For future info, I’ll be posting the “art” images that I make with processing on tumblr, specifically the recursiveprocessing.tumblr.com. So follow there if interested. If not, then don’t! Here’s a sample of the stuff going up on that site.
Just playing around with Processing. Inspired by tumblrs like Experiments in Processing and Bees and Bombs. Code is found here. Edit: Pulsar 2: Code is found here.
From Car Talk: TOM: Three guys go out fishing. They decide in advance that whatever they catch, they’re going to divvy it up equally.So, they finish fishing for the day. They pull back into port, and they’re going to sleep … Continue reading
These excerpts are from a response to a reader on the wonderful tumblr by Jerome Herr, Experiments In Processing. Learning to code is like learning a natural language: itโs quite hard and slow at first but if you hold on … Continue reading
Great! RAY: There are a lot of our little children who listen to Car Talk who are studying Algebra, so I thought I would ask them to simplify the following polynomial. TOM: Let me just write this down. OK. RAY: … Continue reading
Hat tip to Jim Olsen and John Golden: Best spirograph app ever. http://t.co/lejJ7TQXw9 Thanks for the tip @DrOlsen314! — John Golden (@mathhombre) November 6, 2014 Great activity for kids (and adults) of many levels: How many rotations until the loop … Continue reading
Awesome! RAY: This puzzler is from a fellow named Jerry Olsen. Ed and his two sons, Biff and Skip, have been hired to paint the floor of a merry-go-round. They want to make sure they measure the floor area exactly, … Continue reading
(This is a crosspost from my weekly photo site.) The Introduction to Computer Programming Class had a Skype Q and A with Jason from Dark Sky (Dark Sky is an iOS weather app, check it out, it’s fantastic. They also … Continue reading
A student talked about Kaprekar’s constant (6174) during their my favorite presentation. Really cool. Steps (from wikipedia): Take any four-digit number, using at least two different digits. (Leading zeros are allowed.) Arrange the digits in descending and then in ascending … Continue reading
Darker pixel = longer Euclidean algorithm to find GCD(x,y). Here x & y range from 1 to 500. So many questions… pic.twitter.com/k8N6jiGxSd — Matt Enlow (@CmonMattTHINK) September 24, 2014 I saw this toot by Matt yesterday morning and I loved … Continue reading