Mmmm... pecans...
December 1, 2006 10:28 AM Subscribe
A Pie-cosahedron and instructions on how to make it. Hint: start with lots of Karo syrup, some sheet metal, and plenty of time. That's not good enough? Try the
fractal pie, baked in its own custom-made backyard oven! These both came from the wonderful site,
instructables, which will reward you with many fun projects that you might even be able to do yourself.
Mmmmm. I wonder if the infinite surface area of said pie will increase its deliciousness?
posted by SBMike at 10:36 AM on December 1, 2006
posted by SBMike at 10:36 AM on December 1, 2006
the thing they don't tell you about fractals is just how sharp and dangerous they are. i mean, you think you have a pretty good grasp of the mathematical analysis but until a piece of metal with a very high perimiter to surface area ratio tears into your flesh, you're really missing intuitive appreciation for objects that lack continuous derivatives almost everywhere.
posted by IronLizard at 10:47 AM on December 1, 2006
I don't know why, but the fact that it's pecan pie makes this seem like that much more awesome a venture. The guy in the next cube suggested that for the next one, he should actually form numbers out of the pecans, thus creating the possibility for some delicious and dorky D&D.
Also, that fractal pie plate is the end-all be-all in wall hangings. And the same guy who did these two pie projects also created this, which is also so delightfully useless as to further inspire awe.
[this is good]
posted by Mayor West at 10:51 AM on December 1, 2006
Also, that fractal pie plate is the end-all be-all in wall hangings. And the same guy who did these two pie projects also created this, which is also so delightfully useless as to further inspire awe.
[this is good]
posted by Mayor West at 10:51 AM on December 1, 2006
the filling recipie was based on a previous attempt which averaged the ingredients of 5 different pecan pie recipies from the web. this assumption of local linearity in the space of pies seemed to work out well.
I'm pretty geeky - I'm sure a lot of us here are. But I can't imagine myself ever averaging five pie recipes and referring to what I did as assuming local linearity in the space of pies. I am awed, and turkey tek is my hero.
However, I would to see him offer at least a theoretical solution the fair cutting problem for the fractal pie - unlike with a circular pie, I believe it's non-trivial.
posted by pinespree at 12:17 PM on December 1, 2006
I'm pretty geeky - I'm sure a lot of us here are. But I can't imagine myself ever averaging five pie recipes and referring to what I did as assuming local linearity in the space of pies. I am awed, and turkey tek is my hero.
However, I would to see him offer at least a theoretical solution the fair cutting problem for the fractal pie - unlike with a circular pie, I believe it's non-trivial.
posted by pinespree at 12:17 PM on December 1, 2006
... from 20 triangular sub-pie modules ...
Ummmm .... sub-pie modules.
posted by YoBananaBoy at 2:48 PM on December 1, 2006
Ummmm .... sub-pie modules.
posted by YoBananaBoy at 2:48 PM on December 1, 2006
from the comments in the first link:
...it is inextricably interrelated with its dual, the doughdecahedron.
Yep. I laughed.
posted by tim_in_oz at 8:47 PM on December 1, 2006
...it is inextricably interrelated with its dual, the doughdecahedron.
Yep. I laughed.
posted by tim_in_oz at 8:47 PM on December 1, 2006
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