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I've been looking for more geeky art to put up in my home office (like their version on CafePress with the code in the image - http://www.cafepress.com/preshing.571735472).

Does anyone know others like that?

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The Utah Tea Pot is a classic image http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utah_teapot

Here is a good example http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5f/Utah_teap... or

http://www.computerhistory.org/revolution/computer-graphics-...

It’s also available in porcelain :)

http://www.unfold.be/pages/5/items/85

Ulam Spiral.

I'll immodestly refer you to the Ulam Spiral I made the bottom of which is the source code for the program which makes the poster.

https://web.archive.org/web/20111215052134/http://imprompt.u...

The pdf is here: https://db.tt/pDoyOnXu

but... but that code doesn't print itself on the poster? ;)

Yes it does! That is the code that creates the entire poster - including the code at the bottom, the title, the author, the year, and the cc-attribution-nocommercial graphic.

I once generated this: http://panzi.deviantart.com/art/Prime-Numbers-102507767

Each red pixel represents a prime number.

The source download link is currently broken. I'll fix that in a minute (if I can find the source again).

A Sierpinski gasket? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sierpinski_triangle

It can also be generated by doing mod 2 on Pascal's triangle.

I would also suggest a nice play of the Game of Life with a lot of notable structures.

Do a little Googling for "3D printed Mandelbulb"

Maybe some cool 3D printed objects like a Klein bottle?

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