On February 16 Day 345: Transcription Errors 2.0, I posted the following automatic Zoom transcription and asked if anyone could decode it: Durham sandpoint suddenly G one g to be groups and suppose that you want his own workplace. Do you energy to his homework, so if Jesus element of view and such as Jesus finite.Continue reading “February 18 Day 347: Transcription Translation”
Monthly Archives: February 2021
February 17 Day 346: The Season of Spring Meetings
The coming weekend marks the first of many MAA Section Meetings to be held this “Spring”. Both the Florida Section (February 19-20) and the Golden Section (representing Northern California, Northern Nevada, and Hawaii, February 26-27) are typically held early in the meeting season. I think, so they can boast about their beautiful and temperate weather.Continue reading “February 17 Day 346: The Season of Spring Meetings”
February 16 Day 345: Transcription Errors 2.0
Automatic transcriptions of Zoom recordings can occasionally miss the mark. I’m just going to leave this here and see if anyone one can figure out the statement of the Theorem that Zoom transcribed as follows: Durham sandpoint suddenly G one g to be groups and suppose that you want his own workplace. Do you energyContinue reading “February 16 Day 345: Transcription Errors 2.0”
February 15 Day 344: Peer Reviews
Even though our teaching circumstances remain “extraordinary,” run-of-the-mill tasks still need to be completed. It is the time of year to scramble and complete peer reviews in preparation for the ridiculous process of merit review to come (see May 3 Day 56: Not Even Close To Normal.) Thanks to leaders who streamlined the process for thisContinue reading “February 15 Day 344: Peer Reviews”
February 14 Day 343: Triply Lucky
If 7 is a lucky number, then today, the 343rd day since beginning remote teaching, should be especially lucky. After all 343=7x7x7. And then it is February 14, a day to appreciate those you love most— especially your life’s partner if you are lucky enough to have one. Mark and I have been together forContinue reading “February 14 Day 343: Triply Lucky”
February 13 Day 342: Saturday Snow
It’s Tacoma’s first measurable snowfall all winter. Seven and a half inches and it’s still snowing. Mark and I took a walk this morning in the eerie silence. It was beautiful with the crunching sound beneath our feet and the jangling of chains on the wheels of a passing bus. Snow days give us permissionContinue reading “February 13 Day 342: Saturday Snow”
February 12 Day 341: Friday Melt
I was hoping for snow last night. Not because I was wishing for a snow day —our new found technical competence will make that unlikely unless the internet is down—but because there is something magical about a pristine sound-dulling blanket of snow. Unfortunately the flakes were small and the accumulation in Tacoma was minimal. ItContinue reading “February 12 Day 341: Friday Melt”
February 11 Day 340: More Appreciative of Less
For those teaching on the quarter system, Winter quarter 2021 is more than half way done. Today I administered an oral midterm assessment in Abstract Algebra. Previously I discussed my struggles with inquiry-based learning in this class because of its low enrollment numbers and I secretly wished for more students. Today I fully appreciated theContinue reading “February 11 Day 340: More Appreciative of Less”
February 10 Day 339: All the Feels
Our oldest son returned to college today after coming home at Thanksgiving. It was lovely to have the family together for 2.5 months during the COVID resurgence. He is a fine young man—kind, caring, responsible— and I know everything will be OK. Understandably, a young man does not want to be experiencing college from hisContinue reading “February 10 Day 339: All the Feels”
February 9 Day 338: I Was Today Years Old…
Mindblown! Our world is amazing and I have so much more to learn. Today I learned that you can be in two Zoom meetings at the same time ON THE SAME COMPUTER. ( I haven’t quite figured out the sound controls for two meetings but no one was speaking in the Math meeting as weContinue reading “February 9 Day 338: I Was Today Years Old…”
Math Belongs to All of Us 