Email: nexusmail at this Web site address
By request of a friend on Facebook, my entry for Hug an Engineer Day, inspired by the ThinkGeek "Pop Quiz Math Clock", is now outside the Facebook zone:
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Very nice!
I especially like #8. Thank you for responding to the request I threw out there!
What software did you use to do this? If I get ambitious I may try to link this with the original so there is a progression from simpler to more advanced math.
Other options would be to put in symbolic references from different disciplines: elements, messier objects, zodiac, months, sign language, etc. Or a python version with stuff like "repr(math.pi)[14]"
But top on my list is a right triangle labeled with these sides: ?, 40, 41.
And putting 42 in somewhere prominent seems appropriate.
-Neal McBurnett
Tools for the image
Photoshop plus the very handy page at http://rogercortesi.com/eqn/index.php , which lets you type in a LaTeX expression and then spits out a PNG/GIF/etc. image. I just fiddled with the values till I got ones I liked (usually 100-150 pixel resolution, PNG, white text, black background, transparent, anti-aliased). I don't really know LaTeX, but the page gives some examples and with some experimenting, I got what I wanted.
Glad you liked it!
--Dave
Nice Job!
I know Neal from Brown and saw your clock on his FB page. Love the clock, but couldn't let you know on FB. Couldn't tell others on FB to look at it either so I copied it and credited you. Now I can let others comment directly. BTW, I don't remember all my math well from college, but I do know LaTeX well if you ever need help again.
---Bonnie