This is the home page of André van Meulebrouck.

Scorpio plot

Scorpio plot

This is a Potts Spins model I Julia set plot of an iterated equation in the complex plane from my fractal and function plotting program.

Table of Contents

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Contact

I welcome your contacts!

Email

There is a way to send text messages to email addresses. Here's a description of how to do it.

Phone

For those that like phones, my (landline) phone number is (805) 499-3694. If you get voice mail, please do leave a message. I will get back to you.

Note: my home phone is not capable of receiving text messages; and attempts to text to it will not be informed of this fact!

In other words: if you attempt to text me:

  1. I won't get your intended text.
  2. I won't know that I missed your intended text.
  3. You won't know that I missed your intended text.

Incidentally, I don't like cell phones because I think cell phones cause cancer, and give people a way to disturb you on their schedule rather than yours.

Also, my landline gets so many "Spam Risk" callers (showing up in the caller ID) that it's not worth the effort to attempt to answer the phone (even if we are in earshot!) if we don't know who you are (and/or we were not expecting a call from you).

(One observation about SPAM callers (BTW): they never leave a message (because they aren't legitimate); hence if the caller ID says "SPAM RISK" we deliberately let it go to voice mail.)

I have a cell phone; but it's typically for emergency outgoing calls (and similar), and it is left turned off otherwise (to avoid electromagnetic radiation).

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Music

This section is for music: from theory to playing instruments (including the creation of virtual performances that never were).

Music Geeks

Music Geeks is a group I started to explore the use of technology in music.

That includes topics like:

Currently, Music Geeks is on hiatus; but we will resume meetings soon.

Music appreciation

This section will (in the future) feature links to noteworthy or interesting music links/discussion.

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Origami

This section is for origami related topics; including diagrams, links of interest, etc..

Conferences

PCOC (Pacific Coast Origami Conference) 2025 is coming up this Fall (October 30 to 3 November).

Examples of my origami work

Pixel unit origami

I host a pixel unit origami zoom class via Origami USA entitled Origami to the Max: pixel units. (The word Max in the name name is a pun on the (now deceased) inventor of pixel units Max Hulme.)

This class takes place every first Thursday and alternates between the PST-friendly class (7 p.m. PST) and the GMT-friendly class (12 noon PST, 7 p.m. GMT).

See the Origami USA calendar for meeting announcements.

Origami Diagramming

Lately, I have been experimenting with using SVG (scalable vector graphics) in conjunction with HTML 5 and CSS 3 to diagram origami.

Since you can include raster images in SVG, this allows photos of origami to be superimposed with vector graphics for diagramming. You could even create vectors on top of an image, and then remove the image (thereby creating a vector facsimile of the raster image). One obvious advantage of vectors is that they scale in a lossless fashion.

Here is an example; just enough to show promise for this approach.

  1. Pinch 1/2 mark.

    Fold 1/4 locations.

    Unfold.

  2. Rotate 90 degrees.

    Pinch 1/2 marks along valleys.

    Unfold.

  3. Using right angle crease intersections, locate 45 degree swivels while folding in the air.

    using 2 groups

  4. Fold gently in half (on folding mat) and reinforce swivels.

  5. Unfold.

    Fully fold swivels; left first, then right over left.

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Technology

This section is for technology; from programming to hardware.

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GHS '76

This section is for my High School alma mater Golden High School (GHS) class of 1976 (GHS '76).

website

GHS (Golden High School) class of 1976 (a.k.a. GHS '76) now has a webpage: GHS '76.

organizers

This section is for GHS '76 contacts and class reunion organizers.

News as of 26 July 2026 Saturday

I've exported XML from Excel and I'm using it to populate a classmates table.

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Test

This section is for testing content changes, and/or web lore (i.e. HTML + Javascript + CSS + XML, security, etc.).

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test: textarea => XML => textarea

XML data behind table

this will become a text area for XML, along with associated buttons

transcript

xml

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