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Matthew Scroggs
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World's #1 matchbox fan
If you're interested in doing a PhD in maths or science with a medium to strong software focus, the CDT that I'm involved in running is having an open day on 24 November. Sign up to attend at www.eventbrite.com/e/collaborat....
November 13, 2025 at 3:15 PM
If you want to know what the puzzles in Puzzlebug are like, here's the one on the first page for free
August 30, 2025 at 7:23 PM
I'm very glad that the Switch version of Final Fantasy 12 has a 4× speed mode
August 17, 2025 at 3:56 PM
The comma caterpillars in the garden have started turning into chrysalises.
July 8, 2025 at 8:44 PM
July 5, 2025 at 9:39 AM
Some comma caterpillars have made their home in our garden
July 5, 2025 at 9:38 AM
Forgot to go buy all the newspapers this weekend to get all the wall charts but thankfully Tesco had one copy of Match of the Day magazine left
July 3, 2025 at 6:46 PM
June 8, 2025 at 9:48 AM
I made an animation of a visual proof of Pythagoras's theorem for #MathsAnimationTMiP (using LaTeX and TikZ). Video of how I made it coming very soon
June 1, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Had a fun day playing noughts and crosses against MENACE at @aiatkings.bsky.social AI Festival today
May 24, 2025 at 5:29 PM
You already have this one, right?
May 2, 2025 at 8:49 AM
Am I the first person to solve ophex 1 (www.andrewt.net/puzzles/ophex/)? #StecksConf
April 26, 2025 at 3:26 PM
My favourites are the four tickets that exist to tell us we don't have a seat reserved
April 25, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Me: Hello ticket machine. Two return tickets from Peterborough to Manchester please.

Ticket machine: printing 1 of 12
April 25, 2025 at 7:48 PM
I made an animation of a cube folding from a net for #MathsAnimationTMiP. Video of me making this using TikZ coming once I've had time to edit it.
April 3, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Also the issue 21 crossnumber is one of the most ridiculous I've written so far. Good luck! chalkdustmagazine.com/regulars/cro...
March 17, 2025 at 9:05 AM
The animation I made
March 7, 2025 at 8:01 AM
PS. I love that a couple of "Springer Didn't Graduate" books made using @christianp.mathstodon.xyz.ap.brid.gy's generator (somethingorotherwhatever.com/didnt-gradua...) show up mixed in with the real books when you Google "springer graduate texts"
March 6, 2025 at 8:25 AM
Really hope someone somewhere has sent their kids to school dressed up as a Springer graduate text for #WorldBookDay
March 6, 2025 at 8:22 AM
Second video is a group of us performing the example song from the musical notation article
March 3, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Project ideas I have no time for #385: Make a YouTube video of me and someone else performing the example screenplay from the Wikipedia screenplay article (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Screenp...)
March 3, 2025 at 10:08 PM
#NetflixChristmas Reviews 2024 #8: Merry Christmas.

Occasionally we stumble across a really good film while doing this: this is one of those. As usual, it starts meet cute but quickly turns into a Hitchcock-like thriller.

🎄🧸💃🔫🎅/5
December 21, 2024 at 8:56 PM
#NetflixChristmas Reviews 2024 #7: Hot Frosty.

Snowman comes to life, doesn't walk in the air, breaks a window. The Pontiac Bandit and Boyle try to track down the window breaker. Snowman and the other one from Mean Girls fall in love, while the town falls in love with Snowman.

⛄💫🧍‍♂️🪟👮/5
December 21, 2024 at 8:48 PM
#NetflixChristmas Reviews 2024 #6: Twas the Text Before Christmas.

Nana tries to text her granddaughter about Christmas, texts the wrong number, invites main character to Christmas anyway. Main character starts visiting them for every Christmas dinner, with a side order of rom com.

📱📲❄️🇯🇲💌/5
December 21, 2024 at 8:37 PM
#NetflixChristmas Reviews 2024 #5: Meet Me Next Christmas.

Would've made more sense to me at the start if I knew who the Pentatonix were, but once it got going it was very entertaining. Doesn't take itself too seriously and is a lot of fun. The interlude scenes with the Pentatonix are fab.

👨‍🎤👨‍🎤👨‍🎤👨‍🎤👩‍🎤/5
December 14, 2024 at 6:54 PM