Category Archives: Genres

Update for 3/13/2016, part 1

Posted on March 13, 2016 by Andy

I’m trying something new. Each week I’ll post an update on my projects, the site, or my life, whichever one or more of those I have something to say about. It’s mainly meant for progress reports, since I probably won’t … Continue reading →

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From computer science to …

Posted on March 7, 2016 by Andy

Many months ago I read an article on Douglas Hofstadter, a name I’d heard since high school when my friend read Gödel, Escher, Bach. At the time I thought he was probably one of those overrated thinkers who writes inspiring, … Continue reading →

Posted in Career, Cognitive science, Grad school, Life updates | 9 Comments

Common Core Math Progressions complete

Posted on March 5, 2016 by Andy

It’s about a month later than I’d planned, but I’ve finished reading the Common Core Math Progressions. I’ve posted my thoughts on them in the Math Relearning project, along with a few thoughts on the Mathematical Practice standards. I was … Continue reading →

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Plans for 2016

Posted on January 1, 2016 by Andy

Ah, New Year’s. A time for pressing the restart button on life and hoping it turns out better this time. I don’t really make New Year’s resolutions. I make plans all year long, and I happen to make some of … Continue reading →

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Virtual board game week

Posted on November 20, 2015 by Andy

Last week I reached a small milestone in my math reading, so this week I’ve been taking a break to play some video games. Mostly I’m trying out video games that implement board and card games. I think hobbyists just … Continue reading →

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Somerville

Posted on November 3, 2015 by Andy

Last week I acquired a new device, a Microsoft Surface Pro 4. And I do mean new. It was released that Monday, which is also when it arrived. I preordered it. I’m really not much of a gadget person, but … Continue reading →

Posted in Gadgets, Life updates | 5 Comments

Some math resources

Posted on October 21, 2015 by Andy

I’ve updated the math relearning introduction to reflect my Common Core emphasis, and I’ve added some resources to that page and the references. If you’re looking into relearning math or you need to understand your child’s homework, the resources will … Continue reading →

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A CCCCC for me

Posted on October 12, 2015 by Andy

Well, I’ve made another course correction. After posting the list of measurement topics, the next step in my math relearning project was to collect and post links to online sources that discussed them so my readers could refer to them … Continue reading →

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Just a list of math words

Posted on September 28, 2015 by Andy

As recommended (by myself to myself), for the measurement chapter of my math relearning project I’ve posted a list of topics to cover (post-time version). It does have footnotes to help me find the topics in my main sources, but … Continue reading →

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Experimenting with iterative writing

Posted on September 18, 2015 by Andy

Okay, two problems. I’ve gotten bogged down in my math relearning project, and I haven’t been posting once a week like I’d hoped. I think I can make progress on both problems if I change the way I’m doing the … Continue reading →