Web Stuff Friday: Sita Math Carousel

Sita Sings the Blues is billed as "The greatest break-up story ever told."

New Math is simple, but sometimes amusing.

Philips Carousel is a commercial that has an interesting way of telling a story.

TED Talks, Volume 4: Uncertainty

Here is another talk from TED. I enjoy wading through and looking for talks that bring me new connections or ideas. Listening to bright people with innovative ideas provides much-needed fuel for my brain.

Topic: We all have to make decisions under uncertainty just about constantly, and we stink at it.

Dan Gilbert: How we are deceived by our own miscalculations of the future
Note that this also ties into the topic of happiness.

Peter Donnelly: How juries are fooled by statistics
Lawyers and statisticians can make data say what they want.

This topic is near and dear to my heart. I think that everyone should have to take a decent course in probability and statistics. The goal isn't to create more positions for math teachers, but rather to educate people so they can be good citizens.

And You Thought I Quit...

This Spring has been heck.

I haven't spilled personal issues out in this forum too often, and I don't plan to turn the blog into a diary now. Here is the quick version of the story of my Spring so far.

Over the past month and a half or so, I have:

• Won an uncontested election for a community organization.
• Gone to Orlando (including my first ever trip to Disney) with the rest of the Kid Family.
• Finished a big project at work.
• Taken Girl Kid to the hospital when we discovered her severe allergy to cashews.
• Helped Mrs. Kid deal with her father's massive stroke and other health issues.

More recently, I am:

• Working with my brother on an iPhone app.
• Dealing with the resignation of my company's CLO (who was responsible for me having my current job).
• Re-importing all my CDs into iTunes (and thus re-discovering some of my music).

Anyway, I have been too tired and too sick of words and my computer to give the blog any attention. Now that I am past some of the drama in my life, I hope to stick with the writing for a while. We'll see. As usual, I have posts in various states of readiness waiting for me to finish them up. Now to start digging them out and try to keep the momentum going.