Mandaris

The Mathening

I’ve been thinking about writing a post about math (or maths) for months after hearing about if from Fractal Kitty and her passion for Mathober.

(Un)fortunately, I don’t have any math specific topics that I want to discuss, but I’m not happy with just sitting on an idea when I can share it with you all in case you need it¹.

Resources

Math in Style: This is my favorite tip about math in the browser. Sarah has several posts about styling math and I encourage you to check it out. I had no idea that this existed and I feel that if you take anything from this post, it should be this. I think this is a great alternative to including something like MathJax.
Math to MathML: This is a really cool tool to help get functions into MathML for the site. It also does LaTex if that is what you need.
MDN: Math: While you’re looking over the Mozilla documentation, think about giving a donation so that this resource can continue being.

For those who are curious, I haven’t added it to my style sheet for this site yet. It’s a sort of chicken-and-egg issue. ↩︎

I tried on pants without functional pockets and now I’m familiar with all the struggles of what it means to be a woman.

I forgot what I was going to use this library of macOS icons for.

I’m hoping that they can fix this Liquid Glass issue.

I’m running macos 26 on my personal device. One thing I noticed is that the writing tools aren’t popping up as aggressively. The pointer also looks smaller.

I don’t like the contrast on various parts of the OS.

Audio controls on an element in the safari browser

Do not want to have to deal with another option to reduce transparency on my parents phone or my own!

I haven’t watched the keynote, but it looks like someone at Apple hates contrast.

The Residence - ★★★★★

Poster for Media — Cordelia Cupp has an eye for details.

This was a happy find! The whole family gathered around to watch this one as we really like whodunits. The show has a wonderful cast and lots of twists and turns that kept us entertained.

I think the best thing about the show is the interaction between the different characters. Every episode focuses on one character and what they were doing before, during, and after a murder has taken place. I feel that it’s more important than actually solving the murder as we are drawn into why the murder happen.

One thing I liked about the show is brave enough to have moments of silence. A lot of shows are focused on making sure that the viewer is constantly engaged. The Residence shows the power of just being quiet in western culture. A lot of us are not wired to have a quiet moment and do not know what to do when nothing is stimulating us.

Overview

A brilliant, eccentric detective must solve a murder in the White House residence — where the staff and guests at a state dinner are all suspects.

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Crucial Track for June 8, 2025

"Killing In the Name" by Rage Against the Machine

Listen on Apple Music

What song feels like a personal anthem right now?

I didn't hear the message of this song when I first head it years ago. It saddens me we are still dealing with these things.

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