Dr Eugenia Cheng -- no advice please --
@dreugeniacheng.bsky.social
Pure Mathematician+pianist. Grieving involuntary childlessness. Author: "Is Math(s) Real?" 2023 etc. "Unequal" out 2025!
Love this official pic from the Chicago Public Library Foundation awards dinner! I was very honored to be, uh, honored. The announcer was Bill Kurtis, who might have the most recognisable announcing voice in Chicago.
November 29, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Love this official pic from the Chicago Public Library Foundation awards dinner! I was very honored to be, uh, honored. The announcer was Bill Kurtis, who might have the most recognisable announcing voice in Chicago.
This year′s advent calendar has arrived!!
November 25, 2025 at 10:20 PM
This year′s advent calendar has arrived!!
Yes I made a papier mâché torus. Because...manifolds. what fun!!
Yes I used a slinky for structure. I did half at a time, took them off the slinky and then stuck them together...
Yes I used a slinky for structure. I did half at a time, took them off the slinky and then stuck them together...
October 9, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Yes I made a papier mâché torus. Because...manifolds. what fun!!
Yes I used a slinky for structure. I did half at a time, took them off the slinky and then stuck them together...
Yes I used a slinky for structure. I did half at a time, took them off the slinky and then stuck them together...
Better pics!
September 24, 2025 at 2:58 AM
Better pics!
First time making moon cakes! A prime number of them...
September 24, 2025 at 12:09 AM
First time making moon cakes! A prime number of them...
Does anyone know what this kind of gate latch is called? I′m trying to find a replacement. It needs the vertical part to be dog-proof; I can only find ones without the vertical part that slots in to keep it closed.
September 12, 2025 at 3:04 AM
Does anyone know what this kind of gate latch is called? I′m trying to find a replacement. It needs the vertical part to be dog-proof; I can only find ones without the vertical part that slots in to keep it closed.
I thought I had made a prime number of cookies again...but I was mistaken!
September 4, 2025 at 6:23 PM
I thought I had made a prime number of cookies again...but I was mistaken!
It's book release day in the US!! Just finished another interview about it...
September 2, 2025 at 10:31 PM
It's book release day in the US!! Just finished another interview about it...
The problem is that I just upgraded to Ubuntu 24.04 and suddenly my beamer theme isn't working any more: I've been using Singapore for EVER, for the color gradient at the top. It has turned into a block, as in the left below. It used to be the right. I changed nothing in the tex file.
August 20, 2025 at 11:31 PM
The problem is that I just upgraded to Ubuntu 24.04 and suddenly my beamer theme isn't working any more: I've been using Singapore for EVER, for the color gradient at the top. It has turned into a block, as in the left below. It used to be the right. I changed nothing in the tex file.
BTW I ended up dipping the aquafaba meringues in chocolate... (dark choc of course, so only ingredients cacao powder, cacao butter, and a little agave for depth)
August 17, 2025 at 9:20 PM
BTW I ended up dipping the aquafaba meringues in chocolate... (dark choc of course, so only ingredients cacao powder, cacao butter, and a little agave for depth)
Finally got myself a sun visor for playing tennis as my eyes are struggling with the light...I got the "men′s" because I have a big head. Of course, the "men′s" was also cheaper than the "women′s" although as far as I could tell it was exactly the same except slightly bigger.
August 17, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Finally got myself a sun visor for playing tennis as my eyes are struggling with the light...I got the "men′s" because I have a big head. Of course, the "men′s" was also cheaper than the "women′s" although as far as I could tell it was exactly the same except slightly bigger.
Eco friendly hair implement?
August 15, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Eco friendly hair implement?
I made plant-based meringues using aquafaba and they're amazing! I've been curious about this concept for aaages and was incredulous about it pretty much all the way to the end.
August 14, 2025 at 5:58 AM
I made plant-based meringues using aquafaba and they're amazing! I've been curious about this concept for aaages and was incredulous about it pretty much all the way to the end.
The mint choc chip ice cream sandwich cake came out pretty well and was devoured!
It strikes me that that is a very long string of nouns as adjectives.
It strikes me that that is a very long string of nouns as adjectives.
July 28, 2025 at 3:42 AM
The mint choc chip ice cream sandwich cake came out pretty well and was devoured!
It strikes me that that is a very long string of nouns as adjectives.
It strikes me that that is a very long string of nouns as adjectives.
Made mint choc chip ice cream on request today. Tried a new-to-me method where you freeze it flat in a ziplocand then chuck it in a food processor - great method! Much quicker than freeze and churn in a bowl (since I don′t have an ice cream maker).
July 26, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Made mint choc chip ice cream on request today. Tried a new-to-me method where you freeze it flat in a ziplocand then chuck it in a food processor - great method! Much quicker than freeze and churn in a bowl (since I don′t have an ice cream maker).
Spot the glaring hilarities in this "data" from my fitness tracker today, besides the unlikelihood of my having only burnt 84 cal.
July 13, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Spot the glaring hilarities in this "data" from my fitness tracker today, besides the unlikelihood of my having only burnt 84 cal.
In case anyone has ever wondered, I've just accidentally found out what happens if you accidentally omit two-thirds of the egg from your brownies. The answer is that they are very delicious, but rather crumbly, a bit like shortbread. (oops)
July 4, 2025 at 7:32 PM
In case anyone has ever wondered, I've just accidentally found out what happens if you accidentally omit two-thirds of the egg from your brownies. The answer is that they are very delicious, but rather crumbly, a bit like shortbread. (oops)
That's it: I am now a person with my own seed mix for bread... 🤦♂️
June 12, 2025 at 4:27 PM
That's it: I am now a person with my own seed mix for bread... 🤦♂️
Grainy seeded bread - yum! This is my new tennis fuel experiment.
June 10, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Grainy seeded bread - yum! This is my new tennis fuel experiment.
Guerilla baking with @mantisrobot.bsky.social ... turns out cake made with a wooden spoon and a Pyrex dish is *even better* albeit sliiiiightly structurally unsound (ie hard to turn out of the glass dish)
June 3, 2025 at 10:58 AM
Guerilla baking with @mantisrobot.bsky.social ... turns out cake made with a wooden spoon and a Pyrex dish is *even better* albeit sliiiiightly structurally unsound (ie hard to turn out of the glass dish)
It's funny how I don't usually feel the urge to drink Chinese tea (or any tea) unless I eat Chinese food on which case I instantly neeeeed Chineae tea. Turns out this little Yeti is perfect to take it onto the deck for my evening work!
May 30, 2025 at 12:26 AM
It's funny how I don't usually feel the urge to drink Chinese tea (or any tea) unless I eat Chinese food on which case I instantly neeeeed Chineae tea. Turns out this little Yeti is perfect to take it onto the deck for my evening work!
Just spent a happy hour or so making my own custom dot grid background for when I'm writing on the ipad. I seem to have fully moved away from my paper notebook and pen. It was never the same when Daler-Rowney changed the paper anyway. Of course, I still bought a "lifetime's supply".
May 29, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Just spent a happy hour or so making my own custom dot grid background for when I'm writing on the ipad. I seem to have fully moved away from my paper notebook and pen. It was never the same when Daler-Rowney changed the paper anyway. Of course, I still bought a "lifetime's supply".
Willow Smith came round this afternoon! We had a far ranging conversation starting from the Koch snowflake in that chalkboard, to the square root of 2, the relationship with the tritone, the continuum via binaries, the law of the excluded middle, fuzzy logic, Russell's paradox...
May 24, 2025 at 12:14 AM
Willow Smith came round this afternoon! We had a far ranging conversation starting from the Koch snowflake in that chalkboard, to the square root of 2, the relationship with the tritone, the continuum via binaries, the law of the excluded middle, fuzzy logic, Russell's paradox...
Today's macarons. I'm not sure if I like the blueberry ones being blue when the filling is so very purple...but I previously made purple ones that were blackberry so thought maybe I would reserve purple. Also this pink is way too lurid for my strawberry filling. The pic doesn't capture the luridity!
May 11, 2025 at 1:16 AM
Today's macarons. I'm not sure if I like the blueberry ones being blue when the filling is so very purple...but I previously made purple ones that were blackberry so thought maybe I would reserve purple. Also this pink is way too lurid for my strawberry filling. The pic doesn't capture the luridity!
It was like this at the back, with the scoop thing at the front.
May 10, 2025 at 1:07 AM
It was like this at the back, with the scoop thing at the front.