Bird(s) in bush as a function of bird(s) in hand, and other relationships …
Author Archives: Marek
Recursive Load
I’ve been thinking about recursion lately, which of course (if you think about it) usually means I’m thinking about thinking about recursion, which of course…
Pointy Things + Round Things
Circles and Triangles are in many ways about a far apart as shapes can get; and yet… and yet.
Archimedes’ Fatal Work Ethic
You have to respect a mathematician who’s so engrossed in his work that he doesn’t even notice the Romans invading his city…
Dinner-Party Puzzle Fail
Charles Dodgson (a.k.a. Lewis Carroll) learns how NOT to perform post-prandial high-stakes testing…
Lewis Carroll’s River Crossing Puzzle
This logic puzzle was a favorite of math professor (and part-time wonderlander) Charles Dodgson …
Alexander Horned Sphere
Sometimes you have to draw such a thing before it jumps up and comes to life and runs away on you …
“Un Millón de Amigos” (video)
Here’s a video of “Un Millón de Amigos”, performed (and drawn) by my Coffee Camp students at La Hermandad:
Decision Tree
Discrete Regretroactology is the study of finite sequences of decisions and their effects on the appearances of stick figures involved in them …
Compas de Nicaragua (La Primavera, Managua)
Fotos from the ultimate Comics Workshop of the January 2014 trip, at Barrio La Primavera (Managua):
Pythagoras Tree
It takes some careful attention to grow a healthy specimen …
Burning
Sparrows rise phoenix-like from the long-abandoned fields …
