BLOG

September 20, 2010

Addendum to the post: On Danger

I blogged On Danger a little while ago (best viewed in the archive, over here), and this xkcd post is the perfect followup.

Posted In : , Link, Regular
September 19, 2010

Tetris, Blokus, and The History of Russia

I was playing Blokus with some kids, and I asked: how in the world did they choose these pieces? There are 21 pieces in odd shapes of various sizes. Each one [...]

Posted In : , Link, Photo, Regular, Video
August 25, 2010

This post is an addendum to the last post

Great comments in the last post! In the spirit of self referential comedy, I have to include one of the suggestions mentioned there: If you go to the original [...]

Posted In : , Regular
August 22, 2010

Joy In Patterns

The satisfaction and excitement are so palpable.

Posted In : , Regular
August 21, 2010

Free At Last

If you want to see someone really committed to freedom in education, check out Free At Last: The Sudbury Valley School, which you can read online at the link, [...]

Posted In : , Regular
August 19, 2010

Big news on P vs NP?

Perhaps you’ve heard of the Millenium Problems, the seven $1,000,000 prize math problems. They’re pretty hard. In fact, I kind of assumed we’d see one [...]

Posted In : , Regular