Jesse Oldroyd
@joldroyd.bsky.social
Associate professor of mathematics at West Virginia Wesleyan College. My views are my own.
Writing that as a “practice problem” might be a little out there, but I think your idea of leaving it as an exploration at the end of the chapter is a good one. It would be fun!
November 25, 2025 at 12:13 AM
Writing that as a “practice problem” might be a little out there, but I think your idea of leaving it as an exploration at the end of the chapter is a good one. It would be fun!
I also like the todonotes packages for this purpose, but that’s not as efficient as your solution.
November 23, 2025 at 7:00 PM
I also like the todonotes packages for this purpose, but that’s not as efficient as your solution.
The obvious solution is to wait nonlinearly.
October 29, 2025 at 10:28 PM
The obvious solution is to wait nonlinearly.
If only we could put these on our CVs.
September 4, 2025 at 1:35 AM
If only we could put these on our CVs.
I love giving this as a homework problem. It’s a nice derivation.
August 29, 2025 at 12:57 AM
I love giving this as a homework problem. It’s a nice derivation.
I got a chuckle out of Figure 5!
August 22, 2025 at 1:06 AM
I got a chuckle out of Figure 5!
There’s always M-x doctor!
August 18, 2025 at 6:12 PM
There’s always M-x doctor!
It sounds like a bug!
August 16, 2025 at 5:37 AM
It sounds like a bug!
Replacing the real numbers sounds like an Archimedean task.
Sorry…
Sorry…
August 15, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Replacing the real numbers sounds like an Archimedean task.
Sorry…
Sorry…
The humanities, like the sciences, provide valuable tools for engaging and analyzing the world in which we live. To call for their separation is a disservice to our students and is yet another capitulation that will only invite further demands from this administration.
August 13, 2025 at 11:21 PM
The humanities, like the sciences, provide valuable tools for engaging and analyzing the world in which we live. To call for their separation is a disservice to our students and is yet another capitulation that will only invite further demands from this administration.
I went through that airport so often in grad school yet never took advantage of this. Unfortunate.
August 13, 2025 at 11:03 PM
I went through that airport so often in grad school yet never took advantage of this. Unfortunate.
Sadly, it’s never worked this way for the Mariners.
August 5, 2025 at 3:54 AM
Sadly, it’s never worked this way for the Mariners.
Oh dang, this sounds great!
July 29, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Oh dang, this sounds great!
Only the Riding Mower Megazord can save us.
July 27, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Only the Riding Mower Megazord can save us.
Either Euclid is still alive or he was born, wrote the Elements, and died in a single year. Either way, impressive!
July 27, 2025 at 2:13 AM
Either Euclid is still alive or he was born, wrote the Elements, and died in a single year. Either way, impressive!
Doing these conversions was a fun way to pass the time whenever I drove the Alcan.
July 27, 2025 at 12:11 AM
Doing these conversions was a fun way to pass the time whenever I drove the Alcan.
Oh, for sure! I just spend a little too much time there occasionally.
July 22, 2025 at 3:12 AM
Oh, for sure! I just spend a little too much time there occasionally.
Be cool, man, be cool!
June 14, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Be cool, man, be cool!
That’s usually what I did. LaTeXiT also has support for macOS services, so you could type LaTeX code in your email, right-click it and then transform it into an appropriate rendered version. At least I think that was what was supposed to happen, as I don’t remember getting that to work on my Mac.
June 13, 2025 at 6:47 PM
That’s usually what I did. LaTeXiT also has support for macOS services, so you could type LaTeX code in your email, right-click it and then transform it into an appropriate rendered version. At least I think that was what was supposed to happen, as I don’t remember getting that to work on my Mac.
I’ve had limited success on a Mac with LaTeXiT. Sometimes the rendered math doesn’t display where I expect it to however.
I very recently started using Emacs, mu4e and org-msg for exactly this purpose with good results but the setup was by no means easy (at least for me!).
I very recently started using Emacs, mu4e and org-msg for exactly this purpose with good results but the setup was by no means easy (at least for me!).
June 13, 2025 at 6:24 PM
I’ve had limited success on a Mac with LaTeXiT. Sometimes the rendered math doesn’t display where I expect it to however.
I very recently started using Emacs, mu4e and org-msg for exactly this purpose with good results but the setup was by no means easy (at least for me!).
I very recently started using Emacs, mu4e and org-msg for exactly this purpose with good results but the setup was by no means easy (at least for me!).
I read it as “Kongtent” and got really hopeful you were talking about Donkey Kong Country for a bit.
June 6, 2025 at 6:07 PM
I read it as “Kongtent” and got really hopeful you were talking about Donkey Kong Country for a bit.
That sounds like what happens to work I’m too demoralized to do/grade so it goes to the bottom of the pile. “I’m sorry, I haven’t graded your test yet. I disappoofed it.”
June 6, 2025 at 1:12 PM
That sounds like what happens to work I’m too demoralized to do/grade so it goes to the bottom of the pile. “I’m sorry, I haven’t graded your test yet. I disappoofed it.”