I'm a nerd.
I post a mix of #ITeachPhysics and science stuff, cartoons/videogames/etc., and cute animals. I live and teach in the greater #Boston #Massachusetts area.
My toots are searchable! I will stay in the tootfinder opt-in index for now as well: https://tootfinder.ch/
Some hashtags I like/look at: #mondog, #caturday, #ITeachPhysics, #physics, #DestinyTheGame, #Destiny2, #Nintendo, #AnimalCrossing, #Pokemon, #StarWars, #Transformers, #animation, #comics, #Disney
| Website | https://www.camphortree.net |
| #VirtualPhotography insta | https://www.instagram.com/vidya_game_steve/ |
#ITeachPhysics I've added animation to my #desmos "potential energy function" graph. A few premade U(x) functions are available, or you can write your own!
Direct link to this version: https://www.desmos.com/calculator/ozh9ci6z37
Permalink for future updates: https://camphortree.net/goto/u-of-x
All my presentable/polished desmos graphs can be found here: https://camphortree.net/blog/desmos
Part of my start-of-the-year survey for students is a spot for them to share any image that holds some sort of meaning for them and explain it to me. I get a lot of pet photos.
This student doesn't have a dog of their own but says, "I love seeing dogs." Relatable!!
One of my favorite things about any Earth Defense Force game is the ridiculous weapon descriptions, some of which go on for multiple paragraphs of nonsense. The very strongest and weakest weapons especially are hilarious.
Here is the first flamethrower in newly-released #EDF6 hahaha. #VideoGames
This is the barest smidge of a spoiler I suppose, but seeing:
// MSUND12 CONNECTING
appear onscreen gave me a good sense of dread. It was there just long enough to think, "That sounds like a bad thing to have happen." And then:
// CONNECTED
Eep!
@pixelfed Hi, I just took a look for the first time in a while and it seems that this plan from last fall was abandoned. Is that right? I even found a github issue where it was requested, but it was closed as "not planned" in May:
https://github.com/pixelfed/pixelfed/issues/4607
I'd love to use pixelfed instead of other image sharing apps/sites, but without hashtag filtering it is just not doable for me--way too much stuff I don't want comes along with the stuff I do want.
Finally watched this video that's been in my recommendations for a few weeks. It was neat and funny! Crossover of my interests in video games and #EarthScience. Unsurprisingly, the games' water doesn't make sense overall, but it still has many realistic subtleties!
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