Slime molds are so close to being both plant and animal... that it's like they can't make up their minds... and they're thinking now that maybe it's this, is who's been running the earth all this time. -David St. HubbinsAn amazing gallery (don't miss the animated one at the end!) of macro photography of Slime Molds. Related: they can solve a maze (more). And for those, like me, who didn't get the joke, Mr. Hubbins is no ordinary person: he is a fictional character.
tip from nix.
I bought a cheapo Samsung laser printer and it kind of sat around my apartment for longer than I would like to admit. I didn't have any space in my home office. And I was dreading that installation nonsense. But eventually I got my shit together and set it up and plugged it in... to my Mac. Yes I have a minimac because sometimes I just need After Effects and Photoshop. And I figured it would be easy... didn't Apple invent the category with the LaserWriter?
The Mac recognized the device, but when I tried to print I got a strange error. So then I tried Linux and boom! It worked like a charm, out of the box, zero configuration. I don't know why I didn't do this sooner. Thank you Linux. I am so happy!
It starts at 7pm with a VIP champagne toast for philanthropists and politicos ($100 minimum admission). But then at 9pm DJs come on, the hoi polloi come in ($10 admission), and the fun kicks into high gear (open bar till midnight!). Expect this to go all night. "Alter egos and extravagant attire welcome".
What: 3LD Annual Party
When: October 17th 2008
Where: 80 Greenwhich St, downtown Manhattan
The talk was recorded and I'll post the video when it becomes available.
Shout-out to Tara Roys for "handling" me and especially for getting me to the airport on-time early Sunday morning after that late Saturday night. Check out her Apophysis tutorial, perhaps the best I've seen. It has a detailed graphical explanation of the fundamentals, plus a smattering of advanced topics. I disagree with the section on copyright, but that's a topic of its own. Thanks ACM!
a novel technique for the visualization of magnetic fields. Two ferrofluid Hele-Shaw cells have been constructed to facilitate the imaging of magnetic field lines. We deduce that magnetically induced photonic band gap arrays similar to electrostatic liquid crystal operation are responsible for the photographed images and seek to mathematically prove the images are of exact dipole nature.It sure looks like the Electric Sheep for example 165.29720, 198.07654 and many more. What's your favorite "magnetic" sheep?
I've always wondered if there were a physical process that modeled the sheep algorithm, for example fractal laser modes have another aspect, but I haven't seen the real thing yet...
Props to Iz.