Mandelbrot Spin Zoom

Updated on Saturday, February 19, 2022

Mandelbrot Spin Zoom

Zooming into the Mandelbrot Set is always fun but I feel it's often a bit static and would be enlivened by a good spin so you can corkscrew your way down. Enjoy:

This was cloud rendered over two weeks using a Google Compute Engine high CPU instance (on a free trial, thanks Google).

I used the coordinates from a video posted by metafis on YouTube and a palette approach posted by Alex Russell on Stack Overflow.

The music is Flaming Memories generated by JukeDeck.

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(Published to the Fediverse as: Mandelbrot Spin Zoom #etc #video #mandelbrot A deep spiraling zoom into the Mandelbrot Set with music from JukeDeck )

West of West Portal

Updated on Saturday, February 19, 2022

West of West Portal

This timelapse contains edited highlights from January 2015 to January 2016. I have a Nest Cam (previously DropCam) pointed at the Pacific from the back of my house. To create the footage I grab a frame every 20 seconds and save it to Google Drive using Google Apps Script. I fire up a program about once a week that creates a daily timelapse movie from the frames.

The music on the video is from the excellent JukeDeck. This particular track was randomly but happily called California Battle.

As well as the conventional timelapses I'm creating a couple of different videos from all of the footage. More over the next few months.

(Previously)

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(Published to the Fediverse as: West of West Portal #timelapse #westportal #video Highlights from one year of timelapses looking over the Pacific from West Portal in San Francisco, CA )

Bayview Rise

Updated on Monday, May 10, 2021

Bayview Rise

Bayview Rise is a large work of art created by Laura Haddad and Tom Drugan installed at Port Pier 92 in the Bayview district of San Francisco.

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(Published to the Fediverse as: Bayview Rise #photo #sanfrancisco Bayview Rise, an illuminated mural by Laura Haddad and Tom Drugan at Port Pier 92 in San Francisco, California. )

Book reviews for January 2016

Updated on Friday, February 24, 2017
Starhawk (The Academy, #7) by Jack McDevitt

Starhawk (The Academy, #7) by Jack McDevitt

3/5

It's a prequel - how Hutch became Hutch - and because of that it's a bit limited in scope. Comfortable filler with a few good moments - worth reading for completeists.

 

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News: Wisdom teeth removal is rarely necessary

Updated on Sunday, November 6, 2022

News: Case made for 'ninth planet'

Updated on Sunday, November 6, 2022

Shapefile Update

Updated on Sunday, May 23, 2021

A few people have asked for 3D shape support in my ESRI Shapefile library. I've never got around to it, but CodePlex user ekleiman has forked a version in his ESRI Shapefile to Image Convertor that supports PointZ, PolygonZ and PolyLineZ shapes. If that's what you need please check it out.

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San Bruno Mountain

Updated on Sunday, January 2, 2022

San Bruno Mountain

San Bruno Mountain

San Bruno Mountain

San Bruno Mountain

San Bruno Mountain State Park has outstanding views of San Francisco, the Pacific out to the Farallon Islands and much of the bay. We did the three mile summit loop (the wrong way round, San Bruno pros do it counter-clockwise).

Hike starts at 37.6888964,-122.437008 (Google Earth).

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Book reviews for December 2015

Updated on Friday, February 24, 2017
Aurora by Kim Stanley Robinson

Aurora by Kim Stanley Robinson

3/5

I always want to like Kim Stanley Robinson more than i do, this time was no different. It's a generation ship colonization story with a pretty decent if depressing twist and I really enjoyed the fist half of the book. After that it gets pretty slow and repetitive and then ends in a pretty unsatisfying and trite way.

 

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Mount Davidson 360 4K

Updated on Saturday, February 19, 2022

Mount Davidson 360 4K

360 degree 4K timelapse from Mount Davidson, the highest peak in San Francisco. Shot in five segments.

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(Published to the Fediverse as: Mount Davidson 360 4K #timelapse #360 #4k #video Timelapse showing the views from Mount Davidson in San Francisco, California. 360 4K. Highest peak in San Francisco. )