I’m not sure why, but my pecan pie makes her toes curl. I don’t think my recipe… Read more »