They said something about "math," but nothing about LSD.

February 28, 2013 10:08 AM

Trippy animated GIFs generated by Mathematica code. via
posted by OmieWise (20 comments total)

They said something about "math," but nothing about LSD.

In high school, I really hated math, and I really liked LSD. And I really like these GIFs.
posted by flapjax at midnite at 10:13 AM on February 28 [2 favorites]

Amazing.
posted by item at 10:21 AM on February 28

I am so glad they include the code. I know what Math Club is talking about next week!
posted by Elementary Penguin at 10:25 AM on February 28 [2 favorites]

Somebody got REALLY bored in their Calc 3 class, didn't they?
posted by Afroblanco at 10:45 AM on February 28

Math is way better than LSD for making your mind do this: ︵ /(.□ . \)
posted by Potomac Avenue at 10:45 AM on February 28

Animated GIFs break my browser, but LSD didn't break my brain.

maybe I should try this at home.
posted by mean square error at 10:46 AM on February 28

Oh, the snowflakes.

Yep. There I am, second row, third from the left.

No, from the right.

Wait....
posted by mule98J at 10:49 AM on February 28

Someone appears to be confusing their psychedelics.
posted by wierdo at 11:36 AM on February 28

These are great.
posted by fantabulous timewaster at 11:46 AM on February 28

I think I just discovered a new kind of petite mal seizure.

I love that he/she even knows who Bridget Riley is, much less recreates an animated version of some of her stuff.
posted by loquacious at 11:47 AM on February 28 [1 favorite]

oooh I want them as wallpaper
posted by 5_13_23_42_69_666 at 12:07 PM on February 28

See also
posted by blue_beetle at 12:08 PM on February 28

Someone appears to be confusing their psychedelics.

I've done some... research, and the psychedelics are anything but confused.
posted by FatherDagon at 12:21 PM on February 28

The code for the fourth one has an extra closing bracket ] at the end.
posted by twoleftfeet at 12:26 PM on February 28

Why not do these in the browser itself? Much cooler if you could just put the code in your html.
posted by cjorgensen at 12:43 PM on February 28

Math, that's the stuff Walter White makes, right? He's a math cook?
posted by Joakim Ziegler at 1:16 PM on February 28

He's using it as a progressive learning exercise in Mathematica. I believe that's why it doesn't run in the browser. (Also, from his "how-to" explanation, it would require much more processing time than just looping the gif.)

Similar projects like Patakk, (which was previously on the blue) are awesome but don't provide code, so I'm not going to complain that he's not using a browser-ready language. Beauty is possible in many formats.

I appreciated his discussion on art, and gif art in particular.
posted by daveliepmann at 1:23 PM on February 28

oooh I want them as wallpaper

yess yessss as yellow wallpaper it's so nice in here come join me
posted by Doleful Creature at 1:43 PM on February 28 [2 favorites]

The code for the fourth one has an extra closing bracket ] at the end.

Sheesh, there are people that can view these and then parse an extra bracket?

My eyeballz are still whirling.
Mind = Blown
posted by BlueHorse at 2:07 PM on February 28

REPEAT 360 [FD 1 RT 1]
posted by joecacti at 3:24 PM on February 28