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.
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Live Stream #7. Chapter 3 of Living Code: Random Numbers.

Simon’s 7th live stream on Thursday went great. He has about 230 subscribers at the moment, so there were people watching and posting encouraging comments in the chat. In the … Continue reading Live Stream #7. Chapter 3 of Living Code: Random Numbers.

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More Numberphile-inspired stuff! 

More Numberphile-inspired stuff! Simon has been studying Mersenne Primes (2^n – 1) and their relation to perfect numbers via the Numberphile channel and heard Matt Parker say no one has proved … Continue reading More Numberphile-inspired stuff! 

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Live Stream #6. (Mostly) Chapter 2 of Living Code: Forces.

Simon’s latest live stream on Thursday, January 11 was a blast! For the first time in his programming career he actually had quite a few viewers – largely thanks to … Continue reading Live Stream #6. (Mostly) Chapter 2 of Living Code: Forces.