About the site
For the time being, this web site is called Quaint Symmetries. For a little bit of history, here’s a summary: This site was originally known as third.apex.to.fractovia (periods included), or Fractovia for short, or even fractovia.org, its former domain name. The original blog started as a two-page website under the name of Fractal Division back in the summer of 1998. Over the following years, it grew up to contain over 600 pictures depicting fractal representations. The site ran on different servers before settling under its own domain name in March 2001.
Due to a series of circumstances briefly explained in the first post of this new era, I’m no longer the rightful owner of said TLD. After several years of being in denial about that loss —so to speak— I decided to at least reclaim the name and start using it again. Thus, if you need to link back, you can use fractals.marguz.net, which is the new domain, though it’s perfectly fine to continue using fractovia.net, fractovia.art, or fractalartist.com; any of the three works equally fine.
About the author
The creator of this site, responsible for all its content, is a historian, linguist and editor living in some part of the real world where it rains and the sun shines from time to time. Beyond fractals, he is an amateur astronomer, avid reader, online gamer and daydreamer… even after all these years.
As for a name, JL Marguz works well. It’s just a self-made mix of the initials of my two given names combined with a blended form of my two Spanish traditional surnames. It’s shorter, easier to remember, and I like it, so whatever. My full name still appears in older writings, so it’s out there anyway.
Disclaimer?
While I don’t believe any of this site’s content is likely to cause issues or problems of any kind, to anyone or to anything, I must state that I take no responsibility for adverse effects resulting from the use or misuse of this website or its content, nor do I take responsibility for the content of any external links or visitors’ comments left occasionally.
How to contact…
If anyone wants to contact the author (be it regarding the web site, fractal pictures, articles or other related matters) send me a message to fractovia@gmail.com. Please specify WEB SITE, ARTICLE or whatever you wish in the subject line (no need for caps, I only used them for emphasis).
Thanks
My greatest thanks to Phil Thompson, Stephen C. Ferguson, Mark Townsend, Uberto Barbini, Peter Pawlowski, Junichi Sato, Martin Pfingstl, and Paolo Guagliumi. Special thanks to Terence Sattar, Thomas Hövel, Jan Hubicka, Ben Michell, Phil Robinson, Don Neufeld, Botond Kósa, and Neal Ziring. Additional thanks to Terry W. Gintz, Arthur Sirotinsky, Olga Fedorenko, Mikko Pöyhönen, Paul W. Carlson, F. Slijkerman, Lars Kindermann, Gustavo Díaz-Jerez, and Bjoern Ischo, and to all the people who have sent in comments, critics and suggestions about my work over the years. Last time I checked statistics (2007), old fractovia had received visits from 161 countries around the world. I no longer care about statistics, so I don’t really know if it’s doing ok.