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Animation Easter Eggs in my (+Tom Scott's) videos.
Some animations in my videos are done by William Marler who is the same person who does animations for Tom Scott. I think Tom and I both met Will at the Royal Institution Christmas Lecture filming in 2019 (for which Will also did the title sequence).Anyway, Will has put out a video showing where he ...
Banana eating a banana.
As promised. Thanks for your support.https://youtu.be/W3Gime6N6xAFrom the video “Can you solve the banana puzzle?”. https://youtu.be/HW6AzfpgpY8
Deleted scene: General Relativity Mishaps video
As you may have noticed my recent video was (juuust under) 40 minutes long. So first of all: thanks for your support so I could make such a beast of a video. It nearly killed myself, Alex (filming and editing) and Will (animations). We got there eventually!The first rough-cut was actually much longe...
Bonus footage from Ellipse Perimeter video.
This starts with some bonus patreon footage I deliberately filmed. You can see it exactly flows off a shot from the main video (although I later had to extend the pause in the main video when I decided afterward to add a "total ellipse of the chart" there). This is me talking about why my ap...
Landmark Numbers: early release and bonus footage
This is a two for one. ONE: The main video will be released publicly in about three hours from now. But I thought you might like an advanced look.And if you do want to buy the book: I have a favour to ask. We are testing a new system where Maths Gear pushes pre-orders to Warehouse. We think it is al...
Bonus footage from tan(prime) greater than prime
This is a video message from me and a deleted scene from my video "What is the biggest tangent of a prime?"Original video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A7eJb8n8zAwTwo more primes have been found which are bigger than the one mentioned in my video. Here is a great write-up from someon...
Coins Gone Wrong!
As you may have noticed, I just released a pair of videos with Grant Sanderson (of 3Blue1Brown fame) who is one of my favourite humans ever.Watch the Stand-up Maths video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=as7Gkm7Y7h4Check out the meta-solution on 3Blue1Brown: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wTJI...
How the anti-pyschic video was filmed!
As promised, here it is: the behind the scenes footage of the "Are Matt and James anti-psychic?" video. You can watch the original here: https://youtu.be/MrEECYAXRjsAs you can see, there was no cheating but we did have some help to stay in-phase.And here is the full unedited footage of Matt ...
Are Matt and James anti-psychic?
I've just made a video with James Grime. We're both in lock-down here in the UK so we decided to make a feature of having to collaborate remotely.While making the video I had a go-pro just out of shot filming the whole set-up. In 48 hours I will release that footage for my Patreon supporters...
How I filmed+edited my face-down-cards video
Hi folks!I saw a lot of people were trying to work out how I filmed my latest two-Matts video, and most people got it right. But I thought it might be fun to see the exact details of my edit.Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oCMVUROty0gI have taken all of the video layers in my edit fi...
the extended Apple Calendar scrollapulooza
My new video is all about a mystery bug in the Apple Calendar which means the years and months start to break from 1849 and earlier. You can watch the whole main video at this URL (still uploading at the time of this post; will be processed and available soon!) https://youtu.be/ER1a6jgW1GsThis patre...
Work-from-home office tour!
Thank you so much for your support during this trying time. As you may have guessed all of my live performance work (and indeed work with schools) has been cancelled. So I'm pretty-much relying on on youtube as my only financial support!That said: I totally understand that many people have it mu...
Pi Day 2020 bonus footage!
Behold, all of the working out from the end of our day in Newton's house. At least: all that we filmed. I thought it would be fun to just upload everything from Alex's camera (we only had a single hand-held camera in operation) so you can see me copy the terms onto the flip-chart as the team...
Palindrome filming: behind the scenes
I had a lot of interest in how I made the video about the 02/02/2020 palindrome day. And yes, the Matt on the left of frame is flipped. I filmed it twice on the same side of the sofa.The truth is: I only had one morning to film it and that included going to pick up the paper, markers, clipboard etc ...
Matt shows in the USA
Just to let you know that I am doing a talk in NYC on Saturday 25 January! Sorry: it is only for people 21 and over (venue license).https://www.caveat.nyc/event/matt-parkers-humble-pi-when-math-goes-wrong-1-25-2020I will also be at Seattle Town Hall on Saturday 1 February, and it is free for people ...
Graph (network) animation help?
I’m thinking of doing a video about double-landlocked counties in the UK (and states in the USA) and want to use a bit of graph theory.I think some networks showing how the counties/states all link, and then animating the networks into a more insightful arrangement would look nice and make a good ...
Two mathematicians walk into a bar…
I’m in a pub with Katie Steckles, about to order infinitely many drinks.We’re taking requests. If anyone has a favourite infinite series: let us know now!
Advanced bonus video!
My next video will be about trying to find a knot in the London Underground. Featuring: Sabetta, Henry, Vicki and Geoff.https://youtu.be/Qp2LDpJo-NgThis is an advanced release of the bonus video where we talk some maths and discuss the ‘rules’ for finding knots. Try to find your own!Soon I will ...
Behind the scenes: Arranging the lily pads
UPDATE: Fixed so the video is no longer private!My new video about The Frog Problem is out: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZLTyX4zL2FcWhile Timandra and I were setting up to film the Frog Problem, fellow house-mate Rhys (the 'Morgan' of 'Morgan and West' fame) filmed us discussing t...
Bonus video: Why do helicopters have string on the windscreen?
I asked Polina why all helicopters have a piece of string attached to the outside of the windscreen. She explained why and then gave me a run through all the other instruments.This is the bonus video from my main-channel video "Can we film a stroboscopic helicopter?https://www.youtube.com/watch?...
Advanced view: stroboscopic helicopter
My helicopter video is finally out! Thanks for your support.It took ages to edit and get sorted after we filmed this late last year. Captain Disillusion and I also realised we were working on very similar videos. So we've made this a micro-colab and both briefly appear in the other video. If you...
Discount code for Curvahedra
It happened! I was able to get my next video out today. I actually filmed this last November when I was in the USA but have only just managed to get it finished and uploaded.Part of why I could finally get it done was that I use spare Patreon support to get editing help. So this video is out now tha...
Deleted scene: möbius loop cogs
Hello! I'm back from a trip to Argentina and I have a glut of videos waiting to go out. First up was the "Are odd-numbered möbius-loop cogs possible?" video which I uploaded a few days ago.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nWQwrU1qUrcI removed a chunk from the final edit because the scene...
Advanced preview: Recursive PowerPoint Presentations [Gone Fractal!]
Here’s a sneak preview of my new video with Steve Mould. Let me know if you spot any major mistakes.It will go live 3.5 hours after this post has gone up (at 14:00 in the UK, 9:00 East coast USA). Please do not share it before then.
Filming in Manchester
I’ve spent two days (well, 23 hours total, including sleeping) filming videos in Manchester.We visited the illusion corridor which went viral a year or so ago. I’m just that on top of the trends (from late 2017).If anyone can guess who else I was filming with this morning: I’ll release some sp...
The Similarities of Two Squares
I filmed a quick chat with James when we were walking between two locations on the Difference of Two Squares filming day. We talk about walking places together and that one time we lived together.
Testing the TomTom too.
Ok, so I turned it on. And as expected it's deeply underwhelming. But you learn where I used to live in London!Thanks for all your support. I took Lucie out to dinner to thank her for sacrificing part of our holiday so I could film a video. But which I mean: WE took Lucie out for dinner. She sai...
This is all your fault: helicopter edition.
I just spent a day filming a maths video with a helicopter. A friend’s wife has her pilot’s licence and offered to take me for a fly if I needed a helicopter to make a video. I found a video idea to justify the flight!Thanks to your support we could cover all the airport, fuel and film-crew cost...
Bonus footage from my interview at Monzo
My new video about how Monzo detect and stop bank fraud is out:https://youtu.be/Kpl3BGYtY7gBut I had more footage of me chatting to Daniel than I could fit in! So here is the rest of the interview with me talking about his work and how he got into it.https://youtu.be/YQAMLuQHlWYFeel free to share th...
DVD recording: free tickets
We’re recording the DVD of “You Can’t Polish a Nerd” in London on the 27 and 28 June. I can give two free tickets to either recording to any of my Patreon supporters!http://festivalofthespokennerd.com/show/ycpan-dvd-record/Just email matt@standupmaths.com from the email address you use on Pa...
