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.
Spacious living
At an open air swimming pool: And just pondering about today’s projects in the morning:
Preparing to give Dad some Processing Lessons
Simon has been giving Dad some lessons in Processing (Java), following the chapters in Daniel Shiffman’s book The Nature of Code. The have already finished Chapetr 1 (Vectors) and moved … Continue reading Preparing to give Dad some Processing Lessons
Algebra: Functions
Simon loves functions. He hasn’t ever studid them in Algebra, but comes across functions regularly in programming. This is what he came up with Wednesday: I showed Simon that … Continue reading Algebra: Functions
Train Simulation: Seek and Flee Steering Behaviors. Simon’s own code.
Simon’s sketch is available online at https://alpha.editor.p5js.org/simontiger/sketches/B1GtGlDGb This train simulation is Simon’s own code using the seek and flee steering behaviors… and a slider:
Bubble Project translated from Codea into p5.js
Simon translated this Bubble project from Codea (a physics library and an app) into p5.js (JavaScript) and put it on GitHub at: https://github.com/simon-tiger/bubble-projects
Box2D into Codea, Java into Lua
Several recent translations of Box2D examples (from Daniel Shiffman’s book The Nature of Code) into Codea, that is Processing (Java) into Lua. Both Box2D and Codea are physics libraries. Surface: … Continue reading Box2D into Codea, Java into Lua
Neural Network Animations in JavaScript
New examples from Daniel Shiffman’s book The Nature of Code translated into JavaScript in Simon’s Neural Networks collection at https://codepen.io/collection/DbBqJj/
Neural Networks Coding Challenge
Simon completes the Neural Networks Coding Challenge (in Processing, Java) that he had followed in the Intelligence and Learning Livestream last Friday. In the videos below he also talks about … Continue reading Neural Networks Coding Challenge
Neural Networks. Perceptron and Preception Seeking in JavaScript
Simon has translated Examples 10.1 (Perceptron) and 10.2 (Perceptron Steering) from Daniel Shiffman’s Nature of Code book, Chapter 10 (Neural Networks) into JavaScript in Codepen.io. Both projects are available online, … Continue reading Neural Networks. Perceptron and Preception Seeking in JavaScript
On Social Development
Last night Simon had this social experience like never before: for the first time in his life, he followed a long (nearly 3 hrs) live programming session and actively participated … Continue reading On Social Development
Autonomous Agents. Steering Behaviors. Flocking.
Simon’s full-screen take on Flocking, based on Chapter 6 from The Nature of Code (Autonomous Agents). The code comes from Daniel Shiffman’s tutorial Combining Behaviors: Flocking. In Simon’s words, Autonomous … Continue reading Autonomous Agents. Steering Behaviors. Flocking.
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