I'm looking for a wiki that allows entering and editing complex math formulae (like Mediawiki, I don't care if it's WYSWYG or LaTeX-like), but hosted on their servers (like PBWorks) for an online Physics course that I'm developing for the Spring. My goal is to have the students collaboratively write their own outlines and study sheets.

I had a Googling question which I found the answer to right after making the post, but keeping this up for posterity.

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Dear Internet,

In October I am going to be applying for an equipment grant to buy a tablet PC for classroom use. Said tablet must run on Windows (XP Pro preferred), and required software is listed below (that is, those softwares that will require purchase).

• MS Office 2007 (Word, Excel, Powerpoint)
• MS Outlook
• MS Frontpage (yeah, I know, take it up ( Read more... )

To warm up for the MIT Mystery Hunt, try your hand at identifying these objects, and also seeing how far you can get at this puzzle. For the latter, no cheating - you can find all the answers via Google, but you shouldn't. It's ok to use it as a tool to get to the answers though.

A gov't sponsored study says that only 1% of the internet is porn. Huh, go figure!

In other news, Toys for Tots rejected Jesus dolls.

Michael La Roe, director of business development for [the manufacturer/donating company], said the charity's decision left him "surprised and disappointed ( Read more... )

Not the best written petition, but it's a start. Go sign.

Huh, Coulton's been getting a lot of press, I just realized. To start off his year, he's been slashdotted, wanged, and Boston Globe-ed. Wow, what's next? I do hope he plays at PAX next year, that'll make him.

A VTOL plane is being auctioned on EBay. The FAQs include such gems as:

Q: Hi, would it be possible on this caft to mount and use small firearms? A: Again, the M400X is a prototype, which we developed to demonstrate basic powered-lift capabilities. With its new engines it is anticipated to have a higher payload capacity, but to spend that payload ( Read more... )

Alrighty now, who's got an LJ RSS feed thingit for gabeart, or do I need to learn how to set one up?

Ayup, and there it is: gabeart

I have an unusually spelled name. If you go to GoodSearch, Google, Yahoo, or MSN, or whatever search engine you prefer, and type in my name, without quotes even, 95% of the hits are me. The bottom of the second page you start to get some questionable ones, things about spaceships with my name on them and wikis and lesbians, but even then I ( Read more... )