Bloggroup320a

ADR 11-17–11. Test1

XaoS

I was browsing around TED (Ideas Worth Spreading) this morning and tripped over a video of a talk titled: Fractals and the Art of Roughness by Benoit Mandelbrot.

One thing leads to another, and I began looking for a program that would produce some neat fractals on my computer screen.  This lead me to XaoS, just such a program and a free download. So, I downloaded the program, started playing and here are a few of the results.

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These photos don’t do justice to the zooming capabilities of the XaoS  program.  Fractals are the result of a small mathematical formula.  The XasS program zooms ever down into select areas of detail.  I’ve copied the fractal images using a program called FastStone Capture – a favorite of mine.

Generating these fractal images are easy and fun and I can see some kool tee shirts using these designs.

Dr. Harvey Fineberg – Are we ready for neo-evolution?

A great 17 minute video – especially interesting at the 13:20 minute mark

Magnificent Photos

Check out Thomas Peschak’s photos:

ken

 

Chalkfest Photos

The 2011 Chalkfest is over.  I missed the event, but walked the street early this morning and took some photos.  Here is a gallery of the ones I enjoyed most.  I confess to having a bias toward perspective art.

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Las Vegas time difference

Bonnie,

Will try to make the Skype connection this morning but have some necessary running about to do which may conflict.  Keep the Skype connection open and I’ll try and make part of the class.

Thanks,

Ken

Programming Anyone?

This morning, I came across a NY Times article about a start-up company that offers free programming lessons on the web. So far, nearly 1,000 programmers have submitted lessons.  The focus now is on javascript  but other languages will be added.  Here’s the link to CodeAcademy.

Java, it seems to me is a good thing for bloggers to know.  And, since I don’t know it, I’m excited about the prospect of learning enough of it to be helpful.

Ken

Sarasota Chalk Festival

It’s Halloween again.  This year’s Chalk Festival promises to be a good one with participating artists from around the U.S. and from around the world. Here’s the link to the Festival’s web site.

I took a number of photos of last year’s festival – apologies for having them mixed in with some other photos of Sarasota.  The link is here.

 

 

 

 

Las Vegas Follow-up

Hi Bonnie…left a comment but thought I’d better post instead.

Am on Skype but you have not approved me yet or requested that I approve you.  Check your AuntBonnie 45 and approve me and we should be able to do this.

 

Ken

Greetings from Las Vegas

Greetings 320a, from the Megapolis in the desert.  Sorry to miss this week and next week, but I’ll be checking in to see changes in the blog and try to follow what’s happening that way.

ken