TMNTing Wikipedia Pages: A Twitter Account

This is the right type of Twitter account. ;)

Pseudo-random number samplinghttps://t.co/bTMMPJhmlL pic.twitter.com/Sh8cScM65b

— Wiki Titles Singable to TMNT Themesong (@wiki_tmnt) December 19, 2019

(Tip of the cap to Evelyn Lamb.)

Tales from the ArXiv: Everybody Loves Coupled Oscillators (and the Michigan Rag)

If this were my study and I were giving a talk about it, Michigan J. Frog would surely make an appearance.

New on arXiv: "Interaction Mechanisms Quantified from Dynamical Features of Frog Choruses" (by Kaiichiro Ota, Ikkyu Aihara, Toshio Aoyagi): https://t.co/TUWa7wbXwB

[a phase-oscillator model of interactions underlying the choruses of male Japanese tree frogs]

— DynamicalSystemsSIAM (@DynamicsSIAM) July 29, 2019

"How do You do Math so Well?"

Yes, YES, and YES!!!!

(Tip of the cap to UCLA mathematics.)

Scientific Nomenclature: The "Thagomizer"

This is so awesome!

I love this.

When the Far Side came out in 1982, paleontologists realised they'd never actually named that part of a stegosaurus and began using the term informally. And now, 36 years later, if you type "Thagomizer" into a search engine... pic.twitter.com/pMDYoOrT8d

— Jim Bliss (@JimBliss23) July 21, 2018

(Tip of the cap to C E Watkins.)

Wile E. Coyote, Super Genius

Watch this short clip until the end. ;)

Super Geniuses :)

This is one of the most brilliant political cartoons of all time. pic.twitter.com/6FG4Wsg5pb

— David Moser (@david__moser) July 28, 2017

(Tip of the cap to Melanie Mitchell.)

Bansky's Tweet about Modern-Day Education

The cartoon below illustrates the point very effectively.

Just about* every time that I got into trouble at school was an instance of rebelling against this (which was already the case when I was in elementary school and high school).

* Most other instances involved a radio and a baseball game.

Modern day education pic.twitter.com/yq47iDdfUE

— banksy (@thereaIbanksy) July 17, 2017

(Tip of the cap to Nalini Joshi.)

Sydney Padua is Awesome!

In case you didn't realize this (and in that case you're missing out), Sydney Padua is awesome!

I think I could make this BWAAAAARP from Organist a bit bigger come to think of it pic.twitter.com/mDr0yv9rFX

— SydneyPadua (@sydneypadua) May 11, 2017

An Amazing Short Cartoon

"Alike" is an amazing short cartoon that you should watch!

(I saw this on Facebook via a post with which one of my friends interacted. I don't remember the name of the poster.)

Fake News from Moose & Squirrel

This cartoon from The New Yorker also alludes to the characters Boris and Natasha. They were the adversaries in The Rocky and Bullwinkle Show.

I recently saw this awesome license plate that does so as well.

I really enjoy alluding to the characters Boris and Natasha. I did that recently in my winning entry in a caption content, and I did it in 2006 in an Aprils Fool's Day prank.

Interpretations of Famous Songs with Simple Cartoons

Here are some interpretations of famous songs using simple cartoons. As advanced warning (and an understatement), some of them are slightly rude.

Spectacular and Prescient Cartoon from 1906

The cartoon in this article is both spectacular and prescient.

(Tip of the cap to University of Oxford.)

Nine Simples Rules for The Roadrunner and Wile E. Coyote

Here they are.

Despite one of the rules listed on that site, there was occasionally a bit of other dialog, especially on written signs.

(Tip of the cap to George Takei.)

Tales from the ArXiv: Duck Dodgers and Bifurcation Diagrams

I hope that the authors of this paper make references to Duck Dodgers when they bring up this work in seminars.

Pixar: Another Big Win

On extremely rare occasions, I see a movie (or read a book or play a game...) that shows me a new perspective on things and fuels my imagination (and my Abstract Thought). Pixar's Inside Out is one of those movies. Wow, just wow.

I had heard excellent things about Inside Out and was really looking forward to it after watching a trailer after seeing a colleague gush about the movie on Facebook, and I have to say that I am amazed. I wouldn't say that movies amaze me very often, but this one did. I'll have to think about whether it has surpassed The Incredibles as my favorite Pixar movie of all time --- I haven't decided yet, but it's possible --- and "best Pixar film ever" is very high praise indeed. (The short film before the main feature could have been much better, however.)

Anyway, if you haven't seen Inside Out yet, I suggest that you go see it. Perhaps even stop what you're doing and go see it? It's that good.

And now, as usual, it's time for me to spend some more time in Abstract Thought and Imagination Land (two of my favorite places). :)

Peer Review in Pictures

Yes and Hell Yes!

That's really how it works.

Cartoonifying Instagram Photos

These cartoonified Instagram photos are amazing! (Some of the them are also really funny, and most of the them twist the original scene in an interesting way.)

(Tip of the cap to George Takei.)

Darth Pooh

In case you were curious about what Winnie the Pooh might sound like as a Sith lord, wonder no further. I present to you... Darth Pooh.

(Tip of the cap to Michael Woods.)

Outsourcing

Yup, maybe Wile E. Coyote should have done that.

Smile and Wave

This bit of graffiti, starring the Madagascar penguins (who are rather well-armed in this picture), is absolutely awesome!

And for another amusing demotivational poster, take a look at the shadow in in this poster. Hah!