Chessboard & cylinder
Aug. 19th, 2008 11:20 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
todayiamadaisyThere was a man in the post office this morning, a big, leathery, builder type in work shorts and a checked shirt, and he boomed to the lady behind the counter, "I've got to send this to my grand-daughter, love!" and he pulled a tiny, pink, fairy dress out of a shopping bag. So that was cute. And then another man came in wanting to post a chainsaw (in a protective case), but by that time I'd been served so I didn't get to see if he was allowed to or not.
Someone forwarded me one of those "THIS IS INCREDIBLE YOU'LL BE AMAZED!!!!!" emails the other day, which I don't normally encourage. This one, though, actually was kind of interesting: it was full of optical illusions. One in particular caught my attention:
The point of it is that square A and square B are really the same colour. Normally once I hear the explanation of an optical illusion, I can see it, but this time, while I understand it in theory, I've been looking and looking and looking at it and I can't get it. Even now I've seen the little animation on this page, my brain just won't accept it.
While I was searching for an explanation of the chessboard and cylinder illusion, I came across this picture (bigger version here):
It's apparently been around since 2005, but I've somehow missed it until now. There are meant to be seventy-five band names illustrated in it. I haven't found nearly that many. I won't tell you how long I looked at it before I realised those big potato things towards the back are meant to be Rolling Stones. :-)
Someone forwarded me one of those "THIS IS INCREDIBLE YOU'LL BE AMAZED!!!!!" emails the other day, which I don't normally encourage. This one, though, actually was kind of interesting: it was full of optical illusions. One in particular caught my attention:
The point of it is that square A and square B are really the same colour. Normally once I hear the explanation of an optical illusion, I can see it, but this time, while I understand it in theory, I've been looking and looking and looking at it and I can't get it. Even now I've seen the little animation on this page, my brain just won't accept it.
While I was searching for an explanation of the chessboard and cylinder illusion, I came across this picture (bigger version here):
It's apparently been around since 2005, but I've somehow missed it until now. There are meant to be seventy-five band names illustrated in it. I haven't found nearly that many. I won't tell you how long I looked at it before I realised those big potato things towards the back are meant to be Rolling Stones. :-)