Friday, August 21, 2009

Fibonacci Poetry

Here's a cool idea based on a sequence of numbers called the Fibonacci sequence. The first numbers are 1,1,2,3,5,8,13.....etc. It starts with one and each successive number is the sum of the previous two. Example: 1, 1+0=1, 1+1=2, 2+1=3, 5+3=8,....so on.

Ok, the poetry part of it begins. Each line in your poem contains as many syllables as the sequence indicates. Lines one and two have one syllable, line three has two syllables.
Here's one I made up.

Time
Pearl
Beach Comb
Sound Wave Through
Glass, Footprint Travels.
People Hop The Fence Before Me.

Now you know how to do it. The sequence also occurs in natural things such as the spiral pattern on a sunflower. So the amount of syllables and the rhythm of the poems you create with it will surely sound natural and inspiring to others.

Wednesday, August 19, 2009

The Coolest Things (Ponderances).

Sometimes I don't know what to write here. It's not like it has to be perfect. I don't write a draft and then edit and type it. I just sit down and type at the moment. If there's anything I want to say, then I'll say it.
An interesting thing that occured to me is how do mathematicians graph four or more dimensions? We can graph two, or three, or even four ( if you count time as the fourth). But anymore than that and you can't even imagine. What's the use then? Physicists constantly deal with these higher dimensions. And one theory says that gravity is so weak because it leaks into other dimensions. It spreads itself out. This is a lot like listening to a guitar when your standing right next to it, and then walking away. As you go farther, the sound diminishes and is eventually so weak that you can't hear it.

Monday, August 17, 2009

Computer Science Rocks

Programming is a lot of fun. I'm learning C++ right now. Just for fun, really, to explore. Math and science go well with computers. Since high-level languages are symbolic and simplified english knowing math well helps to understand how to write code. You can make simple business apps or games with the beginning experience.

Sunday, August 16, 2009

Music Track Two

To get the song click on "music track two" above: Another acoustic song made this week. You need Itunes. You can download it here. Also, at the bottom of that page there is a link for the windows 2000 version.
http://www.apple.com/itunes/download/

Saturday, August 15, 2009

Music Track One

Ok it works but you need to have Itunes downloaded. Simple. Once you have Itunes, click the link that says "Music Track One" above this and download the track one. It should automatically open in Itunes and play.

Friday, August 14, 2009

The First Thoughts of a Blog

The picture above is painted in oils. My favorite landscape created in the 2009. Second, something I learned today must be passed on. I told you I have an interest in engineering. Well, an old book I came across yesterday tells the difference between electronic and electric. Guitar amps use what are called tubes that have electricity running through them. Inside tubes the air is sucked out to create a vacuum. One class of tube is filled with gas, the other has nothing, but they are both vacuums. When the electricity zaps through the empty space in the tube, it is called electronic. If a current passes through wire or uses capacitors and other solid components it is called electric.
A light bulb is electric because even though there is a vacuum inside the bulb, the filament carries the current. A flourescent light is called electronic because the current passes through the space inside. An interesting fact for the day!