Reds and Greens
Simon has crafted a nice game today, inspired by a video in which mathematician Katie Steckles shows several mathematical games. Simon wasn’t sure what the game was called so he … Continue reading Reds and Greens
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Simon has crafted a nice game today, inspired by a video in which mathematician Katie Steckles shows several mathematical games. Simon wasn’t sure what the game was called so he … Continue reading Reds and Greens
Simon had quite an audience yesterday during his live lesson. In this week’s session, Simon remade his 15’s Puzzle in Processing and explained the math behind it. He plans to finish … Continue reading Live Stream #12: 15’s Puzzle Redo
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
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
This is a project about pattern. “Some people look for patterns. We call those people mathematicians”, Matt Parker said in a Numberphile video. I think I have never heard a … Continue reading Patterns. Hilbert Curve in Processing.
Simon built this game inspired by a Numberphile video (he had never seen or played the actual puzzle before, but I have as a kid). The code is Simon’s own, … Continue reading 15s Puzzle in Processing
Inspired by a Meth Meth Method Tetris video, Simon has come back to his Tetris project in Processing, something he started a long while ago and never finished. At the … Continue reading Tetris in Processing continued
Simon has become a Processing Foundation member! We love Processing! Anyone is welcome to join, just go to Processing.org to support this wonderful open source platform – what better way … Continue reading Simon a Processing member!
Simon has come up with a code (in Processing) for an editor that includes live Webcam image to help him record coding tutorials. The project is still in progress.
Simon shows the Cannon game he created in Processing (Java). He says he was inspired by the Stackoverflow forum, where he saw an example of the game and later wrote … Continue reading Cannon Game in Processing
Simon installed Processing on his RaspberryPi recently (using the terminal, which looked terribly sophisticated and scary as on Linux you’re forced to do everything through the terminal) and started preparing … Continue reading Processing on RaspberryPi
Simon made an interactive version of Daniel Shiffman’s Attraction and Repulsion Project: