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Tiling-Cubical Solids : Felted Platters-Wooden Boxes
My crafty side needed attention. Hence the following. Here are some boxes I made out of Port Orford Cedar and Combed Cedar siding. The cube has a sliding dowel hidden latch so it must be oriented in a certain position for … Continue reading
Make the Course Yours – A Response to AI in the Classroom
Response to the ubiquity of generative AI on college campuses must include rearticulation of both institutional and personal purpose. Justin Wolpers’ excellent webinar laid out the problem in stark terms. Nearly all college students use GPT for some of their … Continue reading
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Tagged ai, artificial-intelligence, ChatGPT, plagiarism
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A Couple of Felt Designs
I needed a table by my computer so I built this out of incense cedar. Over fifty years ago, I worked at an incense cedar mill in Mt. Shasta, California. Incense cedar is the wood in wooden pencils and our … Continue reading
Eigenvector-eigenvalue Identity – I Seek to Understand It
I created this post in OneNote and saved it as a PDF. Hence this slightly kludgey format.
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Retiring – Why?
The situation has changed and I am retiring. To respond to my post, Not Retiring – Why? , my workdays still have intention but stressful intention. As math chair I am making hard decisions for uncertain futures. But mainly, I don’t … Continue reading
Not Retired – Why?
I am a full-time faculty member here at Southern Oregon University. I am also 74 years old. So, why am I not retired or planning to retire? The reason: This job gives my days intention. Everyday I have a list … Continue reading
Another Way to Solve Quadratic Equations
Here is a recent video on how to solve quadratic equations. It depends on the fact that the two roots lie symmetrically about the x-coordinate of the vertex. https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/math/a30152083/solve-quadratic-equations/ It eliminates the guessing or systematic trials by using in simpler quadratic … Continue reading
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Creativity Conference – Meta-Comments
Two thoughts from our Creativity Conference. One: U.S. academics are shaken by the current political situation. They are looking to their research for solace, hope, and/or solutions. Creativity as it relates to wisdom and ethics is now a hot topic. … Continue reading
“Sleep-Walking” Home
At the end of a day last week, I was deathly tired. By that I mean I could hardly keep my eyes open. I just wanted to lay down and sleep. I could barely move. And yet I needed to … Continue reading
Quick Joke?
My wife came home with “The past, the present, and the future walked into a bar. It was tense.” I reposted “.2, .3, and .4 walked into a bar. They were tenths.”
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Math Thoughts 