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• Basic Calculators and Overkill

  September 29, 2008 in Editorial

  I really enjoyed reading this post about the physicality of a calculator over at Social Mathematics. The idea of having a simple calculator available to you in your workplace or home office setting is intriguing to me. I must admit that I do enjoy having a basic little calculator at my disposal. I know that [...]

• iPhone Math Application: Mandelbrot

  September 12, 2008 in Software

  For those of you interested in the iPhone, a developer named alpheccar has released an application for the device named Mandelbrot, which is a fractal generation tool of the famous Mandelbrot set. It’s a fantastic little free application that allows the user to zoom in on various pieces of the fractal using the typical touch [...]

• Funniest Pie Chart EVER

  September 12, 2008 in Entertainment

  I mean, how can you argue with this?

  UPDATE: Thanks to ll for finding attribution for this image. It comes from GraphJam, and the pie chart is here. The author is Jamie Schimley. I’m looking forward to browsing through more hilarity at this link.
  ORIGINAL: Thanks to AdArena.net for this one. You should check them out. They’ve [...]

• Nineteen Squared is Three Hundred Sixty One

  July 29, 2008 in Mental Math

  There are a few math stories that I tell rather often, and this is my favorite of the bunch. Other people seem to enjoy it as well. Given that I’ve never committed the story to writing, I thought that it was time to do so.
  During my undergraduate experience, we had an optional two week winter [...]

• Carnival of Mathematics #37

  July 24, 2008 in Logic/Math

  Welcome to the 37th edition of the Carnival of Mathematics!
  In preparation for this edition, I actually managed to secure an exclusive interview with the number 37, and have included a small portion of our conversation below:
  Logic Nest (LN): So 37, what have you been up to lately?
  37: Oh, not much. I’ve always had a fairly [...]