Natural Blogarithms

I was wrong. In class this morning, I seemed have fabricated a memory. I could have sworn that somewhere in either reading or my many math classes over the years that I was taught the name of the components of a subtraction problem. We most all still remember the names of the [...]

I heard someone mention the fact that this Friday is the 13th and it reminded me of a blog entry I was intending to post. It was a little puzzle provided and answered by Eon.
What is the most number of Friday the 13th’s that a single year may have?
Clearly, its less than [...]

It hasn’t been since I was taking Computer Science courses during my Master’s work that I had the chance to really look at sorting algorithms. But I’ve always just fascinated by them. There are some really creative ways to take a list of numbers (usually a very long list) and put all [...]

As I told two of my classes yesterday, “I love the first day of class each semester!! It’s like standing at the edge of the Grand Canyon, a magnificent, beautiful, breathtaking scene. You’re on the edge of all this new information, new skill, new knowledge. It’s just sitting there waiting for us [...]

Maybe this is not a true mathematical blunder but I still left the whole situation a little embarrassed. Over New Year’s, I started playing with a “Rubik’s Cube” variant at the in-law’s. It’s apparently called Square 1 or Cube 21.

As has always been my approach with such puzzles, I began by just make [...]

I have now set up a way to blog using my IPAQ. I use Pocket Sharp MT. I tried setting up blog by email but was utterly unsuccessful. I don’t know if I’ll find it all that useful but I always loving tinkering with my blog and my server. It seems like [...]

I asked my wife if she had any resolutions and was told, “No.”
“Why?”, I asked.
She replied, “because I don’t keep them.”
So, in light of this new philosophy of resolutions, I am proposing the following revisions to my Resolutions.
Resolutions:
1. Maintain or gain weight through the next semester by ignoring [...]

Resolutions:
1. Stay on weight watchers eating plan through semester.
2. Ride bike at least three times a week.
3. Make daily prayer a true time of fellowship with God.
4. Focus more on student learning and less on my teaching.
5. Unless absolutely necessary, don’t bring work home.
6. Begin and maintain a weekly [...]