And the Last Shall Be ...

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Let's face it -- he definitely wasn't the Alpha male.

Terminating Decimal

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"Hasta la vista, .3333..."

But Wait, There's More!

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There wasn't room to upload testimonials. Or the Japanese guy chopping a tomato.

Sunday Comic: Super-Stickman 42/43: The Return of the Evil Villain

Dateline: Stick-World!
An old villain has returned to seek vengeance upon ... an innocent third party.

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Class Blog

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I wonder how many people think that the abbreviation for Carbon Monoxide is "C.M."
And I wonder how many of those people are in Marketing.

As for classroom technology, over the past 5 years, I've had three different web sites and two blogs. Neither the students nor their parents visit them. I've uploaded Powerpoint presentations, Flash videos, home video, and both audio and video podcasts. To my knowledge, my students haven't viewed them.

So I sit around making cartoons and wonder if any of my students will discover them.
This particular cartoon was part of the IWC Remix Competition to reuse parts of old strips under the Creative Commons license.
As such, this one strip is created under that license.
(If you notice, my Copyright notice isn't there, and David Morgan-Mar's is there because I didn't alter any of the panels.)

Sierpinski Internet Memes

It seems that they started taking hold of the Internet a week ago, and if not for the fact that the holiday has passed, they'd probably still be with us. What am I talking about?

Sierpinski Valentines.

The most prominent one on the web would have to be the one at xkcd, if only because he's got the largest following.

But over at the blog 360, there was a post on the same day showing you how to make your own pop-up Sierpinski Valentine card. As a bonus, there are photos taken with a dinosaur (a T-rex, not a raptor).

And then there's Extreme Cards and Papercrafting, which had a fractal pop-up valentine card and mentions Sierpinski's Triangle in the same post. (On top of that, it was posted a week earlier than the other two.)

Does three instances constitute a meme? It's hard to tell. A web search shows thousands of hits, but most are copies of the xkcd cartoon (did I mention Randall's popularity on the web?).

However, I was also able to track down one more. This was is a Java applet that draws the valentine while you watch: ColorAura Networks posted this with a copyright date of 2003. Well, if that started it, it was slow in spreading.

Math vs English

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Coming soon:
Sue Grafton's y = mx + b is for Linear Algebra,
the exciting follow-up to m is for Slope.

Hi, J!

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Any resemblance to any large-chin comedians is purely co-incidental.

Sunday Comic: Super-Stickman 41: Parachute Jump

Dateline: Stick-World!
Crime climbs to ever higher heights when a parachute jump goes awry.

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Top 100 Love Songs

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Coming in at Number 101 was
1000 Days a Week

Another (x, why?) comic spotted

There was a bunch in the hit counter, partly due to a posting at reddit.com and partly due to another math blog, Kiss My Asymptotes (love that name), which reprinted the Fear of fractions cartoon.

Likewise, I don't think I ever got around to mentioning that a bunch of these comics appear on Tanya Khovanova's funny math pictures page.

She's Just Not ...

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In the cosmic scheme of things, that's not the worst problem you could have with a companion.

Apparently, they're watching a rerun of Doomsday, from the second (or is it the 25th?) season.

Meeting Up

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"And we can make vertical angles together."

I was torn between adding an intersection pun or scouring Frank Sinatra lyrics.
I'm sure I could have found something appropriate, but I kept having Strangers in the Night running through my head. That one doesn't quite work.

By the way, today is 02-09-2009.
In case you cared.
Nah, didn't think you did.

Sunday Comic: Super-Stickman 39/40: Safe!

Dateline: Stick-World!
Even mundane occupations have unusual days when a hero's hand can give a little lift and keep everyone safe.

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Breakdown of (x, why?) comics, by type

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Also, in the Ironic column, I came up with this idea about two weeks ago, not five minutes before I did it.

Fear

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I have the toughest students in the world.
To hear them tell it, they can laugh in the face of death and danger.
Just don't put a fraction on the board in front of x.

Calling Jenny, Part II

This cartoon, Calling Jenny, appeared about a year ago, on March 2, 2008.

And now an update: according to this MSNBC news story, the famous phone number is up for sale.

I read about this over the weekend, and thought it was a little bit humorous, but I had to wonder: who would pay a lot of money just to have a phone number that gets pranked 30 to 40 times a day?? (This estimate comes from the current owner.)

For that matter, what's the big deal? Tommy Tutone didn't specify any particular area code in New Jersey or elsewhere. Isn't this number available in every area code?

The number, along with the owner's business, is up for sale on eBay. He'd probably like it if I provided a link...

Super Bowl Party 2009

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For most people, the Super Bowl isn't about the teams. It's about the numbers.
Or the commercials.

I went through several ideas to find the right joke. I still haven't found it.
I should've went with a "Groundhog's Day" joke instead.

Sunday Comic: Super-Stickman 38: A Rock and a Hard Place

Dateline: Stick-World!
A new villain has arrived in town and our hero finds himself between a rock and a hard place.

Go to the comic and follow the exciting story!