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02
Mar
Carnival of Mathematics 225

Carnival of Mathematics 225

Welcome to the Two-Hundred and Twenty-Fifth Carnival of Mathematics. Let’s start with facts about 225: Octagonal numbers are always fun: And then we can always think in gradians for a hexadecagon where the outside angles shown are 225 gradians (202.5 degrees or 1.125π radians). (Thanks David JONES f
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11
Feb
Rows of snowy owls paired on repeating logs with mountains in the background with a Koch snowflake.

A blizzard

A collective noun for snowy owls is a blizzard. I doodled Koch snowflakes with a blizzard of these superb owls. They hunt day and night and are an utter delight to observe.
02
Jan
Genuary 2024

Genuary 2024

This year’s Genuary code is here (I will update as I go through the prompts). My codepen gallery is here. I am hoping to play with symmetry the entire month. Day-31 – generative music (this runs slow on mobile and some machines) Day-30 – shaders Day-29 – Signed Distance Functions (if we keep trying
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29
Dec

in dynamic existence

15 haiku + generative symmetries one moment — one place influences the next one all these breaths are linked reflections exist ebb
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14
Dec
haiku without words

haiku without words

I created haiku without words. This is just a draft of a concept. I contemplated the #wccchallenge prompt “improbable architecture” and thought of our solar system, of atoms and electrons, and of poetry without words. Click it to start. Your browser does not support iframes. If the sketch doesn’t lo
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11
Dec
4 images of a hyperbolic ducky made of yarn on a white background

Hyperbolic Duckies Published – NCTM

My hyperbolic duckies project is now published in the NCTM MTLT in the For the Love of Mathematics Department:
28
Nov
just enough for beauty

just enough for beauty

let cRng = []; function setup() { //this canvas createCanvas(windowWidth * 0.8, windowHeight * 0.7); } function draw() { //of time t = -0.2
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19
Nov
circle of arcs coming from the edge on a slate blue background

arcs are we

poem is the comments //; full page view is here. let arcs, t; let nArcs = 400, diam = 100, a = 0.005;
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05
Nov
Porthales

Porthales

I wanted to undertake a data project that could be completed in less than a day, so I decided to work with storm manhole data from Salem, Oregon. The primary aim of this project is to foster community creativity—whether through code, imagination, writing, or conversation. The map has transformed 10,
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01
Oct
a stary scene with an apollonian gasket

Mathober Pieces

Mathober 2023 Prompts are here.This year I used a mix of p5js and procreate to play with stellar scenes – enjoy! There were some great sketches on Mathstodon including hilarious videos, comics, generative music, puns, and more. Links on titles take you to codePen full page view. Some days I played w
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