Exploring the Infinite
Someone recently asked me to explain image compression. Here's an article I wrote in a series for Tucows called Digital Imaging Part 2 – Lossy Vs. Lossless More Digital Imaging articles: Part 1, Part 3, and Part 4 Also, check out the Wikipedia entry for Fractal Compression… that Michael Barnsley sure is an interesting guy. You might have seen him
Small wigs for small people… this one is my fav!
“In a darkened room I present sequentially formed sculptures on a rapidly spinning armature. A synchronized strobe light supplies the illumination. The images exist in real time and viewers are able to share the same space with them. The conflict between sensory information and logic recreates the state of dream reality.” – Gregory Barsamian Bet you've never seen sculpture like
The Gallery Grind Cafe located in downtown Lapeer is exhibiting my artwork through the month of September. They will be hosting a reception for me on September 8th from 6:00 – 8:00 pm Prints of the exhibited work can be purchased here: link Map and directions Hope to see you there!
Steve Lareau of Hilltop Design is a fellow fractal artist who recently shared some of his interesting and strange fractal flames with me. He's a friendly guy with a great online gallery, but what I'd really like you all to see is this animated flame fractal, with music Steve created from random samples. The 13 minute video shows an animated
Stumbled upon this today and thought it was funny and not just stupid. Give it up to the Uncyclopedia for sharing their tips on How to be Funny and not Just Stupid. Kinda funny. Just Stupid. Funny Stupid Class dismissed.
This one requires no introduction… just go there and see for yourself! World Processor
In November of 2001, artist Ahree Lee began taking pictures of herself once a day. This video montage, titled Me, is the result after three years of pictures. Each second of screen time represents about one week's worth of pictures. The short movie was screened at a number of festivals including L.A. Shorts Fest, the Silver Lake Film Festival in
Delarge commented and let me know about this years Brighton Graffiti Jam that just took place and the images have been posted to the site already… lots and lots of images, over 200! It would be so cool if they did this every year. Thanks for the update guys! Related Links: Graphotism Brighton Hip Hop Festival
Here's a fun cryptogram game for those of you that like word games. The coolest part about it is you can make your own. For example, here's one I made, just for kicks. Can you decipher it? I'll give you a hint, it is a quote by Benoit Mandelbrot.
This is part of the Tucows Content division, Greg Weir, Matt Bleicher, myself and Bob Gibson, waiting for the doors to open at the Shareware Industry Awards that were held Saturday night, July 15th. Ironically, this was the awards 15th year. When it was started, there were only 13 voters. Now people from 85 countries, all 50 states and every
Recently, I've been musing over the idea that children of this generation, in the age of such huge technological advances, are becoming less and less adept at handling the normal every day tasks and routines that require them to use basic, fundamental tools. As an example, I present the case of the “old school” tube of toothpaste. My children have
Here's a fun video from www.Zumbakamera.com and there's more where that came from! Check out the illustration gallery while you're there!
“Troy, N.Y.— A researcher at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute has uncovered mathematics embedded in the designs of various aspects of native and contemporary culture, from traditional beadwork and basket weaving to modern hairstyles and music. Using the discovery, he’s developed a series of interactive, Web-based teaching tools that are capturing the interest – and imagination – of students in math classes
This rare type of rainbow is called a circumhorizontal arc, and it was photographed on June 3 in northern Idaho near the Washington State border. The arc spanned several hundred square miles of sky and lasted for about an hour. “It is caused by light passing through wispy, high-altitude cirrus clouds. The sight occurs only when the sun is very