A mathematician with nothing to prove. Author of bit.ly/crackingmaths and others. Blog at flyingcoloursmaths.co.uk/blo… . Problems welcome. He/him.
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25 Jun 2020
My name is Colin and I am a freelance mathematician. That means you can hire me to solve the kind of problem you've been avoiding.
Email colin@colinbeveridge.co.uk and let's see what we can figure out.
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16 Dec 2024
Hello! My name is Colin and I am a mathematician.
Happy birthday to Ludwig van Beethoven; I was once asked in a radio quiz for his forenames and was genuinely baffled when the "correct" jingle played because I'd only given three.
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9 Dec 2024
Hello! My name is Colin and I am a mathematician.
Today is the birthday of Admiral Grace Hopper, one of the architects of COBOL and hence of modern computing. If you've got code nobody understands, that you're scared to touch in case it breaks, give me a shout. Maybe I can help.
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2 Dec 2024
Hello! My name is Colin and I am a mathematician.
Today is the International Day for the Abolition of Slavery. I understand there's still work to do. Let me know if my skills can help.
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29 Nov 2024
Happy anniversary to all who celebrate!
29 Nov 2024
66 million years ago, a massive asteroid struck what is now the Yucatán Peninsula in Mexico, marking the end of the age of dinosaurs.
In 2022, science writer Riley Black joined us to discuss what the final days of the dinosaurs may have been like.
buff.ly/3MLjLYx
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29 Nov 2024
It's remarkable the degree to which me posting "don't let Nazis into your community" is causing people to project their anxieties about politics and community on me.
Yes I understand that you come from a country with broken politics. I do too. Community management still matters.
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25 Nov 2024
Hello! My name is Colin and I am a mathematician.
Today is the birthday of mathematical logician Ernst Schröder. If you need more logic and/or maths in your work, you know where to find me. Over on mathstodon: mathstodon.xyz/deck/@icecolb…
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18 Nov 2024
Hello! My name is Colin and I am a mathematician.
Today is the anniversary of the first Calvin and Hobbes strip. While in my heart I identify as both, I know that in reality I'm the perplexed dad. Let me know if I can help turn a problem from Calvinball into a snowball fight.
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13 Nov 2024
Did you see the wonderful @samhartburn at our Monday show? Here's a clip of the big reveal from her set!
You can see incredible nerdy performances at all of our shows, including our final show of the year at London's Cambridge Theatre on 2nd December
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Colin Beveridge retweeted
11 Nov 2024
A significant filament eruption from the Sun just now! We’d been watching this one for several days, waiting for the eruption - and here it is! #spaceweather
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11 Nov 2024
Hello! My name is Colin and I am a mathematician.
Today is the birthday of Martha Annie Whiteley. Someone commented on my "Mathematicians for Equality" badge yesterday; Whiteley fought for the recognition of women in chemistry in the early 1900s. Science is for everyone.
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9 Nov 2024
Could they pass a law saying that Trump WAS elected in 2020, with the effect that he's term-limited?
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8 Nov 2024
You may or may not know that the NYT Tech Guild are on strike. If you still want to play all your fun puzzles, but don't want to cross a (virtual) picket line, they have published a whole lot of games here: nytimesguild.org/tech/guild-…
8 Nov 2024
Welcome to day 5 of our ULP strike against the @nytimes. We just published even more strike games for you to play while you #Breakyourstreak. mini.toomuchdog.com/
ALT Times Tech Mini Crossword day 5
ALT Times Tech Mini Crossword day 5
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8 Nov 2024
Lovely conversation with the hairdresser about autism yesterday. She couldn't bring the word "spectrum" to mind, and said she sometimes thought she was on the Richter scale.
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Colin Beveridge retweeted
6 Nov 2024
Word of the day is ‘recrudescence’ (17th century): the return of something terrible after a time of reprieve.
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Colin Beveridge retweeted
6 Nov 2024
Made a note in my diary on the way here. Simply says, "Bugger."
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6 Nov 2024
This isn't Tom Paxton, but I would imagine he and I both approve this message. youtu.be/k7e7XqWGWoM?feature…
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5 Nov 2024
always be there
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4 Nov 2024
Hello! My name is Colin and I am a mathematician.
Today is the hundredth anniversary of the election of Nellie Tayloe Ross, the first woman to serve as Governor of a US State (Wyoming, since you ask).
I hope that's a good omen. Please.
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2 Nov 2024
All the #mathsjam #bigmathsjam mathscots I could find in the breaks today!
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