Algebraically Challenged

by | Aug 15, 2013 | General

I was helping the girls with their Algebra II homework last night, specifically with a Challenge question that was stumping them. It looked something like this (actual values changed so as to avoid giving away the textbook solution): CHALLENGE: For any three distinct...

Thirty-Four

by | Aug 6, 2013 | General

Yesterday, I completed my thirty-fourth trip around Sol. The day was marked by the annual explosion of my Facebook profile — and my inbox (because I have Facebook set to email me whenever someone posts on my profile since I don’t generally check it...

Of Search Bars and Series Links

by | Jul 24, 2013 | General

Ok, kids, Basic Web Design 101. First, if you’re going to run a blog-type website, it needs to have a search bar — that works! If you neglect to include a way for readers to easily search for and locate content on your site, then don’t be too...

Back to Firefox

by | Jun 11, 2013 | Asides

So, I just switched my preferred browser back to Firefox. I’d been using Chrome for a while now because it provides seamless (or nearly so) tab syncing between my laptop and my iPhone. Trouble is, Chrome has started leaving this massive processing footprint on...