A tangenital mix of blogliness, studying the effects of time, change, and chaos
A student in Colorado, looking for some sort of synthesis--the big picture, encompassing all the strangeness in the universe--but willing to settle for the philosophic or poetic lens.
Most of my favorite blogs can be found here somewhere on ScienceBlogs. Here are a few of the other gems out there:
June 29, 2007
Category: Fractals
Fractals must lend themselves well to feathery forms. Last time, I used a Mandelbrot set to mimic the soft leaves of the Yarrow plant. Here, I decided to use the same Mandelbrot set to create feathery forms of a different...
Posted by Karmen at 3:42 PM • 4 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
June 28, 2007
Category: Colorado
Ice cream soda, lemonade, milkshakes, lunch, cigars and tobacco: A summertime park picture by Charles S. Lillybridge Summer at the park in Denver was a little different 100 years ago. I'll never understand how they beat the heat in those...
Posted by Karmen at 5:36 PM • 5 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
June 27, 2007
Category: Ethics
I had plans to write about beavers this week... but this (coincidentally?) came up instead. ScienceBlogs has gone a-buzz over bikini waxing, since Tara wrote about a young woman who suffered painful complications and infections after a "Brazilian" wax. Does our culture encourage this sort of practice, despite the potential suffering?
Posted by Karmen at 2:11 PM • 22 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
June 26, 2007
Category: Anthropology
I sent this petroglyph photograph to SmartGirlsRock for my recent interview, despite the fact that I've never posted it on my site. There is a bit of background story to it. My mom, who teaches high school anthropology, has always been...
Posted by Karmen at 7:02 PM • 3 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Complexity
It isn't hard to spot the aphids in this picture: Aphids feasting on a maple leaf. But, we aren't the only ones checking them out:...
Posted by Karmen at 2:33 PM • 2 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
June 25, 2007
Category: Complexity
Why we blog; the pressures of the blogosphere, existential musings, and best of all, children's art.
Posted by Karmen at 9:35 PM • 4 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
June 21, 2007
Category: Riding the Waves
It's summer... right smack in the middle of nearly the longest day of the year. Even though the Front Range is scattered with thick cloud cover, it's hot... just about too hot to blog. Luckily, I don't need to; you can hop over...
Posted by Karmen at 6:24 PM • 0 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
June 20, 2007
Category: Complexity
And here's a bit of complexity from the 'burbs, a bit of chaotic strangeness for your week: an odd fruit on a narrowleaf cottonwood tree. Could it be a result of a changing habitat? Or misidentification?
Posted by Karmen at 4:55 PM • 3 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
June 17, 2007
Category: Riding the Waves
What a busy Sunday... I seem to have a lot of little things to post about, but I didn't want to forget to wish all the dads out there, especially my own, a happy Father's Day. I owe my Dad...
Posted by Karmen at 4:25 PM • 4 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Art
I've had a link to the original zoomquilt on my blogroll for as long as I've had a blogroll. The idea of a collaborative online art project has always intrugied me. Can a dozen plus different artists around the world...
Posted by Karmen at 2:45 PM • 2 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Riding the Waves
I have another game review posted at JayIsGames.com. If you've wondered why I posted lightly over the last week, now you'll understand. Alice Greenfingers sounded interesting at first glance. Just check out the manufacturer's description: Alice's big dream is to...
Posted by Karmen at 2:04 PM • 0 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
June 15, 2007
Category: Jerks
This is a nice, pretty leech: This is a not-so-nice-and-pretty, content-stealing leech: And, of course, when you find one leech, there's probably more lurking around. Sure enough, there are others trying to suck off of the content you see on...
Posted by Karmen at 9:00 PM • 4 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Fractals
Here we are, at my 50th Friday Fractal. I have yet to tire of the beautiful spiraling and branching forms of the Mandelbrot set. I've found no shortage of matching forms in nature, either. Even in my own garden, I...
Posted by Karmen at 6:42 PM • 0 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
June 13, 2007
Category: The Arrow of Time
Dad and the Dog I get the feeling that the little girl wasn't posing for this picture, rather, she seems content just to watch her father and the dog create a spectacle for Lillybridge's camera. While the outfits, especially...
Posted by Karmen at 7:20 PM • 2 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
June 11, 2007
Category: Complexity
Nut or Grain Weevil (Probably Curculio, unknown species) Weevils wobble but they don't fall off the lampshade. I found this little guy wandering helplessly in circles around the top of my lamp. His long, skinny snout is a handy...
Posted by Karmen at 2:08 PM • 0 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
June 9, 2007
Category: Riding the Waves
On June 9, 2006, a large group of us joined ScienceBlogs at once, along with a facelift for the site at large. So, in celebration of our one year anniversary, I decided to pour through the archives of the last...
Posted by Karmen at 11:03 PM • 0 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
June 8, 2007
Category: Fractals
It seems that cephalopods, from giant squids and octopi to camouflaging cuttlefish, are all the rage these days. As I've shown before, cephalopods can be quite fractalish (or fractals tend to be tentaclish, take your pick.) I'm not exactly sure...
Posted by Karmen at 3:12 PM • 1 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
June 7, 2007
Category: Colorado
Strong winds rustle the grass along the dam at Calkins Lake in Colorado. Don't see the lake in this 360 degree panorama?...
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June 6, 2007
Category: Colorado
Now who was supposed to keep this park clean? While gathering in a Denver park, picnickers pause to pose for Charles S. Lillybridge. Photographer Charles S. Lillybridge lived along the Platte River near the Archer Canal, by the Alameda...
Posted by Karmen at 12:10 PM • 0 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
June 5, 2007
Category: Home Sweet Earth
Better Homes and Gardens recently listed 10 Easy Ways to Go Green in a slideshow on their website. While the ideas are accompanied by classy pictures, none of them are especially novel or revolutionary. However, they are excellent ideas,...
Posted by Karmen at 9:02 PM • 3 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
June 4, 2007
Category: Colorado
Raindrops fall into the Farmer's Highline Canal in Westminster, Colorado. Here, cottonwood trees, coyote willows, and town homes sprout along a canal, once primarily used for agricultural purposes, now supporting these suburban communities. Not too long ago, this was...
Posted by Karmen at 9:39 PM • 2 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
June 1, 2007
Category: Fractals
Today, you can create your own fractal. (Don't worry, I'll still include one of my artistic fractals at the end of this post.) You don't need to download any programs, or learn any new techniques. In fact, the only thing...
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