Potpourri

Some links from the week (potpourri links and blog posts may decrease somewhat as I'm busy with other Web stuff through end-of-year):

1)  Mike Lawler offered up a bunch of fun math examples from the week in this post:
http://mikesmathpage.wordpress.com/2014/11/03/fun-math-that-i-saw-this-week/

2)  The mathematics of falling objects results in tragedy:
http://wavefunction.fieldofscience.com/2014/11/the-simple-physics-behind-horrible.html

3)  Of "points and lines" via Richard Elwes:
http://richardelwes.co.uk/2014/11/04/points-and-lines/

4)  Princeton University Press announced the selections for its "Best Writing on Mathematics 2014" edition:
http://tinyurl.com/mpmpazx

5)  Keith Devlin's latest:
http://devlinsangle.blogspot.com/2014/11/against-answer-getting.html

6)  A fork in the road... classic-type logic puzzle from Futility Closet:
http://www.futilitycloset.com/2014/11/06/asking-directions-3/

7)  "a nice short documentary by student filmmaker Damiano Petrucci about mathematics and mathematicians" from The Aperiodical blog:
http://aperiodical.com/2014/11/logically-policed/