Posts Tagged ‘geek’
Resistance Is Futile
February 17th, 2010 Posted 6:42 pm
Have you ever had the experience of your mouth being possessed by your mom or dad? Despite any vows that you would never say that one thing to your own children, there they are, your parents, inside you, jumping out when you least expect it.
According to respected author and parent-educator Judy Arnall, parenting is 70% modelling, 20% listening, and only 10% talking. So when your young child eats with his hands, wipes her runny nose with a sleeve, hits his baby sister, or loses it in the shopping mall, take heart. They will end up just like you, give or take a few experiences.
Tags: children, colourful, digital art, geek, infant, kids, parenting, science fiction
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Happy Math
February 11th, 2010 Posted 8:57 pm
Did you know that Florence Nightingale contributed significantly to Mathematics? She is certainly better known for her work in bettering the environment for the sick in hospitals. Why is Newton standing on giants? What other math history sparks conversation? Check out the happy figures on this T-shirt to find out!
Tags: academic, academics, character, cute, digital art, female, Florence, geek, graphic, graphic art, happy, history, Hypatia, Math, mathematics, Newton, Nightingale, Pascal, Pythagoras, t-shirt, woman, women
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Log Rhythms
February 5th, 2010 Posted 12:38 am
Nothing makes math practice a happier occurence than when you’re in the groove. At least, that’s what my students tell me. Once things click, they can jam for hours.
This sick lizard does his jamming on logs!
Tags: academic, academics, cartoon, digital art, drum, drums, geek, graphic art, log rhthyms, logarithm, logarithms, logs, Math, mathematics, music, nerd, t-shirt
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Mmmm… Avocado!
February 5th, 2010 Posted 12:16 am
Oh avocado, the fruit of the gods! Known also as ‘alligator pear’ and ‘fertility fruit’, this popular silky green food is used in dishes around the world, from sushi, to sandwiches, to milkshakes. This particular avocado is a descendant of the Chemist/Mathematician Avocado, who is known to lug around his favourite numbers.