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Guilloches

by angela on September 13, 2008

This is my favorite of a collection of guiloches over at the Ministry of Type. Created mathematically, it reminds me of the 4th grade project I did where we used colorful embroidery thread to make hypnotizing patterns on a piece of board with strategically placed nails.  Of course, our equations were nothing like this:

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History, Philosophy, and Mathematics of Humor

by graham on July 22, 2008

The Sunday Book Review has a review of “Stop Me If You’ve Heard This: A History and Philosopy of Jokes” by Jim Holt. The review isn’t favorable, but it reminded me of a book I read years ago that profoundly changed my approach to humor.
Back when I was an undergrad, I read John [...]

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Graham’s World View

by graham on June 27, 2008

This launched another episode of a recurring argument between Ang and me–whether or not philosophy is “purer” than math.

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