Escher for Real
via Gershon Elber
Cross Stitch Fractals
Yes, it's true, fractal cross stitch patterns do exist! Some are being sold here at Nordic Needle along with other artistic cross stitch patterns like the Mona Lisa and Starry Night.
Mathematical Pumpkins
Check out this Sierpinski Triangle carved into a pumpkin. Awesomeness!
Into the Autumn Fog
http://www.flickr.com/photos/72321984@N00/285716211/
Aon Celtic Art
http://www.aon-celtic.com/trade_history_meanings.html I’ve been doing some research on Celtic knotwork for a piece I’m currently working on. This site had some great information!
Detroit City Rocks
We went to a Halloween party in Detroit last night! This is Mike and I all dressed up to go out. We also saw a concert at the State Theater the night before – Crossfade opened for Buckcherry! We were front row, baby… I got beer splashed all over my hair by a guy in a Jesus costume but we
Ultimate Flash Face
I had loads of fun with this site that lets you create faces using a number of presets that you can customize by altering their placement, size, opacity, etc. You can even see some of the faces others have created and saved. Check it out…Ultimate Flash Face
Advanced Computer Simulation Screensaver
http://www.nsf.gov/news/overviews/computer/screensaver.jsp Black holes merging. Completed on NCSA’s Titan Linux computing cluster, this simulation shows two black holes merging and the resulting ripples of space-time known as gravitational waves. The full simulation, a general relativistic numerical depiction of two black holes orbiting and then merging, represents the first time that three-quarters of a full orbit was computed. An animation of these
Stephen Reed
http://www.stephenreed.net/ Bone china cup for hot beverages can be held without burning the user’s hands.
SuperFractals
Michael Barnsley, a researcher and entrepreneur in fractal compression, has written the successor to Fractals Everywhere. The first edition of the book SuperFractals was published last month. The following is a quote from the editorial review on Amazon “Superfractals is the long-awaited successor to Fractals Everywhere, in which the power and beauty of Iterated Function Systems were introduced and applied
La sombra del gato
Happy Halloween!