Monthly Archives: October 2009

Who's on first?

Posted on October 12, 2009 by Travis

A conversation at the Mount Rushmore gift shop, in the vicinity of the personalized key-chain display. The Ladybug: What’s this one say? Me: Princess. TL: Oo, I like that one.   What’s this one say? Me: Joel. TL: Oh.   … Continue reading →

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Sunday song: Why Does the Sun Shine?

Posted on October 11, 2009 by Travis

I have long been a fan of They Might Be Giants.   They were masters of catchy (if surreal) college-rock-radio music precisely when I was in college, and over time evolved into making catchy (if surreal) educational albums for the … Continue reading →

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Baseball is what we were, football is what we have become

Posted on October 6, 2009 by Travis

One of the downsides of having a football team comprised mainly of engineering nerds is that Komplexify U has a lifetime win-loss record of something like 4 to 106. One of the upsides, however, is that the scoring algorithm is … Continue reading →

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Calculus haiku: the derivative

Posted on October 2, 2009 by Travis

The derivative is one of the essential tools of calculus, and it is defined for a function f at a point a in its domain as the limit As a haiku, this is or for the graphically minded:

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