Entries from October 2007 ↓

I found a website that explains the creation of the Buddhabrot Hologram set, a different perspective on the Mandelbrot set. Along with an intriguing set of pictures of this set, there are a number of videos. These were all created by Melinda Green of Superliminal Software.

Here are some of the videos from the website:

For more videos, check out our YouTube channel. If you want to check out the higher quality videos, go directly to the source.

Benoit Hardy-Vallée made a post over at his blog Natural Rationality about Sciencehack, a moderated science video aggregator.

Here are a few videos I’ve found on the site and hope you enjoy:

We’ve experienced some issues upgrading to the newest version of WordPress. It might take a day to fix. Bare with the weirdness for the moment please.

I generally find myself browsing YouTube only out of extreme boredom. It has replaced Solitaire, Snood, and a few other forms of mindless entertainment that have grasped my attention over the years. Since I got rid of the television, I occasionally find myself browsing and can’t remember why I started or how long it’s been. Of all my browsing, this video is probably the greatest thing I’ve ever seen:

Update: Apparently YouTube took down the last video. Some kind soul has uploaded a new version.

Here we find another set of super-realist sculptures, this time by Marc Sijan, a Wisconsin native who began using plaster, polyester resin, varnish, and oil paints to craft extremely like-like figures in graduate school in the early 1970’s. Ruth Sternberg (formerly of the Canton Institute of Art) once said of Mr. Sijan’s work, “Sijan’s figures are incredibly lifelike, sensuous and graceful. In fact, they are so lifelike, they seem always on the verge of movement, a mere instant away from action. The pores in the skin, the tiny hairs, and veins; even the bald spots, the blemishes, the individual shapes of the faces that make human beings so similar, yet so unique: These are the essence of what makes Marc Sijan’s work so arresting.” While his work has often been compared to the work of our previous subject, Duane Hanson, it has a very different quality to it. He seems to focus less on making social commentary and far more on capturing the posed moments of people’s lives in all of their three-dimensional glory.

Note: Much to the chagrin of many of the commenters on my previous super-realist post, I’ve included pictures of some of his works of obese people. Also, as so many of you said you’d have used your talent for, a marginally “hot chick.”

Here are six pictures of his pieces:

Deep in Thought


Mamma Mia


Depressed Mode


Help Me Snorkle


Mr. Policeman


Tourist Trap