Women = problems: Mathematical proof
I was cleaning up my bookmarks and found this link that I must have saved months ago. Considering how badly Leaving Cert students did in their maths exams, future students need to be shown how relevant maths is in the real world. Here’s a cheeky example The original link is here.
An American trapped inside an Irish body
American tourists, so the cliche goes, traditionally ‘do’ Europe in a week. We make jokes as they get off the tourbus in some provincial Irish town and say, ‘it’s Friday so it must be Ireland.‘ Last Wednesday was France and Thursday was Britain. Right now, I feel a bit like an American. I’m going to [...]
E pluribus unum
I recently mentioned, in passing, that I was a vegetarian. To be precise, I’m a lacto-ovo-vegetarian. So what, sez you? Well, the lacto and ovo got me thinking about Latin, and languages in general. My primary degree is in Developmental Biology*. Developmental Biology is a relatively new (hypothesis-driven) science, maybe only 200 years old. Of [...]
My musical tastes ( and a little rant)
Finally, Antony and the Johnsons have dropped out of my top artists ranking on my lastfm page. Their Fistful of Love song and album had been hanging around the top of my charts for a long time. And he sings such naughty songs, I was worried you might get the wrong impression. Here’s his photo! [...]
isadub crosses the border into Drogheda
I came back to Dublin yesterday, but I’d forgotten about the Dublin v. Westmeath match, so ended up in Drogheda instead. By all accounts, I didn’t miss much and the game was effectively over by half-time. The drive up wasn’t too bad as the roads were relatively clear. I guess most people are still on [...]
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