Pictures

Optical illusions are all over the web, but most are boring. One of my favorite animated optical illusions is below. Here's what you do:

1. Watch the purple dots on the outside. Nothing odd there, right?
2. Look in the center and peripherally look at the rotating purple dot. It's green!
3. Now stare hard at the center and eventually the dots will disappear.

The human brain is a funny thing, no?

Nice!

Blatantly stolen from site I forgot to note, but that probably blatantly stole it from some other site.

This sort of thing has been circulating for a while, but this is a great example of how we can read words even when the order of the letters is mixed up.

Now here's a something you don't see everyday. Apparently, the Russian Army has its armored vehicles blessed by the Church. Am I the only one that thinks this is an odd thing for a peace-loving institution to do?

First seen here.

I came across this wonderful animated image that seems like a perfect metaphor for anything that is overly complicated.

I was recently vacationing on the Big Island of Hawaii and spent an hour or so in a submarine. Conditions for shutterbugs like me weren't great 100 feet under water, but I did manage to catch these two fish doing their best to entertain us.

Ever wonder what would happen if the Dilbert franchise expanded into electronic greeting cards? Well, wonder no more. Here are 7 of my favorite e-cards from someecards.com.

A little mustard and you're good to go!

The Business Pundit has an excellent post that describes the current business environment using corporate logos. My favorite...

See the rest here.

Umm... search engine optimization being advertised on the side of an SUV? Oh and look! They optimize for Ask. Get a number 1 ranking and both Ask users will visit your site. Eeesh.

Photo snapped by MG

I'm one of those guys that thinks he's going to save the world with his Swiss Army knife (well, actually a Leatherman these days). Much better chances with the model below, wouldn't you say?

Statistics are often hard to wrap our heads around particularly when the numbers involved are big. Chris Jordan has an ongoing project to help visualize the meaning behind some of these numbers. Here's what the number of cell phones being disposed of daily in the US look like.

Check out the other pictures of Chris' work.

By now the collapse of the stock market in 2008 is old news, but that doesn't mean we can't remind ourselves of what happened. Here's a great picture for that (and a great example of Photoshop chops).

First seen on Portfolio.

One of the better amateur, Despair-like images I've seen:

Ever have the feeling you're being watched?

A simple 90 degree rotation makes for an interesting photo.

First seen on a post from Search Engine People.

I have no idea how this shutterbug pulled this one off, but it's a great shot. And if it cost a life, well I think it was worth it, don't you?

OK. Maybe it's not such a secret considering all the consultant jokes floating around, but I don't think anyone has captured it better than the brilliant team at Despair Inc.

A new homeowner discovered this lint in the dryer that came with his house. Yikes!

Check out the full story.

Quite possibly the best eye shot I've ever seen. I'm guessing some Photoshop work to make the eyes appear they're on a face rather than on either side of the head like a reptile.

First spotted here.

Can you really fire a gun while balancing on a Segway?

Apparently so since this is how in an anti-terrorism drill in Jinan, China ahead of the Beijing Olympic games.