Hyperbole and a Half
Sunday, August 15th, 2010If, by some chance, you have missed Hyperbole and a Half… you have a LOT of laughter ahead of you. Allie is delightful. She has given me the comparison, “… like an attention deficit squirrel on PCP.”
Escher’s Relativity, panoramic view
Wednesday, July 21st, 2010Tribute to Escher in Barcelona
Illusions
Tuesday, May 11th, 2010Optical illusions have always fascinated me. If it tells you anything, the only “artist books” I own are MC Eshcer. 3D illusions are wonderful, and this right here? made my eyes go O.O at the total awesome.
Sound effects!
Friday, April 23rd, 2010http://instantsfun.es/
to insert into whatever conversations you’re having within range of your computer!
HEY, LOOK!
Friday, April 2nd, 2010The little imp is doing a little fair! ’s gonna be fun. I’ll post shots of the stuff I’m making as it gets closer.
I’m kind of excited!
Am I a freak, or are they just not looking?
Thursday, March 18th, 2010I had such fun with the last little bottle, I decided to do it again. This necessitated a run to one of the local antique stores, perusing their glassware collection. I did find one, so there will be playtime with it later.
I am, very often, effectively invisible. It is a quality that amuses me more [...]
Oh, internet
Tuesday, March 16th, 2010you come up with the COOLEST STUFF.
http://lab.andre-michelle.com/tonematrix
via He of the Spork
Introduction to skepticism.
Friday, March 12th, 2010My 9 year old daughter was looking up something about Littlest Pet Shop toys online last night. Then she came to me and the following conversation ensued:
“Hey Mom, I was at the Littlest Pet Shop site and this thing came up that said the one millionth visitor had won a Wal-Mart gift card. Do you [...]
To atone
Tuesday, March 2nd, 2010To atone for the previous post, have something neat. It’s called Paradoxymoron.
I know it doesn’t look like sheer interesting from here, so go here and watch the 20 seconds of video that turn it from “oh, hey, a painting of bookshelves that open onto themselves” into SHEER 3-D AWESOME.
Someone, at some point
Tuesday, March 2nd, 2010Thought this was a good idea.
Oh, how fashion changes. Just to fully illustrate, have a closeup of the pattern:
It is also 100% Dacron Polyester.
The story behind this retinal onslaught from the 70’s is that it was my grandfather’s. My grandparents have recently moved into assisted living, and so my parents and I were sorting through [...]
