Halcyon Days - Walt Whitman

Not from successful love alone,
Nor wealth, nor honor'd middle age, nor victories of politics or war;
But as life wanes, and all the turbulent passions calm,
As gorgeous, vapory, silent hues cover the evening sky,
As softness, fulness, rest, suffuse the frame, like freshier, balmier air,
As the days take on a mellower light, and the apple at last hangs
really finish'd and indolent-ripe on the tree,
Then for the teeming quietest, happiest days of all!
The brooding and blissful halcyon days!

Tuesday, May 24, 2011

Fractal Geometry

The background of my website is a fascinating image of something called the Mandelbrot Set which is a fractal. It is a popular example of a mathematical visualization.  A fractal is a geometric shape that can be split into parts, each of which is a reduced copy of the whole.    To see a zoom-able image of the Mandelbrot Set that will make your head spin, go here: Neave Fractal Zoom.   For the mathematicians out there, or to ruin all of the mystique and fun of the Mandelbrot set, go here Wiki/Mandelbrot_set and get ready to have your mind blown! 
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