December 2005

Bottomless Swamp Illusion

12.31.2005

The inset moves. Source: A. Kitaoka

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Old Uchikake* Illusion

12.30.2005

The figure moves. *A kind of kimono for women. Source: A. Kitaoka

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Windows Illusion

12.29.2005

The inset moves. Source: A. Kitaoka

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Ropes Illusion

12.28.2005

The 3rd, 4th, 7th, and 8th ropes appear to move. Source: A. Kitaoka

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Earthworm Illusion #2

12.27.2005

The figure appears to move when a vertical retinal slip is given. Source: A. Kitaoka

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Earthworm Illusion

12.26.2005

The figure moves. Source: A. Kitaoka

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Most Frequently Played Christmas Song

12.25.2005

According to the ASCAP, the most frequently played Christmas song is, appropriately enough, “The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire)”. You need to a flashplayer enabled browser to view this YouTube video It was written in 1944 by Mel Torme and Bob Wells. Nat King Cole recorded the original version of the song [...]

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Atta Boy, Clarence!

12.24.2005

“Remember, no man is a failure who has friends.” – It’s a Wonderful Life

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60 Minutes an Hour

12.23.2005

“The future is something which everyone reaches at the rate of 60 minutes an hour, whatever he does, whoever he is.” – C.S. Lewis

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Yule Blog

12.22.2005

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“Back to the Drawing Board”

12.21.2005

“Back to the Drawing Board” Photoshop on greeting card Holidays, 1998

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Why Puppy Owners Should Consider LASIK Surgery

12.20.2005

Why that little son of a…

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Nineteen, ’86

12.19.2005

Back in the ’80s there was a song by Paul Hardcastle called “19″. The title represented the average age of the combat soldier in the Vietnam war: In World War II the average age of the combat soldier was twenty-six In Vietnam he was nineteen… Ni-ni-ni-ni-nineteen, nineteen, ni-nineteen, nineteen Nineteen, nineteen, nineteen, nineteen… Oliver Stone’s [...]

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VistaVision

12.18.2005

VistaVision is a variant of the 35mm motion picture film format created by Paramount Studios in the 1950s. With all of the other major studios using CinemaScope, Paramount debuted VistaVision in 1954 with White Christmas. The film is run horizontally, as in a still camera, with a width of 8 perforations per frame. This gave [...]

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Log House Illusion

12.17.2005

The window moves vertically. Source: A. Kitaoka

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Grampa’s Christmas Greeting, 1971

12.16.2005

From the land where palm trees sway, 1971: >> Listen!

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