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Headwig··on A compelling title that is cryptic enough to get you to take action on it
A comment going along with the joke of the article, but in a meta way. Thusly creating a meta context loop that needs to be addressed.
Headwig··on I Changed My Mind on Social Media and Teen Depression
Literally the worst take I've seen in years
Headwig··on Introduction to Microsoft Excel (1992) [video]
Does anyone have an ID on that laptop? I adore its keyboard and mouse setup
Headwig··on Be Real – App that notifies friends simultaneously to capture and share a photo
For me and my generation we've found that Be Real feels much more personal and, as the name suggests, real. A lot of people liken it more to a finsta in the sense that you will put anything up there and not worry about it. Its a freeing feeling for us considering we all worry about what we post and who will see it all the time.
Headwig··on The Mysterious Disappearance of a Revolutionary Mathematician
>Grothendieck almost never worked with specific examples. It has been said that once, when he was asked to use a prime number to demonstrate something on the blackboard, he said, “You mean an actual number? O.K., take fifty-seven.” Fifty-seven is not a prime number—it’s nineteen times three—and it is now known as Grothendieck’s prime.

I've had a few professors over my years in academia who took a similar approach to mathematics and I have to say I really benefited from it. I found that if you can do high level math with a,b,& c instead of 1,2,& 3 you can do any problem your going to run into.

I also left the story oh his Grothendieck’s prime in because I find it quite charming, the idea that this exceptional mathematician couldn't think of a prime when asked makes me feel a lot better about some of the sillier mistakes I've made over my career.

Headwig··on 3D Animated Rollercoaster in Excel (2011)
What can't run doom at this point?
Headwig··on Apple is discontinuing the iPod
Made it really hard to ignore my friends and family
Headwig··on Apple is discontinuing the iPod
There is the WiFi-Only Ipads,so not all hope is lost! This had led to the new "Ipad Kid" trend though which is loathsome at best.