This week, we did… INSTANT INSANITY! (ANITY, anity, anity, anity…). Instant insanity is an extremely frustrating game in which four (or more) cubes with different pictures on the sides must be stacked so that there is no repeating face on any side. After I struggled with the bird puzzle for two hours, I concluded that…
It is Wednesday night, and I am typing my reflection. My hair is wet because I just came from swim practice, and, sadly, it is neither “touchably smooth” nor smelling like “pink lily” or “Asian silk,” not that silk has a smell anyway. I will move from stating the obvious to this week’s math. We…
Hello I’m typing this as I listen to the radio, which is playing “Born This Way” – Lady Gaga. Which is interesting since I haven’t ever properly listened to the whole song – although I have listened to “Judas”. Speaking of pop singers, I also saw Justin Bieber on the Ellen Show today (which surprised…
I’m excited about the release (in early May) of the Ti-NSpire CX (CAS) handheld calculator. While I dislike the blue Ti-Nspire, this is different. This will be the first (Texas Instruments) calculator to have color display, 3D rendering, backlight, rechargeable batteries, WiFi, radio (meaning that there will be sound), and several others. For a MSRP…
Another week gone! This week’s math work was pretty comfortable for me (other than the messed up #5), mostly because I actually felt like I understood the ciphering better than the previous week. I thought Playfair’s System was tedious, but it turns out that Hill’s system is even more tedious. I had to multiply a…
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