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| author | D Delmar Davis <don@suspectdevices.com> | 2025-12-13 20:20:19 -0800 |
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| committer | D Delmar Davis <don@suspectdevices.com> | 2025-12-13 20:20:19 -0800 |
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diff --git a/docs/RandomThoughts/CURRENT.md b/docs/RandomThoughts/CURRENT.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..e69de29 --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/RandomThoughts/CURRENT.md diff --git a/docs/RandomThoughts/README.md b/docs/RandomThoughts/README.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..e69de29 --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/RandomThoughts/README.md diff --git a/docs/RandomThoughts/VisualModelingWith.md b/docs/RandomThoughts/VisualModelingWith.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..c9fefae --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/RandomThoughts/VisualModelingWith.md @@ -0,0 +1,30 @@ +# Visual Modeling + +Been thinking about this book a lot lately + + +Looked it up before I wandered around the house to find it. [The amazon price was outrageous ($172.57) ](https://www.amazon.com/Visual-Modeling-Logo-Structured-Exploring/dp/0262530694) the apparently [AbesBooks was worse ($241.62) ](https://www.abebooks.com/Visual-Modeling-Logo-Structured-Approach-Seeing/31827290071/bd +). + +Q: "Is this the same logo I used on an Apple IIe in elementary school to draw on the screen?" + +ME: "This book takes the whole vector based stuff and turns it into a way to think about math, computers and art." + +Q: "Huh" +ME: /me goes to look up turntle graphics in python. + +ME: I would loan you my copy of it but then I would have to send you veiled threats 20 years later when I can't find it digitally let alone on paper #lookingatyoujdhildebrandt +And I would buy a copy to loan but apparently now its stupidly expensive. + +ME: Also in the mit press logo books from the late 80s [Turtle Geometry](https://www.abebooks.com/Turtle-Geometry-Computer-Medium-Exploring-Mathematics/32225860932/bd): The Computer as a Medium for Exploring Mathematics (Artificial Intelligence) by Abelson, Harold, diSessa, Andrea: Good (1986) | Wonder Book +Free Shipping - ISBN: 9780262510370 - Soft cover - The MIT Press - 1986 - Condition: Good - Good condition. A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains. - Turtle Geometry: The Computer as a Medium for Exploring Mathematics + +Q: Crazy, I never knew it as anything but a toy + +Back when I was young and smart I spent a lot of time thinking about this turtle geometry stuff (really just vector stuff) but mostly wound up doing real art with a chalk compass and oil pastels meditating on Euclid +Edited6m + +- https://www.abebooks.com/Visual-Modeling-Logo-Structured-Approach-Seeing/31827290071/bd +- https://www.amazon.com/Visual-Modeling-Logo-Structured-Exploring/dp/0262530694 + + diff --git a/docs/RandomThoughts/images/VisualModelingWith/myprecious.jpg b/docs/RandomThoughts/images/VisualModelingWith/myprecious.jpg Binary files differnew file mode 100644 index 0000000..9e7cff1 --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/RandomThoughts/images/VisualModelingWith/myprecious.jpg diff --git a/docs/RandomThoughts/images/VisualModelingWith/trees.jpg b/docs/RandomThoughts/images/VisualModelingWith/trees.jpg Binary files differnew file mode 100644 index 0000000..a407ab8 --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/RandomThoughts/images/VisualModelingWith/trees.jpg |
