June 2006

One Not So Big Happy Family

06.30.2006

(something to the effect of) “We’re delighted you’ve found yourself fit to join us in our taste for the bizarre…” – Rod Serling, ‘Night Gallery’ intro

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Perspectives on the Size of Our World

06.30.2006

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The horizontal lines are parallel but appear to tilt; the acute angles formed by the horizontal lines and the short inducing lines appear to expand. It is said that the illusion is maximized when the intersecting angle is between 10 and 30 degrees. Some references claim that any angle from 0 to 90 degrees produces [...]

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Come Down and Play

06.29.2006

“Which is the most reasonable, and does his duty best: he who stands aloof from the struggle of life, calmly contemplating it, or he who descends to the ground to take his part in the contest?” – Thackeray, ‘Pendennis’

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Distractions

06.28.2006

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Small People

06.27.2006

“Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that.” – Mark Twain

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The House of Bats Illusion

06.27.2006

Perfect grid appears distorted. Source: A. Kitaoka

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Wake Up Not

06.26.2006

“Those who dream by day are cognizant of many things which escape those who dream only by night.” – Edgar Allan Poe

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Clouds, Leaves, and Wires

06.26.2006

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Mind Over Matter

06.25.2006

“Age is a case of mind over matter. If you don’t mind, it don’t matter.” – Satchel Paige

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Hydrangea Illusion

06.25.2006

Horizontal and vertical lines appear curved. Source: A. Kitaoka

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List of Alfred Hitchcock Presents Episodes

06.24.2006

>> Good evening…

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Still Resting Peacefully

06.24.2006

We just visited The K-9 Cemetery. Me, Kona, and Vive.

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Jamaica and Marlee

06.24.2006

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Pressure Illusion

06.23.2006

Perfect grid appears curved. Source: A. Kitaoka

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Dialogue Illusions

06.22.2006

Note to Self, Context is an amazing thing. (Case in point: “Shining“.) We’ve become quite fascinated with a certain little thing in language that doesn’t really have a name yet. Let’s call the phenomenon “Dialogue Illusions” for now. Example: In many an Escher piece, we have two distinctly different ways of looking at it. Two [...]

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