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:
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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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.
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September 11, 2007
Category: Jerks
I’m not sure whether this comic is funny or frightening: Either way, Rob Balder did it again....
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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...
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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...
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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,...
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