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Dec. 6th, 2021

And what has not been too much, espite it all? My mathematics blog. I'm keeping it to one, maybe two, posts a week, as you know if it's on your reading page or if your RSS reader picks it up. If you just wait for my recaps here, then, here's the recent stuff:

And now ... the finish of my Silver Bells pictures! Close out the drone show and see what I photographed before my camera completely ran out of battery.

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Here the obstructed drones have gathered into a Christmas tree shape.


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And now they're just the lattice points of a cube.


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Ho! Ho! Ho! they say.


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A particularly effective show was this, forming into a sleigh that turned around and flew 'off' into the distance, distance simulated by the lights dimming.


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Among the last things was their spelling out 'LOVE LANSING', which is the name of a local pro-Lansing group that does, I don't know, stuff.


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We ducked into City Hall to warm up. They had the place cleaned up and it was all empty, no provision for a choir (as usually has the stage here) or cookies or anything much.


Trivia: When learning to juggle Fred Allen bought three silk hats from a magic shop. The proprietor assured him the hats had to be specially ballasted to be juggleable; this weighting cost three dollars each. Source: Fred Allen: His Life and Wit, Robert Taylor.

Currently Reading: The Last Million: Europe's Displaced Persons from World War to Cold War, David Nasaw.

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