Hum

They should have sent a poet

Finite Simple Group (of Order Two)

Ron | February 21, 2009

Oh god. Commence the groaning. It’s a Valentines-themed song using math lingo. It’s probably one of the nerdiest things I’ve ever seen. I seem like an uneducated barbarian (pre-fire era) before these guys. But it’s amusing. It’s kinda fun trying to identify which words are math keywords.  Once you start wiki-ing them, it kinda makes [...]

DonorsChoose

Ron | October 3, 2008

Donate money directly to classrooms that need funding for science projects.
http://cosmicvariance.com/2008/10/01/donorschoose-challenge/
It looks like blogs, along with their “vassal” blogs, compete against each other to see who can rally the most financial support.
Each classroom has a description of what their project needs are, as well as their relative poverty level. Pick one, donate, finish!
Personally, I [...]