@mbsmrtic.bsky.social
Reader, software engineer, traveler. Interested in languages; my 2 favorites are French and Python because I think they’re beautiful.
http://www.mandalavis.com/
http://www.mandalavis.com/
I made this mandala a while ago but the beauty of the snow falling today inspired me to post it now.
#artsky #mandala
www.mandalavis.com/post/19
#artsky #mandala
www.mandalavis.com/post/19
January 17, 2026 at 8:31 PM
I made this mandala a while ago but the beauty of the snow falling today inspired me to post it now.
#artsky #mandala
www.mandalavis.com/post/19
#artsky #mandala
www.mandalavis.com/post/19
The sifted sugar snow settles softly
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January 17, 2026 at 8:21 PM
The sifted sugar snow settles softly
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"Death is the moment when somebody comes and says: You know those three things that you've always thought of? They're not true. You're not permanent, you're not the most important thing and you're not separate." George Saunders
#BooksSky #ThoughtfulReads #Kindness #GeorgeSaunders
#BooksSky #ThoughtfulReads #Kindness #GeorgeSaunders
After a convocation speech he gave about practicing kindness went viral, the writer George Saunders earned a public reputation for goodness — a narrative that he resists. On “The Interview,” Saunders explains how he’s just as flawed as anyone else. Read, watch or listen. trib.al/ZWKt6Gc
January 12, 2026 at 6:50 PM
"Death is the moment when somebody comes and says: You know those three things that you've always thought of? They're not true. You're not permanent, you're not the most important thing and you're not separate." George Saunders
#BooksSky #ThoughtfulReads #Kindness #GeorgeSaunders
#BooksSky #ThoughtfulReads #Kindness #GeorgeSaunders
I love Cape Cod in the fall. Peace, beauty and soup. 😆🐚
October 28, 2025 at 3:07 PM
I love Cape Cod in the fall. Peace, beauty and soup. 😆🐚
Ray Bradbury says “don’t think”. He says to focus on practicing and improving your skill and let that be the end goal. He says: “If you do, I think you might easily find a new definition for Work. And the word is LOVE.”
#booksky
#dowhatyoulove
#lovewhatyoudo
#booksky
#dowhatyoulove
#lovewhatyoudo
October 27, 2025 at 11:27 AM
Ray Bradbury says “don’t think”. He says to focus on practicing and improving your skill and let that be the end goal. He says: “If you do, I think you might easily find a new definition for Work. And the word is LOVE.”
#booksky
#dowhatyoulove
#lovewhatyoudo
#booksky
#dowhatyoulove
#lovewhatyoudo
Big update to mandalavis.com ! For my newest mandala I improved the zooming: two finger pinch, mouse wheel. And, I added the first part of editing the mandala. Choose a shape, color, position... #interactions #mandala #datavisualization
www.mandalavis.com/post/18
www.mandalavis.com/post/18
September 3, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Big update to mandalavis.com ! For my newest mandala I improved the zooming: two finger pinch, mouse wheel. And, I added the first part of editing the mandala. Choose a shape, color, position... #interactions #mandala #datavisualization
www.mandalavis.com/post/18
www.mandalavis.com/post/18
August 17, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Did some hiking in the Italian Alps. Incredibly beautiful part of the world. #mountains
August 6, 2025 at 2:31 AM
Did some hiking in the Italian Alps. Incredibly beautiful part of the world. #mountains
Beautiful night at the beach. 🌊🌅🔥
June 8, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Beautiful night at the beach. 🌊🌅🔥
I started mandalavis.com in JavaScript to create some interactive graphics. Now I’m starting work on the back end business logic in python. Oh how I’ve missed you python. ❤️❤️❤️
May 20, 2025 at 9:25 PM
I started mandalavis.com in JavaScript to create some interactive graphics. Now I’m starting work on the back end business logic in python. Oh how I’ve missed you python. ❤️❤️❤️
Reposted
Bookish friends are great because you can be all "read this, it will absolutely crush your soul and tear your beating heart into a million little pieces and you will literally never recover from it" and they'll be like omg yaaaasssss
May 18, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Bookish friends are great because you can be all "read this, it will absolutely crush your soul and tear your beating heart into a million little pieces and you will literally never recover from it" and they'll be like omg yaaaasssss
A mandala for Mother’s Day
www.mandalavis.com/post/16
www.mandalavis.com
#mothersday
#art
#mandalaart
#datavisualization
www.mandalavis.com/post/16
www.mandalavis.com
#mothersday
#art
#mandalaart
#datavisualization
May 11, 2025 at 5:57 PM
A mandala for Mother’s Day
www.mandalavis.com/post/16
www.mandalavis.com
#mothersday
#art
#mandalaart
#datavisualization
www.mandalavis.com/post/16
www.mandalavis.com
#mothersday
#art
#mandalaart
#datavisualization
May 3, 2025 at 1:19 PM
"'Don't you think saying goodbye to your child will make your death more painful?'
'Wouldn't it be great if it did?' I said. Lucy and I both felt that life wasn't about avoiding suffering."
Paul Kalanithi When Breath Becomes Air
I'm loving this incredible memoir.
#stoicism #booksky
'Wouldn't it be great if it did?' I said. Lucy and I both felt that life wasn't about avoiding suffering."
Paul Kalanithi When Breath Becomes Air
I'm loving this incredible memoir.
#stoicism #booksky
April 28, 2025 at 9:42 PM
“Damage from gut bacteria may play a role in the rise in colon cancer in young adults”
#microbiome
www.npr.org/sections/sho...
#microbiome
www.npr.org/sections/sho...
Damage from gut bacteria may play a role in the rise in colon cancer in young adults
Scientists have a new clue in the mystery of why younger people are getting more colon cancer. It may have to do with a toxin produced by a common gut microbe.
www.npr.org
April 25, 2025 at 3:39 PM
“Damage from gut bacteria may play a role in the rise in colon cancer in young adults”
#microbiome
www.npr.org/sections/sho...
#microbiome
www.npr.org/sections/sho...
April 17, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Fun with SVG curves! I love the new shape I added. It wasn’t easy to get it exactly right but it looks joyful to me. #joy #art #dataart #mandalaart
www.mandalavis.com/post/12
www.mandalavis.com/post/12
April 11, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Fun with SVG curves! I love the new shape I added. It wasn’t easy to get it exactly right but it looks joyful to me. #joy #art #dataart #mandalaart
www.mandalavis.com/post/12
www.mandalavis.com/post/12
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Might eating #yoghurt help you live longer? ...
| #microbes | #bacteria | #health | #microbiome | #bifidobacterium | Via @theguardian.com
| #microbes | #bacteria | #health | #microbiome | #bifidobacterium | Via @theguardian.com
A tub a day: might eating yoghurt help you live longer?
When the world’s oldest woman passed away at 117, much was made of her three yoghurts a day diet. But what role does yoghurt actually play in longevity?
www.theguardian.com
April 9, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Might eating #yoghurt help you live longer? ...
| #microbes | #bacteria | #health | #microbiome | #bifidobacterium | Via @theguardian.com
| #microbes | #bacteria | #health | #microbiome | #bifidobacterium | Via @theguardian.com
Added a new shape that I call a potted plant. The mandala I made for it was really light. I liked it but I added a big dark wave to the perimeter to give it more intensity. Starting to consider how intensity could be a #datavis parameter.
#dataart #mandalaart #art
www.mandalavis.com/post/11
#dataart #mandalaart #art
www.mandalavis.com/post/11
April 7, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Added a new shape that I call a potted plant. The mandala I made for it was really light. I liked it but I added a big dark wave to the perimeter to give it more intensity. Starting to consider how intensity could be a #datavis parameter.
#dataart #mandalaart #art
www.mandalavis.com/post/11
#dataart #mandalaart #art
www.mandalavis.com/post/11
Try out the interactions on my newest mandala.
They're still a little shaky, but they're getting there!
I added a new shape that's an arc lined with dots. Making it involved some fun with geometry.
www.mandalavis.com#mandala8
#dataart #mandala
They're still a little shaky, but they're getting there!
I added a new shape that's an arc lined with dots. Making it involved some fun with geometry.
www.mandalavis.com#mandala8
#dataart #mandala
April 5, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Try out the interactions on my newest mandala.
They're still a little shaky, but they're getting there!
I added a new shape that's an arc lined with dots. Making it involved some fun with geometry.
www.mandalavis.com#mandala8
#dataart #mandala
They're still a little shaky, but they're getting there!
I added a new shape that's an arc lined with dots. Making it involved some fun with geometry.
www.mandalavis.com#mandala8
#dataart #mandala
I added a mandala that is a random combination of the shapes I've added so far. It's interesting to keep refreshing the page. Different combinations of shapes really feel different. Give it a try! #dataart #impermanence
www.mandalavis.com#mandalarandom
www.mandalavis.com#mandalarandom
April 1, 2025 at 1:49 AM
I added a mandala that is a random combination of the shapes I've added so far. It's interesting to keep refreshing the page. Different combinations of shapes really feel different. Give it a try! #dataart #impermanence
www.mandalavis.com#mandalarandom
www.mandalavis.com#mandalarandom
I added a wave shape to my toolbox and created this mandala. It was inspired by a mosaic that I saw in Florida.
#dataart #mandala
👋🌊🌀🔆
www.mandalavis.com/#mandala7
#dataart #mandala
👋🌊🌀🔆
www.mandalavis.com/#mandala7
March 26, 2025 at 6:48 PM
I added a wave shape to my toolbox and created this mandala. It was inspired by a mosaic that I saw in Florida.
#dataart #mandala
👋🌊🌀🔆
www.mandalavis.com/#mandala7
#dataart #mandala
👋🌊🌀🔆
www.mandalavis.com/#mandala7
Moving away from drawing lines and towards drawing filled shapes organized in layers. This will help interaction functionality so users can interact with shapes as data objects.
www.mandalavis.com/#mandala6
www.mandalavis.com/#mandala6
March 17, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Moving away from drawing lines and towards drawing filled shapes organized in layers. This will help interaction functionality so users can interact with shapes as data objects.
www.mandalavis.com/#mandala6
www.mandalavis.com/#mandala6