Jan 25, 2018
Cliff Stoll Has a Hidden Warehouse Under His Home!
Okay, I will be honest. I think Cliff Stoll is awesome. I posted about him a couple of years ago when I noticed someone had posted his NOVA story on YouTube. A…
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Jan 24, 2018
Data in Search of a Theory
Now here's a strange thing. With the government shutdown being all the rage this week, I was reminded of an analysis I had wanted to perform. The hypothesis is simply that shutdowns…
Jan 15, 2018
Call for Chapter Proposals for the Handbook of Military and Defense Operations Research
I am happy to say Prof. Natalie Scala of Towson University and I will be editing a new book called Handbook of Military and Defense Operations Research , to be published by…
Jan 12, 2018
Audio and Slides from My Talk at JMM
I gave my presentation yesterday at the Joint Mathematics Meetings about the differences between mathematics and statistics and what it means for learners. This led to quite a bit of discussion about…
Jan 4, 2018
JMM in San Diego Next Week
Next week I am going to be in San Diego for the Joint Mathematics Meetings which is always fun. I will have a talk in the MAA General Contributed Paper Session on…
Jan 2, 2018
Why You Should Get Your Flu Shot
The thing about the vaccinations is they work best when more people have them. That may seem obvious, but complexity comes from why and how. Let us assume a vaccine is 33…
Jan 1, 2018
Video from Patrick Henderson's Meet the People
I was on Patrick Henderson's Meet the People across the lunch hour today and had a great discussion about taxes and some the new changes coming out of December's tax bill. We…
Dec 31, 2017
Appearing on WBOL on New Year's Day, Let's Talk Taxes
Good news everyone! Spend New Year's Day listening to me to talk about the effects of the new tax bill, especially on Baltimore and its residents. I'll be on Patrick Henderson’s Meet…
Dec 30, 2017
A New Way of Teaching Math
I am teaching Finite Mathematics again this spring. The class is a bit different from other mathematics courses. We have a rapid fire approach and attack a lot of different practical problems.…
Dec 28, 2017
Unlocking the Box
There's a legend that David Hewlett, the H in HP, was working after hours. Stephen Covey tells the story in The Speed of Trust , Hewlett stopped off one weekend at a…
Dec 22, 2017
How The Tax Bill Won't Create Jobs
I pointed out on Facebook that the new tax bill will wreck the economy. Someone challenged me to demonstrate why. Well, that's fair. Let's take a look, specifically, at the job-creating aspects.…