Physics. Mmmmhmm, fun! No really. I had no idea that I could be so entertained with a calculator, a few free hours and a dry erase board. Having solved hundreds of problems over the last several weeks, I'd write a few small physics simulations in JavaScript for the HTML5 canvas. I started with a function to plot the course of a projectile fired at a given angle and velocity using:
$$ s = v_{0}t+\frac{1}{2}at^2 $$
If you hadn't noticed already from the last post, I've been on kind of a math kick these days. I've been eager to share what I've learned, haven't had a way to share formulas other than images. That's ok, but it's not very flexible.
I tried setting things up manually, but didn't have a ton of luck. Fortunately, there's a module (MathJax: LaTeX for Drupal) that seems to work pretty well. Unfotunately, it's still in beta, so use it at your own risk.
Lately, I've been spending a lot of time studying calculus, statistics and physics. While I believe that the best way to memorize the formulas is to use them over and over again, I thought it would be nice to reinforce some of the concepts with flash cards. Anki seemed like a perfect fit.
You shouldn't need to do this under normal circumstances with Drupal, but for those other times... Just be sure to include class="zebraTable" in the opening <table> tag for any of the tables you want styled, and make sure you have an even and odd class defined in your CSS file. You might also want to change the class names to something other than odd and even to avoid conflicts with your existing styles.
A little doodle from my sketchbook and a quote from one of my all-time favorite authors, Terry Pratchett.
