Jake von Slatt sez, "This is a fractal Teddy Bear named Mandelbrot, he was brought into this world a few weeks ago by my friend Captain Mouse as a gift for her brother."
(Thanks, Jake!)
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4:03 am Sat
Jan 10, 2009
Mandelbrot the fractal teddy-bear
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