... for this journal.

My main gripe is that links are much too subtle, it's hard to tell if a link is actually in the post.

Expect a change in the way this journal looks in the coming week!

The Burning Man project I mentioned earlier requires a grid of LEDs. I want to avoid square grid units because I want something that had an inherent radial pattern. Research reveals that a hexagon is the regular polygon with the most sides that can be tiles without gaps between the units. Also the length of the internal diagonals are multiples of ( Read more... )

... does not mean what it usually means in the real world. I am slowly learning how it differs from the dictionary meaning:
"A person whom one knows and with whom one has a bond of mutual affection, typically exclusive of sexual or family relations."

On LiveJournal, "friend" can have that meaning, but mostly it means:
"Complete stranger who has ( Read more... )

I've been to Burning Man twice. The first time I was part of the Cloud Factory giant chill tent crew. It was great to create a little sonic oasis where visitors could relax on their travels around the great semi-circles ( Read more... )

 I've figured out that when LiveJournal says that "All" can respond to a poll, they mean "All LiveJournal account holders", not the public. Which is disappointing - I don't want to compete with hundreds of other polls for LiveJournal user's attention. I don't answer any of the polls I see off in the margins of the page, and I don't expect to see ( Read more... )

Poll Monster in the closet?Inspired by a poll about beliefs in the supernatural - five perent say they have seen a monster in the closet.

I'm working on an online report on the originals of my personal symbol, describing the possible antecedents and the initial inspiration to create it. But, I'm not finished and I need to get to sleep! I hope to finish and have the page online by late tomorrow evening.

Meanwhile, ex-catholic that I am, I'm sure this is one of my influences.

I've updated my profile pic - it's a version of a symbol that have a special significance to me.


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My Bookshelves Tells Me ...

What cops know -
faces of The Enemy,
maledicta, body language,
one fairy story too many.

We hold these truths:
Andersen's fairy tales,
Crazy wisdom,
The sense of beauty.

Mathematics -
for practical use,
Light - the flying circus
of physics.

Angry women, unlikely liberators.
Witches and sorcerers
trance dance,
ecstatic body postures.

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Here's a very interesting blog post about Turing Patterns, and an artist named Jonathan McCabe who has created great still images and animations based on the rules of "reaction-diffusion patterns". Go to McCabe's Flickr photo gallery for some great still pictures, and his Vimeo pages for his animations. Beautiful work!

The animations that are ( Read more... )