Author: Geeks out of the Box
This is a blog about Simon, a young mathematician and programmer, and his little sister Neva. We write this blog together, share their projects and thoughts on their journey towards self-dicovery. They’re growing up in a supportive non-coercive learning environment. We deeply believe in interest-based, self-paced education and have had to move countries to make this possible as a family.
Visit Simon’s website at https://simontiger.com/
We are a family from Amsterdam who moved to Antwerp because homeschooling is illegal in The Netherlands.
This blog started as https://antwerpenhomeschooling.wordpress.com in March 2016. Over the years, most of our entries have gravitated towards exploring together with Simon as he has developed an insatiable passion for programming, math and science. His sister Neva is treading on his heals. We changed or name to Geeks of the Box in May 2021.
Pi Day — Calculate pi in 3 ways (that I know of) · Issue #883 · CodingTrain/Rainbow-Topics · GitHub
Simon preparing for his favorite festive date tomorrow, Pi Day!! https://github.com/CodingTrain/Rainbow-Topics/issues/883
Live Stream #10. Chapter 4 of Living Code. Perlin Noise.
Yesterday’s live stream, in which Simon continued teaching Perlin Noise (tweaking values and flow field):
Simon’s Triangles Conjecture
Simon came up with what he calls a conjecture about the minimum number of equilateral triangles that fit into a larger equilateral triangle. He has discovered that for equilateral triangles … Continue reading Simon’s Triangles Conjecture
Conway Checkers game in Processing
Simon has programmed a Conway Checkers game in Processing (Java). The game is a math version of traditional checkers and was invented by John Conway (famous as the author of … Continue reading Conway Checkers game in Processing
A Cool Number Guessing Trick! Or Brown’s Criterion in Processing
This is a fun number guessing trick, based on powers of 2 and the Fibonacci sequence, that even little kids can enjoy. You don’t have to know anything about the … Continue reading A Cool Number Guessing Trick! Or Brown’s Criterion in Processing
Barnsley Fern in Processing
Simon used an algorithm that applies transformations randomly, with some transformations more likely to be picked. The result is a stunning fern leaf pattern. Amazing how such beauty can be … Continue reading Barnsley Fern in Processing
The Magic Hexagon
Simon made this magic hexagon inspired by a Numberphile video. Every row of numbers inside the hexagon makes 38 (also diagonally) and every side sums up to 38 as … Continue reading The Magic Hexagon
The discovery of the e constant
In this video, Simon talks about the discovery of the e constant (Euler’s Number) and how it relates to calculating annual interest rates in banking. Inspired by a Numberphile … Continue reading The discovery of the e constant
Mandelbrot Set in Processing
The base of the code comes from Daniel Shiffman’s Coding Train tutorial, but Simon has altered the colors and made zooming in interactive, he has added the exact zoom coordinates … Continue reading Mandelbrot Set in Processing
Livestream #9. Living Code, Chapter 4: Perlin Noise
Today’s livestream devoted to Perlin Noise: Livestream screenshot:
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