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Sasquatch!

Ed Emberley Sasquatch tributeVia Boingboing

From Fish to Infinity

Steven Strogatz is a name I recognize from NPR. I’ve heard him on Radio Lab as a go to mathematician who can explain complex ideas (stochasticity) very simply. He’s writing a new series of articles for the NYT on math.

I’ll be writing about the elements of mathematics, from pre-school to grad school, for anyone out there who’d like to have a second chance at the subject — but this time from an adult perspective. It’s not intended to be remedial. The goal is to give you a better feeling for what math is all about and why it’s so enthralling to those who get it.

So, let’s begin with pre-school.

I’ll be tuning in.
Article: From Fish to Infinity

Wuthering VHS

My friend Jordyn has written an exhaustive guide to every film and TV adaptation of the 1847 novel Wuthering Heights. She compares and critiques every one of the leads against the book and against themselves. The reviews average about 1,000 words.

Wuther copy

Her guide is exhaustive but ultimately incomplete because she is ignoring the best adaptation of the novel to date. The Kate Bush music video. Canonize it!

Lehel Kovács: Street View Travel Posters

Via Words and Eggs:

Lehel Kovács is a Hungary-based freelance illustrator, and his recent Google Street View series of sketches is deservedly catching lots of internet attention lately. Some of my favorites appear below, but I strongly encourage you all to visit his website, Flickr stream, and blog for more (and I am so grateful for just how much more there is!)

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Come Find Us

Watch “Come Find Us” a teaser trailer that highlights the riders at the forefront of Montana’s freestyle snowboarding and skiing community.
Check out the sponsors at the beginning, lots of Helena businesses including fourOsix.