January 2010
26 posts
Mapping the impact of the Recovery Act →
help people through lending and help alleviate... →
Online Chinese Abacus →
Ooooooo
scitchet:
Ooooh! Shelly! Look!
fuckyeahmath:
The abacus, also called a counting frame, is a calculating tool used primarily in parts of Asia for performing arithmetic processes. [wikipedia]
Five emotions you never knew you had →
victoriaisamess:
Some emotional states only have names in particular languages. Here are some examples:
Fiero (Italian): contented pride in achieving something just for oneself.
Amae (Japanese): the sweet feeling of being dependent on someone else.
Naches (Yiddish): the glow of proud pleasure that only a child can give to its parents.
Schadenfreude (German): the feeling you experience when...
Math has it's own language
scitchet:
I follow fuckyeahmath. It is a great blog; I really enjoy it. By their own admission and the content they post, these are not fair-weather math people, but hard-core math nerds. This makes me like them even more. The following rant is not about them, it is about people in general, as highlighted by recent activity on fuckyeahmath.
Like most of us, they are now taking questions. I...
Cleaning the Office with Shelly and Jamin'
scitchet:
is fantastic therapy. We are getting rid of all of the germs of the fall semester. I missed hanging out with my office-mate.
I’m so happy you’re back in the office and I’m so happy we got new plants to replace the ones that I killed. Ooooh and also too I am so happy you bought tons of candy and our office is so freakin cool. As well as you have super fantastic...
“For Girls Only, Probably…
Being thin. Probably not a subject that you ever...”
– J.K. Rowling (via curvesahead) (via knockturn) (via yerawizardharry) (via elizabethanne) (via snickerdoodle)
It may be for girls only, but I enjoyed it. She nails the attitude and her British wordisms are a delight to read.
(via peterwknox)
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scitchet:
Yes, I know, I’ve been awful. I finally made time to sit and actually check e-mail today (instead of see if anyone was alerting me to the world exploding) and I had e-mails for spontaneous and Julie (Julie’s was before Christmas).
In Idaho, my mother-in-law only had dial-up, so I only checked my work e-mail. We are now in PA, and though they have fast internet, they seem to need to...