Cubin’s in the Air
I’ve always noticed how Simon learns in a spiral, touching an area of interest and then seemingly abandoning it only to circle back at a higher level. This month, Rubik’s … Continue reading Cubin’s in the Air
Tag: self-directed learning
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
Neva’s first coding tut
Neva has recorded her first video explaining how she coded a project, a mini-tutorial. It’s an example of a visualization using classes and arrays in JS. You can also access … Continue reading Neva’s first coding tut
Gorgeous Numbers
I come back from the hummus take-away and hear Neva say: Mom, we’ve discovered something! We’ve discovered what the first number above zero which is less than the sum of … Continue reading Gorgeous Numbers
Math Visualization: Factors
Simon is visualizing factors in GeoGebra. This graph visualizes how many factors a number has. If a number is higher on the graph than any number to the left of … Continue reading Math Visualization: Factors
Two more steps forward in Unity land
Simon has been spending most of his time practicing Unity with the wonderful set of game dev tutorials by Sebastian Lague. The short compilation below highlights three initial projects he … Continue reading Two more steps forward in Unity land
First Steps in Unity 🎱
Everyone at our household have always had aversion to violent computer games. When we speak of games, we mainly speak of immersive environments, educational games and, since Simon took his … Continue reading First Steps in Unity 🎱
What Geeks Do for Easter Egg Hunt 🥚
Simon has been hiding so-called “easter eggs” on his Discord server, i.e. hidden surprises that can be anything ranging from a character code to a math puzzle, for his friends … Continue reading What Geeks Do for Easter Egg Hunt 🥚
Neva has started creating her own puzzles on CodinGame
CodinGame is a fun and social way to learn to code. Neva has been practicing in both speed solving other people’s coding challenges and authoring her own math-based puzzles for … Continue reading Neva has started creating her own puzzles on CodinGame
Simon Shares his Derivatives Tricks: Visualizing Calculus
It never seizes to mesmerize me how Simon sees math. So many times has he solved math problems or proved theorems relying on visual, geometric illustrations instead of bluntly applying … Continue reading Simon Shares his Derivatives Tricks: Visualizing Calculus
Lego Power Experiments
Thanks to the amazing Brick Experiment Channel, Simon has been hooked on experimenting with Lego gears to create a number of crazy aggregates, like a paper ribbler: The biggest project … Continue reading Lego Power Experiments
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 