I've been trying to find a snowflake to photograph for this week's fractal, but our skies are clear. Maybe this is it:
Via Kevin & Kell by Bill Holbrook.
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For today's fractal, here's something abstract:
The Lines Between*
*Left open to interpretation.
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Thanks for the comment Steve. I actually wrote in a comment here a few weeks ago asking what was happening with this blog after the announcement that O'Reilly was dropping the Digital Media division. It's really refreshing to get an honest comment on what's happening. I really hope the blog picks up again.