Professional Development

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I'm not sure why that's even a boast.
First, you'd have to assume that you have more than twice my knowledge of the subject.
Second, you'd have to assume that I assume that you have more than twice my knowledge of the subject.

I'm not likely to make that assumption.
And another thing ....
... excuse me, my boss wants a word with me ...

Dante's Nine-Point Circle

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Taking Infernal Geometry to new depths.





UPDATE: If you came here from the reddit link, don't forget to upvote!

And if you didn't, consider going there anyway and upvoting!!

Delays ... Delays ... .... .... .... .... Delays ...

Sigh. Another delay. I'm actually loaded with ideas for at least a half dozen comics, but each one seems to take me 1-2 hours to complete lately, and that's before preparing the files for uploaded. I decided that I was definitely putting something up tonight and went for the "quickest, easiest" of the idea's jotted. Forty-five minutes later, I'm still working on the basics and trying to get it "just right".

I can't win. I will finish one of these tomorrow to post on Wednesday. Either the "quickie" or the one I had been planning for Monday.

Translating Ray Bradbury

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Something (x, why?) This Way Comes
and it's illustrated, man.

Final Effort

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Based on empirical data.

On a day like today, they should be making that one big push toward the final exam.
Twenty old assignments won't help much if your test average is below 40%.
Not cutting June classes and passing the final exam will be a lot more for you.

Two More Graphs of Reality

In case anyone missed the comments on yesterday's comic, Lance Friedman from The Math Plane posted a link to a couple of graphs which related height vs time when skiing along with a second that mapped happiness level throughout your snowy excursion.

Take a look here.

Show them to your Algebra students and have them right the story, explaining what's going on in the graph.

Graphing a Rollercoaster

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Is the world upside-down or is it an inverted coaster?

I usually do the he Height vs. Time graph as a set-up, which looks like a rollercoaster, but they can't figure out why it doesn't turn around and finish where it starts like a ''real'' coaster does.

Memorial Day 2012

Were I under some kind of contractual obligation to sponsors or syndicators, I would probably toss out my usual format and insert a lame attempt at a patriotic panel of artwork featuring my main characters, possibly acting somewhat uncharacteristic of themselves.

Thankfully, I am not, so I can just come right out and wish every a Happy Memorial Day, and hope that it is a happy one for you, and not a somber day remembering someone close to you who was lost defending our freedoms. For those who did lose someone precious, I dedicate this day to you and to them and give you all my thanks and prayers.

And I hope those untouched in this way do take a moment out sometime today, with or without the parades, flags and flyovers, to remember those who have protected our freedoms.

Since I don't have any past Memorial Day comics to point to -- I guess I had similar feelings then, as well, -- I'll repost the link to What is a Vet?, which I found on the Internet back in the late 90s.

Happy Memorial Day.

Daily Reflections

(Click on the cartoon to see the full image.) (C)Copyright 2012, C. Burke. All rights reserved. Whether it's the x-axis, the y-axis, y = x or any combination, it's good to have these little daily reflections. And upon further reflection: It's even better to have the same font sets at home and at work for those times when you start something in one place and then you suddenly decide to rework it at another.

Expecting

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And when you get toward the end, it becomes more of a waiting average.

HighPoint

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There could be only one punchline. Until we release Highpointer II: Non-Euclidean.

Hex

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From my computer background, when I hear ''hex'', I think base 16.