timteachesmath
Tuesday, April 2, 2024
Sunday, January 7, 2024
Political Parties and Sports
Of the last 30 Super Bowl winners, 18 had Republican Governors, and 18 had Democrat Presidents.
States with NFL teams don't have significantly more Democrat governors.
See also, Election 2020: Inside the political donation history of wealthy sports owners.
Saturday, December 30, 2023
Friday, September 8, 2023
Top Big Band Albums
Composer and bandleader Darcy James Argue announced 30 + 30 Essential Bigband Recordings. Half of them predate the Grammy for large group, but still I expected more in the union of these sets.
— Darcy James Argue (@darcyjamesargue) September 6, 2023
The most popular thing I have ever Tweeted, bar far, was the thread of 30 Essential Bigband Albums that I posted last year. It’s time for a sequel. https://t.co/w10iINZr2z
My Euler diagram is obviously loose. You can find Miles, Miles + Gil, Miles + Quincy, and Quincy separated, as well as ghost bands separated from their originals, but otherwise I didn't fret too much over different recordings or eras representing the group.
Sunday, July 30, 2023
Highly Composite Numbers
Sunday, July 2, 2023
Mega Bloks
Mega Bloks tolerate some rotation that we can use to escape the Euclidean grid.
Their dimensions allow a convenient 22.5 degree rotation.
But we don't have to use the maximum, as they tolerate up to 22.5 degrees. So, we can approximate a sine wave: