recursiveprocess(ing) at tumblr
March 10, 2015, 12:00 amFor 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.
Pulsar (Processing Sketch)
March 3, 2015, 12:00 amJust 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.
Car Talk Gone Fishing Puzzler
March 1, 2015, 12:00 amTOM: 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 on the boat overnight. They’re going to get up in the morning, divvy up...
How do I start Programming?
February 23, 2015, 12:00 amThese 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: it’s quite hard and slow at first but if you hold on just a little then suddenly you start seeing all the beauty of it and you...
Car Talk Product Placement Puzzler
January 5, 2015, 12:00 amRAY: 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: X plus A in parentheses times X minus B in parentheses times X plus C in parenthe...
Spirographs
November 6, 2014, 12:00 amHat 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 is closed?
Car Talk Annulus Puzzler
October 27, 2014, 12:00 amRAY: 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, because they don’t want to buy any extra paint. The carousel, of course, is a cir...
Skype with Dark Sky
October 23, 2014, 12:00 am(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 make the great weather site forecast.io.) Super nice guy, I just emailed and as...
Kaprekar’s constant
September 29, 2014, 12:00 amA 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 order to g...
Euclid GCD
September 25, 2014, 12:00 amDarker 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 the visual of the color based on the number of...