Three Polyhedra
Peter’s Geometry homework this week was to build a polyhedron. He got a little carried away and created this family of three. Aren’t they pretty? The one in the front is the cuboctahedron. The...
Author: Mike Garrity
Month of the Hexaflexagon
You know we love hexaflexagons. And you know we love Vi Hart. So when our favorite math doodler does a series on our favorite folded paper construction, you know we need to make sure...
Senator ATM
Simon Johnson does a good job today of explaining what’s at stake in the Mass Senate race this year. His bottom line: Vote for Scott Brown if you want to hand the megabanks a...
The Boston Cup
There was a big car show on the Boston Common today. Here are some pictures of the Concours d’Elegance. We missed Sunday in the Park at Lime Rock this year so it was nice...
Nikkor AF-S VR 70-300mm f/4.5-5.6
This is a fairly pointless collection of photos, but I was messing around with a new lens today. The office has been a construction zone for months now, so the easiest shots to get...
Peddocks Island
This summer they started running a water taxi from Georges Island to Peddocks Island in the Boston Harbor Islands park. We finally got a chance to go out there today. It was very foggy...
National Museum of the USAF
We’re back home from taking Tom to college. On the way out, we made a couple of short stops to break up the trip. While we were passing through Dayton, we spent an hour...
