Tweet Archive 2017 06
RT @okonomiyonda: after gen X, Y, and Z will come generation W. They will be the homogeneous generation. They will both divide us and give…
Replying to @robinhouston
Thx! This was me learning about space-filling polyhedra: https://timhutton.github.io/2012/09/14/36313.html. I then used them in Ready for reaction-diffusion patterns.
Replying to @robinhouston
And the above is Gray-Scott running on a truncated octahedral volume.
Replying to @robinhouston
No, but you can run it for yourself in Ready. File > New Pattern > Body-centred cubic honeycomb (truncated octahedra).
Replying to @robinhouston
Yes, Blender. Export OBJ from Ready, import in Blender, set up the scene. Could export a sequence of OBJs to make an animation too.
Replying to @robinhouston
Handy script to render a sequence of OBJs in Blender: https://github.com/GollyGang/ready/blob/gh-pages/Scripts/Blender/import_obj_sequence.py
Replying to @christianp
Shame about the error on the front cover:
RT @alisonmartin57: Getting more complex @SvenjaKeune #hyperbolic #weaving mode @florarobotica @CITAcph and @philayres_ @SwarmDynamics htt…
The Royal Mail Customer Service Point in Cambridge has an afternoon-only clock. I wonder why. (They open at 7am.)
RT @DavidKButlerUoA: If you draw lines from the corners of a square to the centre of each edge, you can make rhombuses of area 1/5, 1/4, 1/…
RT @SLSingh: While chatting to my older son yesterday, realised that forks are all about vertices, knives all about edges and spoons all ab…
If everyone who has money gives money to a random person, what happens over time? https://twitter.com/darrenglass/status/879332005078544384
Replying to @tjukanov and @robinhouston
There’s a market for custom-made posters of optimal routes to anywhere from your house.
Replying to @james_croft, @tjukanov and @robinhouston
Nice, thanks. Though I would prefer something a bit more functional, like with key roads and towns labelled. It would actually be useful!
This is a brave and principled move! https://twitter.com/DanielZeichner/status/880470163262496770