max3000 on bsky I always use this panel of Colossus explaining it because they do it better than I do - (img desc text at end of this blog post: graniteandsunlight.wordpress.com/2018/01/04/tob…)

PSA: Windows update messed up my computer today - had to restart a few times to get back to normal. Here's how if you need it: 1) Win+r to open Run dialogue 2) type "cmd" and enter to bring up command line 3) type "shutdown /r" to restart. windows-commandline.com/reboot-compute…

From ThreadsAndTangents - name songs from lyric snippets: Pretty Cabinet You Saw Brigadoon L on her Forehead Elephant goes Toot Silver-Black Phantom Bike America’s Tortured Brow Countless Screaming Argonauts Custom Kitchen Deliveries Greta Garbo’s Stand-off Sighs Newspaper Taxis

159 days later, equalled my personal best on Jay Flynn ! Guessed the wrong river and was one year out in round 1.

Join me on Friday 7th October for a book launch event 7pm at the Hellenic Centre in Marylebone. Reg in comments #event #invitation #storytelling #booklaunch #mathematics #mathsteacher #maths #mathsisfun #stories #matheducation #historyofmaths #author #illustrated Asuka Anime Art

I solved this earlier, from last month's Maths Jam Shout - at first, I thought it was a boring problem that would need a lot of number-crunching, but then I found a particular geometric interpretation of what's going on, and the solution was very nice - Well done Guildford MathsJam !

263 days later...

Jacob Rees-Mogg is very angry and wants you to *stop* retweeting this video of him saying we need a General Election if we have a new Prime Minister.. ..like Rishi Sunak at 2pm #SackSunak #ToriesOut109 #NeverSunak #GeneralElection2022 #GeneralElectionN0W

Today, I have lost #whammageddon !

I've just completed all the puzzles in the mscroggs.co.uk Advent calendar! My favourite puzzle was number 6 - it gives rise to one of those "follows a nice straightforward pattern until it suddenly doesn't" sequences!

I've updated the #MathsJamJam song book to include all songs written between 2016 and 2022. 94 songs over 100 pages, with lyrics reimagined by 20 mathematical lyricists. Maths Jam Big MathsJam drive.google.com/file/d/1zgExvL…

There's also a spreadsheet of all the songs written here: docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d…

.@GoranNewsum You might be interested in this analysis of Countdown! Plus it includes a programming challenge re. large numbers (instead of 25, 50, 75 and 100) for those who fancy that (e.g. Adam Townsend , Matthew Scroggs , A Problem Squared , others from Maths Jam ) youtube.com/watch?v=X-7Wev…

Officer quiet, O'Shanter returns to pub. (5,3) Maths Jam London MathsJam

#Mathematicians : I remember a question in an exam a long time ago about a measure of compactness (let's call it m) for a 2D shape with maximum diameter L and area A as: m = 4A/πL² Has anyone else heard of this? Does it have a particular name? Please help!

Let’s send them packing. It’s begins May 4th stopthetories.vote

Calling all maths enthusiasts! If you have a few minutes to spare, I'd just like to quickly promote this CGP Grey 🐝 video. Many thanks :) #probability youtube.com/watch?v=PmWQmZ…

It’s long past time to bring an end to this farce in the contest. Aside from being morally indefensible it’s also destroying the legitimacy of the voting process. Just get rid of them already.