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The Bob Doran Museum of Computing – Impressions

Posted on 10/11/202211/11/2022 by FranklyWrong in memos, Photo Journals, randomness, Technology, The Aperiodicals, Writing

The most incomprehensible thing about the Universe is that it is comprehensible. Albert Einstein Well, to call my visit tonight an impression isn't quite fair. For the entire duration that I've studied and worked at Auckland Science, this display has been here. First curated by Prof. Bob Doran himself, and later in his honor and … Continue reading The Bob Doran Museum of Computing – Impressions →

Trying Stable Diffusion by Visualising “Teardrop” by Massive Attack

Posted on 07/11/202207/11/2022 by FranklyWrong in Community, Meta, randomness, Technology, The Aperiodicals

Please scroll down to proceed. https://youtu.be/C54GXlNI4Nw Stills gallery The images below were generated on a text prompt alone.

Rainy Road Found Poem – 05

Posted on 24/08/202224/08/2022 by FranklyWrong in Poetry, randomness, RRFP

Rainy Road Found Poem (RRFP) is a series of mysterious texts that I find in the gutter during my night walks Have you ever awake half way through the night And forget where you’re supposed to go, Or the place that sent you here? A thin string between last evening and today morning, Severed. Awaiting … Continue reading Rainy Road Found Poem – 05 →

Two Late 2021 CGI Artworks

Posted on 13/12/202110/12/2022 by FranklyWrong in Astronomy, Future, randomness

Reunion (3072 × 4096) Medium: Blender Cycles + Hand painting. December 2021. During my freshman year, I imagined a space colony utilizing the material of Enceladus (Saturn II). This new rendition moves the space station off the surface of the moon and bends metal and concrete into a van Braun ring space station design. It … Continue reading Two Late 2021 CGI Artworks →

357686312646216567629137 and Friends

Posted on 01/12/202101/12/2021 by FranklyWrong in Community, memes, randomness

Many people close to FWPhys are aware of, in possession of, or about to possess, our first STEM merchandise, the Left Truncatable Prime Pencil. Printed on it is the largest base-10 number that remains prime as you remove digits from the left side by means of sharpening the pencil. US$3 a pair. It's common knowledge … Continue reading 357686312646216567629137 and Friends →

How Euler Tackled an innocent-looking integral

Posted on 15/11/202115/11/2021 by FranklyWrong in FWNotebook, randomness

For unclear reasons, I really wanted to write down one wacky (read: elegant) calculus exercise tonight -- have you integrated the cotangent function twice? I feel the infinite series are mere toys dancing at the fingertips of Euler, and consider his method to tackle this quite beautiful, my usual attitude towards Euler math. For some … Continue reading How Euler Tackled an innocent-looking integral →