The New MIT Museum
Some impressions from the new MIT museum. We had actually hoped to do the high-speed, multiple exposure imaging of water droplets and balloon popping to investigate fluid dynamics — something … Continue reading The New MIT Museum
Category: Computer Science
How much information = How many yes/no questions
Simon and dad were having a discussion about how difficult it is to solve a 3×3 blindfolded and whether that requires a different set of skills than simply solving a … Continue reading How much information = How many yes/no questions
Infinite Cake Recipe
It was Simon’s birthday yesterday and we whipped together another geeky bake! This time, Simon based his geeky bake on the famous Missing Square Puzzle, involving two arrangements made of … Continue reading Infinite Cake Recipe
Jelly is Sticky, Collision is Tricky
Now that Simon has his desktop spot again, he seems to be back in his element, devoting many hours a day to a project, then getting a new idea, starting … Continue reading Jelly is Sticky, Collision is Tricky
The Never Ending Cycle
Simon here. I notice I have basically been absent for the past month or two. Let me explain. I have basically fallen in a cycle that goes like this: I … Continue reading The Never Ending Cycle
Yet Unnamed Cell Machine Mod
Simon has been working on a rather large project creating a web version of Cell Machine: Mystic Mod. It’s a puzzle game where you win a level by predicting what … Continue reading Yet Unnamed Cell Machine Mod
Just Playing
Over the past several months Simon has spent many hours per day 100%-ing Baba Is You and studying Baba Is You related content. He also just enjoyed creating his own … Continue reading Just Playing
“I have made a game in a game!”
Simon has succeeded in making a playable game using another game as a programming language. He created a clone of Fight using Baba Is You, currently one of his favorite … Continue reading “I have made a game in a game!”
Predictions and Plans
Late December is always a great time to dream about the future. How fast will the internet become? What will be the actual speed our future data will travel? Below … Continue reading Predictions and Plans
Esolangs
Simon’s new craze is esolangs (esoteric programming languages), programming languages designed to be “weird”. For example, there are esolangs designed to be minimalistic (like brainf*** (yes, that is an actual … Continue reading Esolangs
All 256 Elementary Cellular Automata
Simon has returned to his beloved Cellular Automata theme and created this nice sequence comprising all the 256 elementary rules. You can access his code at https://editor.p5js.org/simontiger/sketches/gECh5tVwa Simon explains: Every … Continue reading All 256 Elementary Cellular Automata
Latest Collabs: Rainbows, Wormholes and Fireballs
Simon continues his regular and very rewarding collabs with his friend Abhay Kashyap. Here’s what they have been up to lately: We recreated another Flash game, Gravitee. The hardest part … Continue reading Latest Collabs: Rainbows, Wormholes and Fireballs
Geeks out of the box 