math

mandelbrot set

November 10, 2008
By Leonard

mandelbrot zoom video, set to classical music. Tweet
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23 unsolved math problems

October 6, 2008
By Leonard

the kind nerds at NetworkWorld.com have assembled a list of the world’s 23 toughest math questions. unfortunately, due to my obligations as the mastermind of the smart coffee revolution, i haven’t had much time to devote to lending my supreme brain power to these problems. it is safe to say, however, that there is...
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Sierpinski carpet fractal cookies

June 30, 2008
By Leonard
Sierpinski carpet fractal cookies

while perusing the internet for delectable treats suitable for accompanying the universe’s best coffee, i happened upon an article from fellow intellectuals at evil mad scientist laboratories that details how to create these fractal cookies in the likeness of a Sierpinski carpet: The guide can be found at this location in the www. Suffice...
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coffee takeover equation

June 17, 2008
By Leonard

on monday, july 14th, 2008, the coffee consuming masses will stand in awe as brew nerds will unveil another coffee distribution facility, in the neverending pursuit of complete earthly coffee conquest. that means, exactly 143 days after the brew nerds prototype model began supplying area winston-salem nerds with mind blowing coffee, the operation has...
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singing calculus nerds

May 30, 2008
By Leonard

these fellow nerds would have certainly been my friends in high school. Tweet
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neglect, halo 3, employees, and a+bi

May 7, 2008
By Leonard

it appears this blog has fallen victim to slight neglect and has suffered from a long interval between posts. to my faithful readers, i send my deepest apologies. the fact is, there hasn’t been much to blog about in the life of leonard the coffee nerd. last weekend, there was a halo 3 tournament...
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quote of the day

April 8, 2008
By Leonard

A Mathematician is a machine for turning coffee into theorems. -Paul Erdos Tweet
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happy π day

March 14, 2008
By Leonard

or more accurately, happy 3.1415926535897932384626433832795028841971693993751058209749445923078164062862089986280348253421170679821480865132823066470938446095505822317253594081284811174502841027019385211055596446229489549303819644288109756659334461284756482337867831652712019091456485669234603486104543266482133936072602491412737245870066063155881748815209209628292540917153643678925903600113305305488204665213841469519415116094330572703657595919530921861173819326117931051185480744623799627495673518857527248912279381830119491298336733624406566430860213949463952247371907021… day! today (3/14) is pi day. for your reading enjoyment, here are some interesting factoids:1. pi represents the relationship between a circle’s diameter and its circumference.2. pi is an irrational number.3. pi has been calculated to over 1 trillion decimal places (via computer).4. the symbol for pi was first...
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