On more than one occasion, while waiting in line to buy my lunch on campus, the cashiers at the front have asked those of us in the line to split into smaller lines – one line for each cashier. This seems to be met with hesitation on the part of those of us who are . . . → Read More: Optimization at the Checkout
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This may come as a surprise to some of you, but it has come to my attention that Mariah Carey is not, in fact, a mathematician. Moreover, I’m fairly certain she is not a physicist, either. The evidence is fairly compelling. According to this article from sfgate.com, the famous crooner misappropriated Einstein’s famous mass energy . . . → Read More: Mariah Carey Is not a Mathematician As many of you with Gmail accounts may already know, Google launched a feature last week that aims to put arithmetic squarely in the shoes of your most trusted wingman. The feature, dubbed Mail Goggles, is explained in the Official Gmail Blog. In summary, the Mail Goggles feature allows you to make Gmail aware of certain . . . → Read More: Math as Your Wingman: Mail Goggles Dear Yahoo! Answers Users, For every guy who has dreamed of looking like a Hoobastank concert attendee, or for every girl who has dreamed of looking like a Bratz doll, Yahoo! Answers provides you with a forum to not only construct the avatar of your dreams, but also to ask questions on a variety of topics, and . . . → Read More: An Open Letter to Users of Yahoo! Answers A well designed t-shirt has the power to delight and inspire; it can break the ice at the start of the evening, and seal the deal at the end. It can be a powerful tool for social interaction, and can help forge the bonds that will last a lifetime. It is with this in mind that . . . → Read More: Designer Math Mathematicians are a rare specimen to behold. While not quite endangered, they tend to congregate in areas less prone to large population densities, such as libraries, or the basements of math buildings, thus making their numbers seem lower than they actually are. This type of behavior is fortunate, for it is because of these . . . → Read More: Three and a Half Things You Shouldn’t Say to a Mathematician |
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