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ddmeyer

  1. I'm not getting on board this "Politicians Should Take Summative Math Tests" train. bit.ly/KrmrZC
  2. @schudaddy74 Yeah I didn't think they were going to keep the laser metaphor going but they pulled it off.
  3. Right: "Is he messing with me or is every arc function ever in life derivable from a 30/60/90 triangle? That seems unlikely and optimistic."
  4. My twin sister, a creative writing major, is learning trigonometry via @khanacademy.
  5. @ferniebound Nice! Strong work, team.
  6. @mpershan Well there it is. So there isn't a 1-1 correspondence between straightedge & compass construction & patty paper construction.
  7. @shupester Nice!
  8. Trivia Night at a Google bar. I'm screwed.
  9. New user on 101qs.com. Name: "Bandana Dog." A new online community's first meme? bit.ly/Kigcaz
  10. @dandersod Only 207 days until Christmas!
  11. @dandersod Fun! Where'd you get those connectors?
  12. This was great: MT @fnoschese: My TEDxNYED session "Learning Science by Doing Science" is on YouTube: bit.ly/KN2iuf
  13. @IrateCalcProf Where'd the funny go?
  14. If Al Swearengen taught freshman calculus: @IrateCalcProf. Eminently retweetable. /via @samjshah
  15. @jybuell @woutgeo Yeah, I'm in Iowa, which has gotta put the center of mass somewhere in Nevada.
  16. @mr_stadel See next tweet for the breakdown.
  17. @cannonsr Hum. Not sure I follow you here.
  18. .@MTChirps @joshgiesbrecht Top 5 Words That Follow "How": Many (40%), Much (20%), Long (13%), Big (4%), Fast (3%).
  19. 49% of all 30K+ questions on 101qs.com start with the same word: "How?" twitpic.com/9r1497
  20. @hemantmehta As far as I can tell, that's a giraffe on a stock trading floor. Nothing wrong with that!