Category Archives: Miscellaneous

One of my older friends asked me why Microsoft is involved with Xbox gaming. I didn’t really know even though I had a few ideas (see below), so I figured I’d search the Internet to see what Microsoft’s officially stated … Continue reading →

Here’s one of my favorite logic puzzles. Two friends, a programmer and a mathematician, get together for drinks after work one day at the programmer’s house. The mathematician asks the programmer how his three children are doing. The programmer replies … Continue reading →

Like many engineers, I sit on my backside for hours and hours every day. It’s a real challenge to get any exercise at all. On weekends, if the weather is nice (which doesn’t happen all that often in the Seattle … Continue reading →

I recently read a news source that was talking about education in the United States. In particular, it showed a graph that illustrated the mathematics achievement gap between white and black students. The article stated that there is an approximately … Continue reading →