Experiments, deep dives, tools, and art — the curiosity side of oddtensor.

Snake plant

Acrylics

Snake plant 2

Still life

So what actually is fire?

Most of us already know fire is like a plasma, but what actually is it, and where do all the colours come from? Efficiently burning flames are often blue, and inefficient sooty flames are yellow; but why?!

articlechemistryflames

Simulating Lasers

Numerically simulate a three-level laser using coupled rate equations and a Runge–Kutta solver to explore threshold behaviour, population dynamics, and output intensity as the pump power is varied.

articlephysicslaserssimulationsnon-linear equations

Mandelbrot Set Explorer

Interactive visualization of the Mandelbrot set with deep zoom capability

experimentfractalscomplex-analysisvisualization

Conway's Game of Life

Cellular automaton with pattern library and custom rule support

experimentcellular-automatasimulationemergence

BNG Metric Matrix Processor v0.2

Processes BNG metric Excel files — turns a 2-hour manual spreadsheet process into seconds.

toolBNGBiodiversityData ProcessingPython

Lorenz Attractor

Interactive 3D visualization of the Lorenz attractor, a set of chaotic solutions to the Lorenz system of differential equations.

experimentchaosdifferential-equationsvisualization

Goat Simulator

A shallow dive into a goat's vision, and the complexities of rendering a 3D scene through its eyes

experimentgoat3dvision

Create Python Project Script

A simple shell script to scaffold new Python project directories with best practices baked in: virtual environment setup, common folder layout, and initial `.gitignore`.

tool

DMARC Analyser

This tool takes all your raw DMARC reports (in whatever compressed format they arrive), unpacks them, analyses them, shows you how well your email authentication is working overall, and then highlights suspicious or misconfigured email sources so you know where to investigate.

tool

Edale Country Lane

Watercolour on paperLandscapes

American Road

Watercolour on paper

Clophill Lakes

Watercolour on paperLandscapes

Kauai Rooster 1

Watercolour on paperWildlife

Kauai Rooster 2

Watercolour on paperWildlife

Oscar on the Beach

Watercolour on paper

Oscar Beach 2

Watercolour on paper

Phoebe

Watercolour on paperPortraits

Plums

Watercolour on paperStill life

Sienna

Watercolour on paper

Snow Chicken

Watercolour on paperWildlife

Gate near Grassington

Watercolour on paperLandscapes

Pheasant

Acrylic on canvasAcrylics

Grecian Balcony

Acrylic on canvasAcrylics