Blue2d ago

Happy #ShamelessPlug Day!

Finding myself in need of #PiDay apparel ("ap-π-rel"?) for an event or two, I've added a couple of pi-related t-shirt designs to my Etsy shop: http://inspiredbymath.etsy.com

• "Approximately Pi" demonstrates the near-equality of π and √2+√3 (that is, 3.1415… vs 1.4142…+1.7320…=3.1462…). Note that √2 and √3 appear courtesy of our old friends the 45°-45°-90° and 30°-60°-90° triangles.

• "Powers-of-Pi Pinwheel" features a sequence of iterated involutes of a unit semicircle, each with length π^n/n! . It's the special case (t=π) of Y. S. Chaikovsky's delightful visualization of the power series for sin(t) and cos(t). (Fun Fact: Long ago, I adapted Chaikovsky's construction to tan(t) and sec(t), but cot(t) and csc(t) still remain elusive. https://trigonography.com/?p=881 )

These join two pi-and-tau designs.

Show threadbluestarultorJan 14

#WritersCoffeeClub Jan. 14: What’s a service or skill you’d like to offer your fellow writers?

Like, personally? Right now? You're expecting something completely out of the blue?

Well, lucky you, my skill is programming and I make apps! Take your pick! I have MediaAlarm and EggTimer for all your alarm needs, and an assortment of useful tools for everything from time tracking with RainbowTimers to running your tabletop game with Dice and Random NEXT to posting your fanfic more easily with RTF2BBCode!

All of this is currently going for the fabulously low price of "FREE," which I think is everyone's favorite four-letter word you can still shout in a daycare!

#ShamelessPlug

Blue Star Creations - MediaAlarm

Show threadAlbert ARIBAUD ⓂJan 6

@zzt @firefoxwebdevs Sorry, but I just cannot escape the call for #ShamelessPlug (though, as usual, #IHaveNothingToSell):

https://mastodon.art/@aaribaud/110721997413550131

Albert ARIBAUD ✎ (@aaribaud@mastodon.art)

#writever Data "An AI trained with all known data on magic?" repeated the witch. "Yes! And we're launching it NOW!" replied the CEO as he clicked the button. The witch barely got out in time to seal the room, the screams still ringing in her hears. #english #flashfiction #smallstories #smallstory #tootfic #microfiction

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BlueJan 1

Mathy 2026! #MathyDay

(It's not an "i", it's an upside-down "!" for "inverse factorial"!)

#ShamelessPlug: T-shirt (listing lots of mathy days throughout the year) available at my Etsy shop: https://inspiredbymath.etsy.com

BlueDec 13

12.13.25: Happy Plus-Equals Day! #MathyDay

I'll take the opportunity to slip-in another #ShamelessPlug for my Mathy 2026 t-shirt, available at my Etsy shop: https://inspiredbymath.etsy.com

Yo! That’s My Jawn :: The PodcastDec 11
“Common People”!!!! You can hear Raina talk about this pick and the rest of her ballot on the livestream we had last night! #XPNcountdown #shamelessplug

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:6x7zqldbl3qvjsj2fgwjgwuz/post/3m7pmidqw7222
Show threadYo! That’s My Jawn :: The PodcastDec 7
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BlueNov 26

Happy #ShamelessPlug Day!

I've added "Mathy 2026" t-shirts to my Etsy shop, just in time for holiday shopping ... and shipping!

https://inspiredbymath.etsy.com

The front features the digits of 2026 incorporated into an equation (oh-so-cleverly using an upside-down exclamation point to indicate the inverse-factorial function). The back lists over forty mathy dates (in MDY format ... sorry DMY-ers!).

Buy one of these, and you can ignore my #MathyDay posts for a full year.

Thanks for your support! :)

Luis SuarezNov 19
#ShamelessPlug Over the last few weeks, a few folks have asked me via DM what I do for a living, apart from my daily photo blog posts over here, so I thought, for my 300th post, I'd try to describe briefly what I have been working on… Coincidentally, we just celebrated our 2nd year anniversary on November 15th 🎉🥳🍾

Here it goes:

At http://asynco.org, we’re a community of people, i.e. a collective, who care about how we work and connect, especially, in asynchronous and distributed environments. If you’re looking for genuine exchange and thoughtful company in a safe and trustworthy environment, there’s a place for you with us, whenever you’re ready to join the conversation. Just get in touch and we’ll talk more 😎👍🏻

#DistanceWorking #RemoteWork #HybridWork #DistributedWork #cmgr #asynco #Learning #Collaboration #CommunityOfPractice #DistributedLeadership #SocialNetworks #SocialNetworking #SmartWork
BlueNov 16

Happy #ShamelessPlug Day!

For when My Dear Aunt Sally enlists in Starfleet.

via my Etsy shop: https://inspiredbymath.etsy.com