Oz ,'Same Time, Same Place'
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, pandas, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Perhaps someone might find this interesting: Take a Second Shot at Understanding Math
Mathematics tends to bisect people into either fascination or annoyance. If you're in the latter camp, or actually like math but can't quite get a hold of it, a Cornell professor is blogging a kind of re-introduction to math for adults.
Great. New Guy is out today, and I forgot to ensure he gave me explicit prep for the meetings he wants me to cover. One I can wing, one I've never been to before, and I have no idea what they'll want from me.
I knew he'd forget to give it to me of his own volition, but he was busy when I left yesterday, and it totally slipped my mind.
I have no idea what they'll want from me.
Some kind of duck-related dance?
Some kind of duck-related dance?
Homey don't dance.
At work.
Is that the math column in the NY Times? I read the first one and thought it was pretty good.
Is that the math column in the NY Times?
Yeah.
The best introduction to numbers I’ve ever seen — the clearest and funniest explanation of what they are and why we need them — appears in a “Sesame Street” video called “123 Count With Me.” Humphrey, an amiable but dim-witted fellow with pink fur and a green nose, is working the lunch shift at The Furry Arms hotel, when he takes a call from a room full of penguins. Humphrey listens carefully and then calls out their order to the kitchen: “Fish, fish, fish, fish, fish, fish.” This prompts Ernie to enlighten him about the virtues of the number six.
I thought it was good, too, and was meaning to link it here.
It's fascinating having kids and watching them start to grasp numbers. Both kids went through a phase where they understood numbers up to 4, but not beyond. Casper now (6.5) can do addition and subtraction up to 20 (partly using her fingers) and is really good with change (can pick which coins you need to make 87 cents) but does not fully grasp the concept of the 10s and 100s places. I got her an abacus hoping that would help.
Perkins - i just got over a case of conjunctivitis. If i hadn't already scoured my entire house and laundered everything not stapled down i would share some of the virus with you. My advice: go around touching doorknobs, then your eyes.
I can totes do this!
Oh dear God....
Thanks, 1970s Japan!: Insane Star Wars-Themed Commercial for Sea Chicken [Video]
Answer: Chewbacca jumping and yelping like someone just gave him a hearty Wookiee-neutering. Horrible doppelgangers of Han Solo, Luke Skywalker, and Princess Leia. “Sea chicken,” a screeching mantra that will haunt your ears like nothing else since “RED RUM.” The geisha-like version of C-3PO that you never imagined could be more effeminate than the original. Typical Japanese batshit craziness.
Question: What can you find in this Star Wars-themed Japanese commercial for Sea Chicken from the 1970s?