Where the potentially gripping is rendered banal
Posted in Strangely-Compelling, Watch-Listen-Learn on Nov 7th, 2007
Is this woman spinning clockwise or anti-clockwise?
If you see her as spinning clockwise, it’s supposed to mean you’re right-brain dominant (uses feeling, “big picture” oriented, imagination rules, symbols and images). If you see her spinning anti-clockwise you are supposedly left-brain dominant (uses logic, detail oriented, facts rule,words and language).
Whichever you see, it’s possible to switch [...]
Posted in Strangely-Compelling on Apr 14th, 2007
The annual Bookseller.com/Diagram Prize for the oddest book title of 2006 has been awarded. The winner is:
The Stray Shopping Carts of Eastern North America: A Guide to Field Identification by Julian Montague.
The book arose from Julian’s online Stray Shopping Cart Project which is the world’s first attempt at the categorisation of stray shopping carts [...]
Posted in Pics, Strangely-Compelling on Apr 4th, 2007
There are many little treasures to be discovered in any neighbourhood and ours is no exception. I recently shared with you the magnificent coconut palm and now behold . . . Yard Art:
I have digitally removed the phone number from one of the photos but if anyone is interested in buying any of these [...]
