<![CDATA[Look what I found today!]]>Look what I found today! It's Martin Newell's dissertation on procedural modeling, with the first appearance of the Utah teapot! ๐Ÿงต

Scan: https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s651906h

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]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/topic/5e1f7291-6a58-4f5b-8431-a6b3d765dcf5/look-what-i-found-todayRSS for NodeFri, 15 May 2026 04:33:24 GMTWed, 29 Apr 2026 19:28:32 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Look what I found today! on Wed, 29 Apr 2026 20:08:19 GMT]]>@thalia he was/is? my undergraduate adviser so I am loving all of this

(he says it's a life appointment)

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://types.pl/users/secretasianman/statuses/116489800901459765https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://types.pl/users/secretasianman/statuses/116489800901459765Wed, 29 Apr 2026 20:08:19 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Look what I found today! on Wed, 29 Apr 2026 20:00:40 GMT]]>@thalia Awesome! All of it! ๐Ÿ˜โœจ

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://oldbytes.space/users/Datassette_User/statuses/116489770774937258https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://oldbytes.space/users/Datassette_User/statuses/116489770774937258Wed, 29 Apr 2026 20:00:40 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Look what I found today! on Wed, 29 Apr 2026 19:49:31 GMT]]>Here's a photo of the group measuring Sutherland's Volkswagen, in the Computer History Museums's collection:
https://www.computerhistory.org/collections/catalog/102714326/

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://discuss.systems/ap/users/115918347060720003/statuses/116489726951468441https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://discuss.systems/ap/users/115918347060720003/statuses/116489726951468441Wed, 29 Apr 2026 19:49:31 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Look what I found today! on Wed, 29 Apr 2026 19:46:06 GMT]]>The cover and whole shelf:

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]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://types.pl/users/secretasianman/statuses/116489708005948127https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://types.pl/users/secretasianman/statuses/116489708005948127Wed, 29 Apr 2026 19:44:42 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Look what I found today! on Wed, 29 Apr 2026 19:42:50 GMT]]>@thalia opponent does this opening and I'm fucked as black. any advice?

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://infosec.exchange/ap/users/115675603430802998/statuses/116489700689922188https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://infosec.exchange/ap/users/115675603430802998/statuses/116489700689922188Wed, 29 Apr 2026 19:42:50 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Look what I found today! on Wed, 29 Apr 2026 19:39:35 GMT]]>361 chess pawns and a Snoopy carousel:

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]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://discuss.systems/ap/users/115918347060720003/statuses/116489687899472553https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://discuss.systems/ap/users/115918347060720003/statuses/116489687899472553Wed, 29 Apr 2026 19:39:35 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Look what I found today! on Wed, 29 Apr 2026 19:38:18 GMT]]>Renderings of Ivan Sutherland's Volkswagen:

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]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://discuss.systems/ap/users/115918347060720003/statuses/116489682824691380https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://discuss.systems/ap/users/115918347060720003/statuses/116489682824691380Wed, 29 Apr 2026 19:38:18 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Look what I found today! on Wed, 29 Apr 2026 19:37:24 GMT]]>@thalia that's so so cool

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://tech.lgbt/users/raccoonformality/statuses/116489679320195044https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://tech.lgbt/users/raccoonformality/statuses/116489679320195044Wed, 29 Apr 2026 19:37:24 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Look what I found today! on Wed, 29 Apr 2026 19:35:47 GMT]]>The first teapot renderings and the other items in the tea set:

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]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://discuss.systems/ap/users/115918347060720003/statuses/116489672958825863https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://discuss.systems/ap/users/115918347060720003/statuses/116489672958825863Wed, 29 Apr 2026 19:35:47 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Look what I found today! on Wed, 29 Apr 2026 19:31:04 GMT]]>A rendering of the full tea set:

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