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You do realize that π Day as celebrated in the American date format hit its zenith a few years ago when the digits were all aligned. Right? And that the best thing to do is hold out for the European formatted version on 22/7, which doesn't have those pesky year things messing it up? (Also, more celebratory pie for you. Whipped cream if you're good ( Read more... )

I think it might be a sign that I miss watching Numb3rs when I saw the sick-enough-to-make-a-plague-carrier-nervous clerk stocking cans at the grocery store and I was mentally composing a montage of distribution models for infectious disease, geographical flow charts and stock footage representing the variables (devoted pet owners, different brands ( Read more... )

1. What I want most for presents this year is a Numb3rs action figure set, with Super Dry-Erase-Board Action Charlie, Avenging Steely-Eyed Poker-Faced Megan, and of course Ultra Ratcheting-Climbing-Harness Colby (Safety Helmet sold seperately). The fact that such a set does not currently exist is not stopping me.


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Having neither a robot dog nor a space/time machine, nor even equipment for molding large chunks of lucite, I've had to contain in the back corners of my mind a longing for a Key to Time of my very own. No longer! Thanks to other persons on the internet having Far Too Much Time On Their Hands, a pdf model is available. Bless their cotton socks.


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loxodrome [LǑK'·sə·drōm']
Function: noun
Etymology: c. 1875-80, back formation from loxodromic; Gk. loxos, slanting + dromos, course

: a line on a sphere that cuts all meridians at the same angle; the path taken by a ship or plane that maintains a constant compass direction [syn: rhumb line]

- Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1)

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tan·gent [TAN-juhnt]
Function: adjective
Etymology: 1585-90; L tangent - (s. of tangéns, prp. of tangere to touch) in phrase līnea tangéns touching line ( Read more... )

I've never found tattoos to be particularly compelling. In fact, I almost entirely fail to have an opinion about them despite having known Mister S- for years and gradually watching him run out of unmarked skin. But this is, hmm, strangely hot.

And yet I've seen other mathematical tattoos before and they do nothing for me . . .
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Oh.

Oh. My.

Oh! My resolve not to learn sock knitting (especially when combined with some seriously intimidating cable work) because I don't need another little and fiddly project just now . . . I think that resolve just went out the windowLikewise, I don't have much interest in knitting books as they tend to be either faddish or kitschy or, ( Read more... )

Two observations made in regards to Casino Royale, though I'm probably a bit late in keeping with the rest of the world on this:

1. Those were self-similar patterns in the opening credits, weren't they? Weren't they? Multiple iterations of the suit pips? Yes? Well done. In fact, well done overall on those opening credits. I haven't seen anything ( Read more... )