Charles Dodgson (a.k.a. Lewis Carroll) learns how NOT to perform post-prandial high-stakes testing…
Author Archives: Marek
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 …
Cantor Angel
At first glance, your typical Cantor Set can appear rather stilted & stodgy… But what if there were a different way to envision this structure?
Masaya Crater, as Seen from Runway
A quick peek at local geothermic activity upon arrival at Managua:
More Knots
I guess technically some of these are knots, and some are… well… not.
Planting Papaya & Maggots on the Volcano
A visit to Finca Bona Fide on the slopes of dormant volcano Maderas (Ometepe) …