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This is a collection of blog posts about various things I've made or thought about. In some cases, I've collected several related posts together or split up a large post into a collection of smaller ones.

Heterocyst chemical reactions
Artificial Life

Various attempts to simulate life.
Chinese Markov chain
Language

Analysing English and Chinese in various simple ways.
Image of Charles Darwin evolved from 256 overlapping circles
Evolving images

Evolving images using Python, Pygame and a genetic algorithm.
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Python

Various posts about Python that don't fit in anywhere else.
Image of a folded box in 3D
3D SVG

Experimenting with making SVGs of 3D objects that you can rotate.
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Khan Academy

Various articles I've written about Khan Academy and programs I've made there
Labelled diagram of lipid simulation
Other simulations

Various simulations from astronomy, chemistry, economics and more.
Three Dobble cards
The Mathematics of Toys and Games

Exploring mathematical ideas in games and toys.
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Activities for children

Educational activities I've tried with my children.

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Recreational mathematics
2 Dec 2010 Removing background from an AVI using ImageJ