Green Planet

The quotation made me smile. Today's Gratitude Item: That my dad's colonoscopy came back clear (was incredibly worried about this - long story) and that I have a "pre-interview" for…

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Green Morning

This one turned out much better than expected. Today's Gratitude Item: Scoring in the 96th percentile (top 4%) on the Illustrator CS3 test over at Elance. Now all I need…

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Singapore

This one is the result of a request. Its dedicated to all those Singaporeans out there :) Today's Gratitude Item: Scoring in the top 10% *just* on the Elance MS…

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Dragon Moon

Named because it looks like a full moon and the pattern is the result of the Mobius Dragon variation in Fractal Science Kit. Today's Gratitude Item: Networking opportunities. It turns…

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Tropical Trouble

As in, when a cyclone comes near a beach in the tropics, the results are often messy. Today's Gratitude Item: Someone "out there" saw my work on flickr and was…

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Corn Rise

As is so often the case, this one took a very long time to render. Happily the resulting image did not disappoint. Today's Gratitude Item: A caffeine high. I was…

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Tiled Corn

This one involved a lot of post processing. I took the "Cornrise" image and created a pattern with it. Then the pattern was tiled and finally the wallpaper was created.…

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Change Signal

Sometimes changes in life are heralded with stars / bright flashes. Today's Gratitude Item: Finally getting Kodu Game labs installed on my computer (and my student's machines) at school. This…

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Swirl Central

These fractals take a while to render but I'm enjoying creating them. Today's Gratitude Item: Requests from the Auckland Libraries are now free. That means not having to pay $1.00…

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Making Waves

Zeev asked me to make a ripple in the shape of a Star of David. Here is the result. I'm not sure the star inside is strong enough, but anything…

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