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Evenness in Odd Bases

Everyone knows how to test for evenness: just check the last digit. If it’s in then the number is even, no matter what other digits it has. This rule works in base 10 but not in base 3. In fact, this rule works in all even bases and fails in all odd bases. Why? And how do we test for evenness in odd bases? Before we go into the details I want to ask two favors. First, if you are a math person,…

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Macro Monday

Yesterday the girls played with frogs out in the neighborhood. If you asked the frogs, who were quite worn out at the end of the session, this would not be a good subject for macro photography. I brought out my Panasonic GX8 with 10mm macro extension tube and 14-140mm lens and shot video for about 20 minutes. Most of the footage is blurred by focus and/or motion but there were a few good clips…

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Apple Watch after six months, update

The watch seemed dead. No plug-me-in screen appeared. The display was blank and my phone couldn’t connect to the watch. I left it on the charger overnight and although it felt warm when I checked it in the morning, it was still blank and unresponsive. For some reason I wore the watch anyway. Maybe I would drop by the Apple store but probably not. A few hours into the day, someone asked me about…

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Apple Watch after six months

It died on my wrist. Still warms up while on the charger. No other signs of life.

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Apple Watch after one day Yesterday I started wearing an Apple Watch and immediately I noticed that I have grown unused to reading analog clock faces.