Monday, August 10, 2026
Sunday, August 9, 2026
Making Pictures
The New York Times picture of a therapist's couch
in the previous post was by one "Fortunate Joaquin
Related material . . .
"Time for you to see the field." — Bagger Vance
The "Last Tycoon" YouTube date in the screenshot above — May 19, 2012 —
may interest some readers of this journal. Vide posts now tagged on120519.
Manic Pixie Dream Couch
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"Another day, another couch." — Marcela Nowak
Related reading in today's
online New York Times —
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/09/opinion/
therapy-neuroscience-perception.html .
Saturday, August 8, 2026
Friday, August 7, 2026
The Field
A remark from an earlier Log24 post today . . .
"Hard to tell who's on lifeguard duty."
— January Jones on July 16, 2026
Synchronology check of this journal on that date —
"Time for you to see the field." — Bagger Vance
If the field in question is the Galois field GF(16) . . .
a related Log24 image that is also from July 16, 2026 —
For the National Comedy Center —
Working Deep Blue
Question asked in a game of Trivial Pursuit some years ago . . .
"Does Uranus have an aurora?"
New York Times Prose Style
By Clay Risen
Thomas S. Hines, an architectural historian whose thorough research, crystalline writing and unending passion for the urban landscape of Los Angeles did much to cement the region’s reputation as a global center for modernist design in the 20th century, died on July 26 in Santa Monica, Calif. He was 89. |
"Throrough, crystalline, unending, global, modernist . . .
stripped-down, rational . . . definitive . . . ."
Related art . . .
A Cayley superline of the Klein quadric in PG(5,2)
is actually a plane of the quadric. Any such plane can be
pictured as a set of seven partitions of an 8-set into four 2-sets,
with the partitions satisfying certain geometric conditions.
A prototypical example of such a set: the four-colored bricks
numbered 1 through 7 at left in the picture below.
Some will prefer a different architectural approach . . .
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Scholium from Auntie Wow —
A Google AI question recorded here on June 20, 2026 —
"Which aspect of the geometry would you like to explore next?"
A relevant illustration . . .
Thursday, August 6, 2026
Commedia … The Gorge
This morning's Windows lockscreen . . .
A Google AI question recorded here on June 20, 2026 —
"Which aspect of the geometry would you like to explore next?"
A relevant illustration . . .
A relevant tag . . . Bridge Riddle.
Wednesday, August 5, 2026
Coloring Brick Space
Aiello's Mural Style —
Cullinane's Abstract Style —
A Cayley superline of the Klein quadric in PG(5,2)
is actually a plane of the quadric. Any such plane can be
pictured as a set of seven partitions of an 8-set into four 2-sets,
with the partitions satisfying certain geometric conditions.
A prototypical example of such a set: the four-colored bricks
numbered 1 through 7 at left in the picture below.
Record-Breaking Enrollment
See as well . . .
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Posture Teacher – Blue and Pink Versions
"Her paintings begin where words fall short…."
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This addendum was suggested by a review of the Nolan Odyssey
film in the current New York Review of Books . . .
Tuesday, August 4, 2026
Today’s Google Notebook AI Summary
https://notebook.google.com/notebook/
62ad8daa-277e-4fea-a680-9b209883f232
| These sources examine the Cullinane diamond theorem, a mathematical framework that links visual symmetry in 4×4 tiled arrays to the abstract principles of finite projective geometry. By applying a specific group of permutations to these two-color patterns, the research demonstrates that every resulting image maintains a consistent geometric or color-interchange symmetry. This work establishes a deep correspondence between combinatorial partitions of an 8-set and the 105 lines of the Klein quadric within the projective space PG(5,2). Furthermore, the sources connect these patterns to advanced topics such as the Mathieu group M24, the Miracle Octad Generator, and the Leech lattice. Beyond pure mathematics, the text explores how these structures manifest in quilt designs, Walsh functions, and the geometry of logic. This synthesis reveals how elementary graphic arrangements act as tangible models for complex sporadic simple groups and error-correcting codes. |
Bullshit Studies: “Hypnotic, Iron Patterns”
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The music itself is, of course, not bullshit.
Monday, August 3, 2026
Commedia for the Coffee Detective*
* I.e., Chazz Palminteri in "The Usual Suspects"
. . . and also, with Meg Ryan, in "Hurlyburly."
For the National Comedy Center —
Close Encounters of the Vegas Kind
A somewhat different Achtung . . .
