Some days ago, I found this little video about Fractals on my iPod Nano. I truly recommend you to take a look at the video.
It’s a presentation by the mathematician Ron Eglash who exposes in 16 minutes his whole investigation about African fractals, in buildings and braids. The whole subject is fascinating even if you don’t like maths.
The main reason why I’m publishing this here, doesn’t have to do with fractals.
It has to do with modern lifestyle. I was watching the video then I stopped and thought: “Here I am, on my daily way to work, watching in a small (and beautiful) device the resume of an interesting life of investigation.” High quality devices, high quality contents… all on the palm of my hand.
More about this subject: a list of fractals in Wikipedia, including my favourite one: Pythagoras Triangle. This is very handful in boring meetings :) All you need is a pen and a piece of paper. The limit is your patience!