Archive for July, 2007

Microsoft Math 3.0 Review

31 July 2007

MS Math 3.0 is a well-designed computer-based math tool.

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MS Silverlight – don’t give up on Flash just yet

31 July 2007

Silverlight is an attempt to usurp Adobe’s Flash in the interactive and movie-playing arenas. I’m not about to abandon Flash.

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And what’s that in km/h?

30 July 2007

An interesting speed limit sign.

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HTML non-compliance – does it matter?

30 July 2007

An experiment to see if non-compliant HTML code really matters to the search engines has some interesting outcomes.

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Zipf Distributions, log-log graphs and Site Statistics

30 July 2007

Word frequency follows the Zipf Distribution. We use log-log graphs to display the information. There are applications in many fields, including web page popularity.

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Math comics from xkcd.com

25 July 2007

Xkcd.com has some fun math- and physics-related comics.

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Solar Taxi vs Oil Storm

19 July 2007

Swiss Teacher Louis Palmer has begun his around-the-world trip in a solar-powered car, while Oil Storm has many sobering messages.

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The Simpsons on math education (NCTM standards)

17 July 2007

The Simpsons give an interesting take on the craziness of maths education.

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The IntMath Newsletter – July 2007

15 July 2007

In this newsletter:
1. This month’s math tips
2. What’s new
3. Latest Poll
4. From the math blog

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Isaac Newton loses his fortune

8 July 2007

Isaac Newton lost buckets of money in a stock investment crash.

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