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Feb 13, 2019
I am quite happy to see that Shifting Contexts, Stable Core: Advancing Quantitative Literacy in Higher Education, a new volume from MAA Press edited by Luke Tunstall, Gizem Karaali, and Victor Piercey.…
Feb 9, 2019
The time has come for Howard County to do the easy thing and separate the Zoning Board from the County Council. The business of local government, other than policing, is basically land…
Feb 7, 2019
This is a really fun little narrow bit of amusement I got out of this, but it is worth sharing. I was watching a video from LangFocus about kanji. I really like…
Jan 27, 2019
We have a local organization called the Howard County Citizens Association. I have never been quite sure what it is they stand for, but recently, they proposed a set of changes to…
Jan 22, 2019
I am kind of curious about how posts without images will look on this page. I mean, let's be honest, finding unencumbered images to use with each post can be quite time…
Jan 21, 2019
I was unable to capture the audio from my talk, but last Friday, I spoke at the 2019 Joint Mathematics Meetings on the Mathematics in the Realm of Cyber Research research track.…
Jan 4, 2019
I am teaching a new course this spring at Central Michigan University. This course, MSA 607 - Program Management in Complex Organizations, expands on traditional project management. The goal here is to…
Jan 3, 2019
I will admit that the Rust programming language fascinates me. It's got all the things I want in a programming language, that I normally get from C, and also gives me some…
Dec 19, 2018
Last night, I was guest on the DMVDaily Radio show with guest host Jason Rodriguez. We were talking about the implementation of Opportunity Zones in Baltimore and how it affects the city.…
Dec 15, 2018
Oh, Brexit. This video started making the rounds yesterday: Paul Larkin on Twitter PM of Luxembourg - No deal ? So what? Brexit is your choice not mine ... 👏👏😎 https://t.co/4wqYn4ILTm And,…
Dec 7, 2018
When I was a teenager, my father worked at the LeSourdsville Regional Water Reclamation Facility. He worked second shift, and I worked for the Butler County Auditor's Office, so it wasn't unusual…