Okay, I use the term lightly, the PSR of my assemblage art projects. But it's not a triple-threat made in Dead Mule Studio, it truly has a mathematical purpose, a reason for existence. I learned of it in "The Science of Sleep" - an extraordinary and simultaneously disturbing and brilliant movie. ... read more

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Do you ISO or do I?

Found out something truly fascinating today when I perused a knowledge lidbit (which is slightly more than a tidbit) concerning what the dimensions of a piece A4 paper is. Come to find out, standard paper sizes are based on a single aspect ratio of the square root of 2 or  [√2 = 1:1.4142] The way to figure out dimensions is to fold an A4 size piece of paper in half, do it again, again, again... ad infinitum. Wikipedia puts the explanation of paper sizing standards thusly: "The main advantage of this system is its scaling: if a sheet with an aspect ratio of √2 is divided into two equal halves parallel to its shortest sides, then the halves will again have an aspect ratio of √2." ... read more

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There's a video of the novel's progress thus far.

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IUOMA member Susanna Lakner created the video so we could see what has been added. Wow. What a fantastic idea. I can't wait to receive it... and am trusting there's room left for me at the ass end of the novel. ... read more

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