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September 28, 2007
Category: Riding the Waves
Due to extending circumstances, Chaotic Utopia will be on hiatus for the next week. Regular blogging, including more animated fractals and further discussion of climate change, will resume in early October. I apologize for the inconvenience, and hope to provide...
Posted by Karmen at 9:15 AM • 3 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
September 23, 2007
Category: Fractals
This week’s fractal has been delayed slightly, to coincide with the Autumnal Equinox. It isn’t your usual Friday Fractal, either. I was fiddling around this week, thinking about ancient symbols which may have represented some sort of dynamic changes. Were...
Posted by Karmen at 2:46 PM • 0 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
September 19, 2007
Category: Riding the Waves
Ahoy there, mehearties! Since it be Talk Like a Pirate day, I know yer probably wantin’ to be off ridin’ the waves, plundering the countryside, drinkin’ rum by the gallon and other piratey tasks, but first, there be a battle...
Posted by Karmen at 8:47 PM • 0 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
September 18, 2007
Category: Climate
What sort effects will temperature change have on our planet? Sure, the melting of the ice caps and the raising coastlines seem like important issues to address, as do hurricanes, droughts, and the management of fossil fuels. But what about...
Posted by Karmen at 4:30 PM • 3 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Climate
Remember the ol’ Bush compound on Walker’s Point, in Kennebunkport, Maine? Check out this map, indicating the effects of sea level rise: A one meter rise of sea level is shown in red, while the yellow indicates a six meter...
Posted by Karmen at 12:14 PM • 6 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
September 15, 2007
Category: Fractals
Diving into the aesthetics of combined fractal transformations. Or, how fractal patterns combine to seem "natural." It's strange math or pretty pictures--you decide.
Posted by Karmen at 3:05 PM • 3 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
September 11, 2007
Category: Jerks
I’m not sure whether this comic is funny or frightening: Either way, Rob Balder did it again....
Posted by Karmen at 12:08 PM • 1 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Home Sweet Earth
A few posts back, I indicated that I was finished with travelling, and ready to settle into my classes at CU Boulder. Naturally, chaos has a way of affecting plans made with certainty. Sure enough, as soon as I returned...
Posted by Karmen at 11:59 AM • 3 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
September 7, 2007
Category: Fractals
Life is complex. The last week has been particularly so for me, but I’d rather not go into details about it. So, I’m keeping this week’s fractal somewhat on the simple side. I suppose in fractals, just like life, simplicity...
Posted by Karmen at 11:28 PM • 0 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
September 4, 2007
Category: Riding the Waves
We laid my grandfather’s ashes to rest this weekend, at the Black Hills National Cemetery near Sturgis, SD. I’ve never attended a military service before, and figured it would be a fairly regimentary experience; certainly not an emotional one. Yet,...
Posted by Karmen at 5:30 PM • 5 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
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