12.7.2 Greatest hits from previous weeks

12.7.2.1 How to generate a random snowflake?
12.7.2.2 Mathematica 10.0.x freezes in Initializing kernels
12.7.2.3 Is it possible to export the equations from Mathematica to MATLAB?
12.7.2.4 How to create a histogram from a given frequency table
12.7.2.5 How to manipulate 2D plots?
12.7.2.6 Why I get the "Set::write: "Tag Times in is Protected." error?
12.7.2.7 How can I draw the Olympic rings with Mathematica?
12.7.2.1 How to generate a random snowflake?

https://mathematica.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=39361

'Tis the season... 
And it's about time I posed my first question on Mathematica Stack Exchange. 
So, here's an holiday quest for you Graphics (and P-Chem?) gurus. 
 
What is your best code for generating ... 
[graphics] [random] [simulation] [generative-art]
 
asked by Peltio https://mathematica.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=6745 Score of 153
answered by Silvia https://mathematica.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=17 Score of 191
12.7.2.2 Mathematica 10.0.x freezes in Initializing kernels

https://mathematica.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=92931

Bug caused by paclet update and fixed by paclet update. 
I updated to Windows 10 and have been running Mathematica fine on it for over a month.  For some reason, it has just stopped working. I don't ... 
[bugs] [front-end] [system] [kernel-startup] [paclets]
 
asked by mitcheljh https://mathematica.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=6783 Score of 80
answered by ilian https://mathematica.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=145 Score of 100
12.7.2.3 Is it possible to export the equations from Mathematica to MATLAB?

https://mathematica.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=14035

Is it possible to export the output expressions from Mathematica computations (e.g., equations) in valid MATLAB syntax? 
[export] [matlab]
 
asked by Seyhmus Güngören https://mathematica.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=4256 Score of 47
answered by rm -rf https://mathematica.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=5 Score of 51
12.7.2.4 How to create a histogram from a given frequency table

https://mathematica.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=70059

I wanted to draw a histogram as in the photo above, I typed the command: 
 
... 
[plotting] [histograms]
 
asked by Perw https://mathematica.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=23500 Score of 4
answered by bbgodfrey https://mathematica.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=1063 Score of 7
12.7.2.5 How to manipulate 2D plots?

https://mathematica.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=7142

When it comes to visual analysis, large datasets or data with intricate internal details often makes plotting in 2D useless, as the outcome is either just a fraction of the full dataset, or no details ... 
[plotting] [graphics] [dynamic] [gui-construction]
 
asked by István Zachar https://mathematica.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=89 Score of 147
answered by István Zachar https://mathematica.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=89 Score of 167
12.7.2.6 Why I get the "Set::write: "Tag Times in is Protected." error?

https://mathematica.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=11868

Why I get the error below with this code: 
 
... 
[vector-calculus]
 
asked by Aurelius https://mathematica.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=1669 Score of 11
answered by Mark McClure https://mathematica.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=36 Score of 16
12.7.2.7 How can I draw the Olympic rings with Mathematica?

https://mathematica.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=8885

How can I draw the 5 interlocking Olympic rings with Mathematica? 
(SVG version) 
Edit 
 
Hard choice, but some pretty cool answers here. I didn't have 3D answers in mind when I posted the question, but ... 
[graphics] [generative-art]
 
asked by Mike Honeychurch https://mathematica.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=77 Score of 48
answered by cormullion https://mathematica.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=61 Score of 23