Saturday, April 29, 2017

Playing Themes from Super Mario Brothers on an Ancient Chinese Instrument

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This performance is awesome!
Friday, April 28, 2017

Lego Grad Student

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I just found out about Lego Grad Student from a Facebook post by Shanti Rao. I had never heard of Lego Grad Student before, but this bril...

"Persistent Homology of Time-Dependent Functional Networks Constructed from Coupled Time Series"

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One of my papers came out in final form today. Here are the details. Title: Persistent Homology of Time-Dependent Functional Networks Co...
Thursday, April 27, 2017

Stunning Drawings of Seaweed

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Margaret Gatty drew some gorgeous pictures of seaweed as part of her book on the topic. These pictures are awesome!
Tuesday, April 25, 2017

An Epic "Slide"

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This "slide" by the Toronto Blue Jays' Chris Coghlan is absolutely epic. (The link goes to a public Facebook post from Maj...

Perceptions of the Probability of Ambiguous Statements

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You can completely mess up this chart in the UK simply by using the word "quite". That will do quite an ambiguous number on the pe...

Conway's Game of Life In Real Life (on an Ocellated Lizard)

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Wow! This is amazing! Here is the blurb on the Facebook post that goes with the Physics Today article (though I added the hyperlink): Th...
Monday, April 24, 2017

What Happens in Berkeley Stays in Berkeley

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I am taking a quick trip to Berkeley (with about 20 hours on the ground) to give a talk (on granular crystals) to the condensed-matter theor...
Sunday, April 23, 2017

A Bit More on Our Mathematics Booth at the March for Science Los Angeles

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I think our math booth ended up being one of the most popular of all of the booths at the LA March for Science . We gave away tons of AMS ...

Spotting Fake Peer Reviews

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This article has a rather juicy line: “When a lot of the fake peer reviews first came up, one of the reasons the editors spotted them was t...
Saturday, April 22, 2017

Some Signs from the March for Science

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Here are some really cool signs from the March for Science I'll try to post some more links later. I have been seeing fantastic signs...
Friday, April 21, 2017

Blinding People with Network Science (at the March for Science Los Angeles)

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Puck Rombach and I will be at the March for Science Los Angeles tomorrow to teach people about the science of networks. Learn about the ...
Thursday, April 20, 2017

Graph Alignment: A Major Open Problem

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Graph Alignment is a major open problem in mathematics and computer science. pic.twitter.com/Q8EJDSYLge — Mason Porter (@masonporter) April ...
Wednesday, April 19, 2017

"Wild Thing": Now Pitching for the Rockies

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Dodgers broadcaster Joe Davis likes to use the nickname "Wild Thing" for Rockies' relief pitcher Carlos Estévez (for obvious...
Tuesday, April 18, 2017

Article of Interest: "What Happens When We Do Not Defend Academic Freedom"

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Here is the article , which I suggest reading in its entirety. (Tip of the cap to David Hu and Michael Szell.)

SMBC: Lifetimes

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I think this SMBC came out before I was reading it regularly. It is amazing! It talks about reinventing yourself, and it expresses the id...

Spectacular Ironic Pictures

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Many of these http://eternallysunny.com/funny-coincidences/ (most of them are ironic) are spectacular! Number 4 is my favorite! (Tip of t...
Sunday, April 16, 2017

An Old Disney Creation/Merchandising Network

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Wow! LINKING LINES ASPIRE TO BE SENTENCES = graphic links in Disney network with creative talent at center: https://t.co/2pGfS5DdQ4 #data...

Eighteenth-Century Rotating Table: I Want One!

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Not that this is the most practical and efficient 21st-century method to address this issue... but I want one! A must for every library: e...
Saturday, April 15, 2017

"New Textbooks for the New Mathematics"

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Here is an article , called "New Textbooks for the New Mathematics", by Richard Feynman that appeared in Caltech's publicatio...