{"id":381,"date":"2009-04-22T22:39:00","date_gmt":"2009-04-23T02:39:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/orbittrap.ca\/?p=381"},"modified":"2009-04-22T22:39:00","modified_gmt":"2009-04-23T02:39:00","slug":"mandelbrot-the-fractal-bear","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/orbittrap.ca\/?p=381","title":{"rendered":"Mandelbrot: The Fractal Bear"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\"I'm<\/a><\/p>\n

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Mandelbrot, The Fractal Bear<\/em> by Mouse<\/a><\/div>\n

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So who knew fractals could be so cuddly<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Or so tasty<\/a> and crunchy<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Tags:<\/strong> fractal<\/a>, fractals<\/a>, fractal art<\/a>, fractal blog<\/a>, mandelbrot the fractal bear<\/a>, mouse<\/a>, buttons for mouse<\/a>, tickle me julia<\/a>, cruelanimal<\/a>, orbit trap<\/a><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Mandelbrot, The Fractal Bear by Mouse So who knew fractals could be so cuddly. Or so tasty and crunchy. Tags: fractal, fractals, fractal art, fractal blog, mandelbrot the fractal bear, mouse, buttons for mouse, tickle me julia, cruelanimal, orbit trap<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":3204,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-381","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/orbittrap.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/mandelbrot_thefractalbear.jpg?fit=450%2C385","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":398,"url":"http:\/\/orbittrap.ca\/?p=398","url_meta":{"origin":381,"position":0},"title":"Is The Name Of Our Hero Benoit Mandelbrot Being Used To Market Ultra Fractal?","author":"Tim","date":"10 August, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"It's been more than three years now since the original Benoit Mandelbrot Fractal Art Contest made it's debut.\u00a0 For those of you who haven't been following these things, we've criticized the Contest over a number of things but primarily for the reason that the contest favors art work made with\u2026","rel":"","context":"Similar post","block_context":{"text":"Similar post","link":""},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":267,"url":"http:\/\/orbittrap.ca\/?p=267","url_meta":{"origin":381,"position":1},"title":"Beware of the Anti-Fractal","author":"Tim","date":"26 January, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"I know this will probably crack some folks up at first, but bear with me as I tell you about something that came to mind just recently while browsing the big page of \"winners\" at the 2007 Benoit Mandelbrot Fractal Art Contest site.First, let me draw your attention to the\u2026","rel":"","context":"With 9 comments","block_context":{"text":"With 9 comments","link":"http:\/\/orbittrap.ca\/?p=267#comments"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":339,"url":"http:\/\/orbittrap.ca\/?p=339","url_meta":{"origin":381,"position":2},"title":"Benoit Mandelbrot Fractal Art Contest 2008 Cancelled","author":"Tim","date":"20 August, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"How could this have happened?I really thought this was going to become a regular part of the Fractal Art world, but I guess that was too much to hope for.What could have gone wrong this year? 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