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Toru Dec 24, 2023Jan 01, 2024 dragon, fractal, greeting card, mathematical formulas, nengajō, New Year, programming, three-dimensional, zodiac

Nengajō (年賀状 – New Year’s Greeting Card): Part 2

Nengajō: Part 2 年賀状 Part 2 On the nengajō (年賀状 – “New Year’s greeting card”), the zodiac animal of the Read More
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Toru Jan 02, 2019 0 Comments animal symbol, boar, consequence, head, proceed, purpose, reckless, recklessly, rush, rush headlong, straight, surroundings, wildly, zodiac

Chototsu Moushin (猪突猛進 – Rushing Recklessly)

Chototsu Moushin 猪突猛進 Since the animal symbol of this year is the boar (猪/亥 – read as ‘inoshishi/i‘), these days Read More
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Toru Dec 26, 2014Jul 08, 2023 0 Comments animal, complex, fractal, Mandelbrot, Mandelbrot set, math, New Year, New Years card, sheep, zodiac

New Year’s Greeting Card using Mandelbrot Set

Today, I wrote New Years greeting cards. 今日は、年賀状を書きました。 In Japan, there are twelve of zodiac signs (animal symbols), one for Read More

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