var gaJsHost = (("https:" == document.location.protocol) ? "https://ssl." : "http://www."); document.write(unescape("%3Cscript src='" + gaJsHost + "google-analytics.com/ga.js' type='text/javascript'%3E%3C/script%3E")); var pageTracker = _gat._getTracker("UA-4965557-2"); pageTracker._trackPageview(); a place for my mind outside of my head. lets see what happens *better than hereTumblr (3.0; @sasharappaport)http://sasharappaport.tumblr.com/<img src="http://22.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ktm4xpNbWC1qa4pypo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>(via <a href="http://www.baubauhaus.com/" class="tumblr_blog" target="_blank">baubauhaus</a>)</p>http://sasharappaport.tumblr.com/post/256451466http://sasharappaport.tumblr.com/post/256451466Tue, 24 Nov 2009 22:53:17 -0500<img src="http://22.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ktmv4iDxcb1qzox9ko1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://butdoesitfloat.com/160843/Vastness-and-Age-and-Memories-of-Eld-Silence-and-Desolation-and?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+ButDoesItFloat+%28but+does+it+float%29&utm_content=Google+Feedfetcher" target="_blank">Vastness! and Age! and Memories of Eld! Silence! and Desolation! and… - but does it float</a></p>http://sasharappaport.tumblr.com/post/256048378http://sasharappaport.tumblr.com/post/256048378Tue, 24 Nov 2009 16:45:53 -0500<object width="400" height="336"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/vEOmzjImsVc&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/vEOmzjImsVc&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="336" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent"></embed></object><br/><br/><p><a href="http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2009/11/amazing-software-turns-cheap-webcam-into-instant-3d-scanner/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+wired%2Findex+%28Wired%3A+Index+3+%28Top+Stories+2%29%29&utm_content=Google+Feedfetcher" target="_blank">Amazing Software Turns Cheap Webcam Into Instant 3D Scanner | Gadget Lab | Wired.com</a></p> <p>wow</p>http://sasharappaport.tumblr.com/post/255822099http://sasharappaport.tumblr.com/post/255822099Tue, 24 Nov 2009 12:31:54 -0500<img src="http://16.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ktmily34w71qzox9ko1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://www.good.is/post/education-101/" target="_blank">Education 101 | GOOD</a></p>http://sasharappaport.tumblr.com/post/255808311http://sasharappaport.tumblr.com/post/255808311Tue, 24 Nov 2009 12:15:34 -0500<img src="http://12.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ktl7onK0CX1qzox9ko1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://www.good.is/post/how-to-reduce-your-water-footprint/" target="_blank">How to Reduce Your Water Footprint | GOOD</a></p>http://sasharappaport.tumblr.com/post/254911099http://sasharappaport.tumblr.com/post/254911099Mon, 23 Nov 2009 19:21:58 -0500<img src="http://7.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ktl7e4Dv7w1qzox9ko1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://www.apartmenttherapy.com/sf/inspiration/inspiration-cable-drawings-102280?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+apartmenttherapy%2Fmain+%28Main%29&utm_content=Google+Feedfetcher" target="_blank">Inspiration: Cable Drawings | Apartment Therapy San Francisco</a></p>http://sasharappaport.tumblr.com/post/254903550http://sasharappaport.tumblr.com/post/254903550Mon, 23 Nov 2009 19:15:40 -0500meganmcisaac: smut-to-go: aar0n: This is a great interview. Here are a few of my favourite...http://sasharappaport.tumblr.com/post/251210810http://sasharappaport.tumblr.com/post/251210810Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:54:33 -0500Aromatically adjusting to manhattan…http://sasharappaport.tumblr.com/post/245047572http://sasharappaport.tumblr.com/post/245047572Sun, 15 Nov 2009 14:16:42 -0500<img src="http://19.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ksddtcepX81qztrv0o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>(via <a href="http://voodoovoodoo.tumblr.com/" target="_blank">voodoovoodoo</a>)</p>http://sasharappaport.tumblr.com/post/243683756http://sasharappaport.tumblr.com/post/243683756Sat, 14 Nov 2009 10:21:15 -0500<img src="http://2.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kt1v26tWll1qzox9ko1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://butdoesitfloat.com/145914/The-act-of-imagining-something-makes-it-real?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+ButDoesItFloat+%28but+does+it+float%29&utm_content=Google+Feedfetcher" target="_blank">The act of imagining something makes it real - but does it float</a></p>http://sasharappaport.tumblr.com/post/242550994http://sasharappaport.tumblr.com/post/242550994Fri, 13 Nov 2009 08:34:54 -0500<object width="400" height="336"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/NSA_Di2vliU&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/NSA_Di2vliU&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="336" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent"></embed></object><br/><br/><p><a href="http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/blog/ball_dont_lie/post/Video-Dwyane-Wade-dunks-on-Anderson-Varejao-s-s?urn=nba,202267" target="_blank">Video: Dwyane Wade dunks on Anderson Varejao’s soul</a></p>http://sasharappaport.tumblr.com/post/242548441http://sasharappaport.tumblr.com/post/242548441Fri, 13 Nov 2009 08:30:55 -0500<img src="http://17.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kt10vaR1501qzox9ko1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>tonight</p> <p>the first part of the film has max records from WTWTA</p>http://sasharappaport.tumblr.com/post/242114863http://sasharappaport.tumblr.com/post/242114863Thu, 12 Nov 2009 21:42:45 -0500Animal Collective: In the Flowers: i’m kinda so so on the videohttp://sasharappaport.tumblr.com/post/242109950http://sasharappaport.tumblr.com/post/242109950Thu, 12 Nov 2009 21:37:01 -0500<img src="http://6.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kt0zu2OAit1qzox9ko1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://www.presidiacreative.com/179-totally-clever-and-creative-package-designs/" target="_blank">179 Totally Clever and Creative Package Designs | Presidia Creative</a></p>http://sasharappaport.tumblr.com/post/242096202http://sasharappaport.tumblr.com/post/242096202Thu, 12 Nov 2009 21:20:26 -0500<img src="http://17.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kt0yodhKIh1qznmqxo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>(via <a href="http://ed209.tumblr.com/" target="_blank">ed209</a>)</p>http://sasharappaport.tumblr.com/post/242090503http://sasharappaport.tumblr.com/post/242090503Thu, 12 Nov 2009 21:13:20 -0500<object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="230" data="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=4238052&server=vimeo.com&fullscreen=1&show_title=1&show_byline=0&show_portrait=0&color=00ADEF"><param name="quality" value="best" /><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /><param name="scale" value="showAll" /><param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=4238052&server=vimeo.com&fullscreen=1&show_title=1&show_byline=0&show_portrait=0&color=00ADEF" /><embed src="http://www.vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=4238052&server=www.vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=0&show_portrait=0&color=00ADEF&fullscreen=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="400" height="230"></embed></object><br/><br/><p><a href="http://www.good.is/post/intermission-eye-popping-3d-building-projections/" target="_blank">Intermission: Eye-popping 3D Building Projections | GOOD</a></p>http://sasharappaport.tumblr.com/post/241852862http://sasharappaport.tumblr.com/post/241852862Thu, 12 Nov 2009 17:11:05 -0500<img src="http://14.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kt0noncetH1qz6f9yo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://thisisnthappiness.com/post/241840571/international-vegetarian-union" target="_blank">nevver</a>:</p> <blockquote><p><a href="http://designyoutrust.com/2009/11/12/international-vegetarian-union/" target="_blank">International Vegetarian Union</a></p></blockquote>http://sasharappaport.tumblr.com/post/241841535http://sasharappaport.tumblr.com/post/241841535Thu, 12 Nov 2009 16:59:07 -0500<a href="http://thirtyconversationsondesign.com/">Thirty Conversations on Design </a>http://sasharappaport.tumblr.com/post/241601913http://sasharappaport.tumblr.com/post/241601913Thu, 12 Nov 2009 11:43:10 -0500<img src="http://15.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kt07bmvPEE1qz4sslo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://dailymeh.tumblr.com/post/241573879" target="_blank">dailymeh</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>You know <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mandelbrot_set" target="_blank">Mandelbrot</a>, right? It’s a set of points that, if you draw its outline, produces a 2D fractal, like <a href="http://dailymeh.tumblr.com/post/220369638" target="_blank">the Sierpinski triangle</a>, but more visually interesting.</p> <p>Well, someone <a href="http://www.skytopia.com/project/fractal/mandelbulb.html" target="_blank">found a 3D equivalent</a> dubbed the “mandelbulb”. The above is a cross-section showing the interior of the structure. This thing produces incredible views, and you can keep varying parameters, zooming in and out, taking cross-sections, iterating, and so on to get infinite variations of the thing. It’s awesome.</p> <p>To be precise, it’s <a href="http://www.skytopia.com/project/fractal/2mandelbulb.html" target="_blank">probably</a> not the true analogue of the 2D mandelbrot set, but it is a very impressive approximation:</p> <blockquote> <p>As exquisite as the detail is in our discovery, there’s good reason to believe that it isn’t the real McCoy. Sure, there are incredible patterns, and I for one could be fooled at first glance. However, it would seem that the real thing will have even more exquisite detail, surpassing even the pictures we’ve seen! (That’s if it exists, but hey, there seems less doubt about that now!)</p> <p>Evidence it’s not the holy grail? Well, the most obvious is that the standard quadratic version isn’t anything special. Only higher powers (around after 3-5) seem to capture the detail that one might expect. The original 2D Mandelbrot has organic detail even in the standard power/order 2 version. Even power 8 in the 3D Mandelbulb has smeared ‘whipped cream’ sections, which are nice in a way as they provide contrast to the more detailed parts, but again, they wouldn’t compare to the variety one might expect from a 3D version of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Mandel_zoom_03_seehorse.jpg" target="_blank">Seahorse valley</a>.</p> <p>That means the biggest secret is still under wraps, open to anyone who has the inclination, and appreciation for how cool this thing would look. For sure I’ll still keep looking. For those people who take up the search, I wish you the best of luck. Until then, we’ll still have great fun exploring this object to the right I think!</p> </blockquote> <p>Check out the <a href="http://www.skytopia.com/project/fractal/mandelbulb.html#renders" target="_blank">gallery</a> for lots of pretty pictures.</p> <p>Imagine if they used this stuff to teach about trigonometry, geometry, imaginary numbers and so on. Math class suddenly became a hell of a lot more interesting! I know I’d be a lot more motivated to dive into hairy formulas if I could relate to it visually, like this.</p> </blockquote>http://sasharappaport.tumblr.com/post/241588144http://sasharappaport.tumblr.com/post/241588144Thu, 12 Nov 2009 11:24:23 -0500<img src="http://23.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ksxq0nhaZS1qa4pypo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>(via <a href="http://www.baubauhaus.com/" target="_blank">baubauhaus</a>)</p>http://sasharappaport.tumblr.com/post/240301719http://sasharappaport.tumblr.com/post/240301719Wed, 11 Nov 2009 09:22:05 -0500