Wednesday, November 30, 2005

Firefox Browser Optical Illusion

On Oct 19th the internet browser wars reached a milestone, Firefox hit the 100 million download mark. I'm sure that Microsoft thought that Firefox was just an optical illusion. A year ago it was barely a blip on the radar but now it has an 11.5% global...
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Monday, November 28, 2005

Moon Optical Illusion

Have you noticed that when the full moon is close to the horizon that it appears larger than when it is high in the sky. This is known as "The Moon Illusion", I have heard of this illusion before but I hadn't thought about it in a while, that is until...
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Sunday, November 27, 2005

Optical Illusions in the Clouds

I believe that we have all looked up at the clouds at some point in our lives and seen images in the clouds. Some are clear as a bell, anyone could see the same thing you saw, or at least that is what you thought at the time. Since the clouds constantly...
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Thursday, November 24, 2005

Thanksgiving Turkey Optical Illusion

This illusion makes the rounds every year. I can't take credit for this inventive cooking technique and since my wife and kids will be cooking for three homeless families at the church again this year I don't think experimenting with this technique would...
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Tuesday, November 22, 2005

San Francisco Quake Optical Illusion

I lived in San Francisco area from 1983-87 and have many fond memories. I learned to drive a manual shift automobile, I met my wife, and I got married. My wife and I spent many a weekend in the city enjoying what this great city had to offer. While living...
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Thursday, November 17, 2005

Paradoxical Pavilion Optical Illusion

I featured this previously as the Student Union Optical Illusion. At the time I had no idea who had created this illusion. Since then I discovered that this illusion was created by Walter Wick for his book Optical Tricks.Who is Walter Wick? You can...
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Tuesday, November 15, 2005

Young or Old Man Optical Illusion

What do you see?Do your see a young cowboy looking into the distance or a image of the face of a time worn min...
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Friday, November 11, 2005

Metal Sculpture Optical Illusion

Sci-Art Bloggers Friday FavoritesI don't know what to make of this mechanical monstrosity. I don't know the origin of the piece, so I lack the who, what, when, where and why of this illusion.If anyone can fill me in on the background of this image I...
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Thursday, November 10, 2005

Build This Optical Illusion Curio Shelf

Last Friday, Nov 4th, I posted a Curio Shelf optical illusion and commented that it didn't look structurally sound. I had one viewer, Daria, comment as follows"Actually, I can think of a scenario in which this would not only be possible, but provide...
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Wednesday, November 9, 2005

Technical Sketching Optical Illusions

Here are a couple of interesting optical illusions. When I went through college one of the courses I had to take was Technical Sketching. Many of my sketches looked similar to the below drawings but I think all of my drawings could actually be constructed.I...
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Friday, November 4, 2005

Curio Shelf Optical Illusion

Sci-Art Bloggers Friday FavoritesWould you allow your family heirlooms to be displayed on this shelf? I like the effect of this optical illusion but I'm not convinced that it would be structurally sound.If your interested in constructing this shelve...
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Finalist, 2005 Weblog Awards

I was lucky to be selected as a finalist for the 2005 Weblog Awards in the category of top 5001-1000 blogs. Please go to the link below and vote for Optical Illusions Etc...Voting Begins December 5, 2005 and ends December 15, 2005Click here to vote for...
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Thursday, November 3, 2005

Jesus Optical Illusion

This is an after image optical illusion. When you first look at this image it sort of looks like catwoman in her mask. But alas to see the true image you have to stare at the three dots in the center of the image for 30 seconds then focus on the white...
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Tuesday, November 1, 2005

Stop It! Optical Illusion

The below optical illusion photo was setup and photographed by Claudio Gatti with a Minolta DiMAGE A1 digital camera. I love the illusion of motion created in this image. Well done Claudio! Stop It!© Copyright 2003-2004, Claudio Gatti Used w/permissionClaudio...
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