Archive for September, 2006

Housing mortgage rounding error

22 September 2006

A reader of Interactive Mathematics found a rounding error in my Flash-based mortgage calculator.

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Curly says goodbye

22 September 2006

Koizumi’s last weekly email arrived today.

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SWFObject – compliant and works nicely in WordPress

19 September 2006

I was impressed – and rather bemused – when a friend today pointed out that I had examples of non-XHTML-compliant code on my blog.

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The SMART Board

16 September 2006

I saw the SMART Board interactive whiteboard at ICET last week. It has a lot of potential for encouraging collaborative learning.

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SMART Board in Singapore and SEO

16 September 2006

Finding the SMART Board interactive whiteboard distibutor in Singapore proved a challenge. There are lessons in search engine optimisation here.

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Kane Dead Reckoning Computer

16 September 2006

The Kane Dead Reckoning Computer was a clever combination of two slide rules – a circular one and a linear one. It was used to perform the myriad calculations necessary when flying an aeroplane.

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The Last Denominator – Math Is Powerful Stuff

14 September 2006

Via: VideoSift (If you need an explanation as to why his answer is a problem, go to Functions.)

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Spread Firefox in Japanese

10 September 2006

Spread Firefox – in Japanese…

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Computer games in schools

10 September 2006

An interesting study of 2,300 British students aged 11 to 16 showed that three in five 11-16 year-olds would like to use computer games to learn in school. That means 2 in 5 don’t.

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The insomniac agnostic

5 September 2006

Question: What does an insomniac agnostic dyslexic do late at night?

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