JoHN MiLLeR
@moduality
Retired Computer Scientist, iOS Dev, glass art, recreational math - working toward a better world. PDX OREGON. (Was @MODUALITY on twitter)
Today I saw this guy smoking while waiting for the same bus. He threw is butt out on the boulevard. I decided not to call him out on it , a vet, possible in his way up to VA hospital. In the past, I have picked up the butt and said “here, I think you dropped something “. YMVM
Will Vinton finally gets a headstone! Dreamer, Creator, Father. This is is 10 minutes on foot from Time Haven. @mwuerker.bsky.social
I don't think I'll be flying any time soon!! I'd have to refrain from giving backtalk, cuz I know TSA has no sense of humor.
Cooking a Lamb Tagine for Valentine Dinner... "Valentagine" Since Feb 14 is Oregon's birthday, maybe this should be a Beaver Tagine?
Day's work, or more depending on how you count! I used the SCAD program to create a 3D graphic for my upcoming presentation on LangTominoes.
Just came across this photo of mine... Box of 2000 punch cards having to do with Langford’s Problem, circa 1968-79, Gonzaga University. Interesting to look at.
I bought a Pointed Cabbage at today’s Growers Market in Ashland, Oregon.
Today I rode the RVTD.org #10 bus from Ashland to Medford to the Front Street Transfer Station. I picked up a "UMO" card with a $20 balance on it for my return trip and future trips to Medford, Talent, and Phoenix. YaY for transit touring!
Happy Halloween from River View Cemetery! Read about a few graves on the New Collins View Blog newcollinsview.blog/graves/
Night Bus Vibes. Going to Oregon City for Brady Goss Band at Trail’s End Saloon! Turn it up!
New Yorker cover for Oct 13 reminds me of the Harriss Spiral. www.newyorker.com/culture/cove...
So, Trump thinks he's sending California National Guard to clean up Oregon. This doesn’t seem unusual at all. Hey! Trump! Quit picking on Oregon, you pussy. Show us the Epstein Files!
I don't know who did this, but it's perfect. I saw it, then couldn't find it on Gavin Newsom's social media.. then it popped up again. So someone else may have done it without his OK. Anyone know who did it?
From my collection of Scientific Americans. These are covers relating to Mathematical Games columns. I have July 65 (Four bug problem) somewhere. I don’t have April 61 yet (Coxeter-Escher). martin-gardner.org/SciAm12.html
Trump's takeover of DC has again raised the possibility of DC becoming the 51st state (on social media and by a congress guy). Standard reaction: "Oh! 51 isn't a round number. Our flag!!" etc. GUESS WHAT --- 51 stars work out fine!
10 sets of LangTominoes [1-8] arrived on Monday! I'm distributing them to 9 Lucky peeps as time permits. Produced in Canada.
My batch of LangTominos have been produced and shipped! I have an advanced photo of a set, sent by the maker, ItemsByCL.
When LangTominoes 1-8 are nested together, (see top configuration) they take up more width than when fit into a complete arrangement (bottom configuration). Can you explain this? (Hint in comments.)
Picked up my test prints today from Talus Design 3D in SE Portland. These are all red Langtominoes 1,2,3,4. They fit tightly!
Planar arrangement of Langtominoes 1-12. (This is one of 40 such 2D planar solutions.)
In 1953, LIFE photographer Hank Walker captured a security guard walking along US Highway 101, dwarfed by towering stacks of hollow iron floats. These massive structures once supported anti-submarine nets used to protect US ports during World War II... 📷 Photo by Hank Walker, 1953.