The Math Mojo Monthly is Back!
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Maybe you are one of the lucky (such a subjective word!) ones who got the Math Mojo Monthly Newsletter (”Comes out Monthly, Mostly!”) today. I finally sent it out to a few hundred subscribers. I hope you like it. The lesson of the week was about a cool way to convert Celcius to Fahrenheit, and vice-versa.
The Professor is busting his head trying to learn about relational databases today. I’m trying to make sure the site runs smoother by getting my programming skills together. Hotcha!
Speaking of hotcha! - are any of you mathmojoers or mojoettes out there into sudoku? Man, is that addictive! It seems like there is a choice - either get your work done, or get good at sudoku. I’m getting to the “black belt” stage, but s-l-o-w-l-y. Here’s a tip for beginners - you might want to bite the bullet and actually read about some strategy. I know that is helping me a lot. One link for beginners is http://www.saidwhat.co.uk/sudokus/sudokustrategy.php You can find another good tutorial at http://www.nikoli.co.jp/puzzles/1/index-e.htm. That last link is a link to the company that made sudoku popular in Japan. Nikoli is famous for having all of it’s sudoku puzzles made by hand.
