Norway’s Spiral in the Sky
Early one morning, citizens in northern Norway awoke to an amazing sight – a giant glowing spiral, taking up a huge portion of the night sky.
The Quaternion Bulb
My three dimensional unfolding of the quaternion Julia sets finally finished rendering.
Save Face With Facebank
Japan’s consumer goods lived up to their surreal billing during a recent stay at Narita Airport in Japan on my way to IAC 2009.
Quaternion Julia Fractals
These beautiful shapes are three dimensional slices of four dimensional objects known as quaternion Julia sets.
I See Sierpinski Shapes by the Sea Shore
The patterns on this sea shell appear to be very similar to that of a mathematical structure called a Sierpinski triangle.
Great Moments in Bat Science
Shuttle Discovery was launched this Sunday. If you look at a picture of liftoff, there appears to be something on the side of the external fuel tank.
Going Out With A Bang
“The low hanging fruit, i.e. idiots whose parents paid for prep school, Yale, and then the Harvard MBA, was there for the taking.”
Waterloo Engineering Welcoming Committee
This is probably the last thing you want to see if you’re dropping your daughter off at her new dorm.
Great Signs of Europe
Last year I traveled around Europe in search of the greatest signs known to humanity. Here’s the cream of the crop.






