FOYD -- March 02, 2011 (No Rating) Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: Well, what do we have here? It's not an FOTD, it's an FOYD. This is not a typo, its a new breed of animal. I am now posting FOYD's -- Fractals of YesterDay. As I recently mentioned, I am reworking some of the old images to give my upcoming web site something out of the ordinary. Today's image is a 14-year-old one first posted in April, 1997 under the name Fractal Fern. A comparison of that old image with the improved version that I am posting in this FOYD makes it very clear that some of the old FOTD images have a lot of room for improvement. Since the work on the web site will leave little time to find new images, I will post some of the old ones that have been sig- nificantly improved by a second effort. But I cannot honestly call the old images 'Fractals of the Day', so I have decided to call them 'Fractals of YesterDay'. The latest news about the soon-coming web site is that FL has agreed to help me get it up and running when she has the time. In return I will include on my site a link to her pet project -- a word-search-puzzle site -- and she will do the same on her site. Fair is fair. My present plans are to post simple 640x480 images, along with the discussions and parameter files. But the images will not be mere duplicates of those on the old web site. The images on my site will be reworked to bring them up to my present standards. When I get the site up to date I will resume posting new FOTD images, perhaps in high definition, but this will be some distance in the future. Finally, I must state that things are still at a rudimentary stage. Most likely plans will change as we find out what will work and what will not. The weather here at Fractal Central on Tuesday was near perfect -- total sun and a temperature of 43F +6C. The fractal cats were quite frisky for some reason, and at one time I thought I heard them quarreling. My day and FL's day as well were quite busy, mostly working out web site problems. The next FOYD will be posted in a day or two, whenever I make enough improvement in some old image to make it worth posting at once. Until then, take care, and keep the fractal faith. Jim Muthjamth@mindspring.com START PARAMETER FILE======================================= Fractal_Fern { ; time=0:00:13.40-SF5 on P4-2000 reset=1950 type=formula formulafile=oldforms.frm formulaname=fracfern passes=1 center-mag=2.85889/0\ /0.0847159/1/90/ float=y maxiter=10000 inside=bof60 logmap=yes periodicity=6 colors=00070800D57F4BK3GP4MU5UZ6Zc6ch7hm8mr9rvAvzz\ zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz\ zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz\ zzzwzzwzzwzzwzzwzzwzzwzzwzzwzzwzzwzzwzzwzzwzzwzzwz\ zwzzwzzwzzwzzwzzwzzwzzwzzvzzuzztzzszzrzzqzzpzzozzm\ zzlzzkzzjzzizzhzzgzzfzzezzdzzczzczzczzczzczzczzczz\ czzczzczzczzczzczzczzczzczzczzczzczzczzczzczzczzcz\ zczzczzczzczzczzczzczzczzczzczzczzczzczzczzczzdzyd\ zxezwfzvgzuhztizsizrjzqkyplxomwnmvmmtlmskmrjmpimoh\ mmgmlfmkemidmhcngbneand`nc_naZn`YnZXnYWnXVnVUnUTnU\ SnVRmVRmWRmWQmXQmXQmYPmYPmZPmZOm_OmZOmYNmXMmWLmVKm\ UJmTImSHmRGmQFmPElODkNCjMBiLAhK9hJ8gI7fH6eG5eF4dE3\ cD2bC1aB0`A0_90Z80Y70X60WmEVnEUnDUoDToDTpCTpCSpCSq\ BRqBRrBQrAQsAPsAPt9Ot9Ou9Nu8Nv8Mv8Mw7Lw7Lw7Lx5Mw6M\ v7Lu9LtAKsBKrCJqDJpFIoGIoHInIHmJHlLGkMGjNFiOFhPEgR\ EfSDeTDCHABHAAGAAG99F98F9 } frm:fracfern {; Jim Muth z=c=pixel: z=z^1000*(c^(-1002))+c, |z| <= 10000 } END PARAMETER FILE=========================================