Monthly Archives: March 2008

Better than Escher?

Yes, but let’s give the old guy credit for having to work with such primitive tools — like himself.
That’s right; I don’t have to calculate or plan anything in my own head like what’s-his-name did. With a single, thunderous click I unleash an awesome whirlwind of mathematical calculations, the simplest of which would leave

Nobody said a word, but I knew

There was a time when the radio made pictures. There was a time when you could see the sounds you heard. You could look at the radio waves.
Abandoned now, the memories still exist. Ask anyone, like me, around my age, how the radios at one time used to come with a little

Are you ready for bubbles?

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I don’t know what made me pick up Sterlingware again. After a year or two of experimenting with the formula parser in Inkblot Kaos and Tierazon and a whole bunch of photoshop filters, Sterlingware didn’t seem exciting anymore.
Once again, I’d thought I’d squeezed every good thing out of Sterlingware. Sure, like every progam

Incoming

Incoming (1999)
Duck and cover, Orbit Trappers. There’s been some shelling this week on the Fractal Universe Calendar front.
Although I noted that the current Fractal Universe Calendar editor should presume she has been contacted with the questions raised in my last post, I would describe the response so far as tepid. To speed

Postcards from the Future

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Springtime on the Fractal Plains

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Post-Card

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Facelift

Facelift (2008)
The call has sounded again for the 2010 Fractal Universe Calendar. And the website for all things FU has been given a text-heavy facelift. But peel away the new cosmetic facade, and nothing has changed.
The FU folks get really upset if you call this whole shebang a contest. Check our

Secret, Invisible and Ever-Unknown

Photographed by Sterlingware, the Hubble Telescope of Fractals (Sterli12.loo)
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The Bird That Gave Birth to the Moon

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There is a new legend that tells how a bird gave birth to the moon.
For thousands of years the bird had laid eggs and all of them had been eaten by animals in the forest.
The bird started by laying eggs on the ground, which were of course quickly found and eaten.
Next

Temple of Saturn

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I’m trying to get Clickism recognized as an official Olympic sport.
Of course, if that happens I probably won’t even qualify for a spot on my country’s first official team to compete at the next Olympics. The competition gets pretty

Troll Prima Donna

Troll Prima Donna (2000)
Another paradigm shift: trolls are hecklers. They aren’t satisfied with the nearly infinite opportunities on the Internet to build their own spaces and places and express their views. They’d rather steal our voice and burn down our house.
Anyone who starts a blog, especially one functioning in part as a