Joel Pel is one of those engineers in biology. Although he wasn’t writing Fortran code for Mandelbrot patterns at a young age, he has recently done so in what can best be described as an attempt to get back to his roots. He does, however, like to think of himself as a well rounded man of many interests, contrary to what the engineering stereotype would like to permit. Too bad the very fact that his name is attached to this article probably indicates otherwise.