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Have you seen those optical illusions where still images are supposed to look like they're rotating? Those sometimes work for me, sometimes not. It probably depends on your monitor size, whether you're staring at an LCD or CRT, or what you ate for breakfast.
Click the image on the left, though. This one freaks me out. I swear, it's not an animated gif. It's just a still image. Yikes.
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Holy Crap! Why do you think the little red, sticky-outie Y's were included in the image?
Posted by: aRT girl | May 13, 2005 at 02:37 PM
This is now on James's desktop so he can be mesmorized ALL the time....
Shelby
Posted by: Shelby | May 19, 2005 at 10:03 AM
The red Y's? The rotating thingies are snakes, apparently, so the Y's must be tongues.
I've found the source for this illusion, so I'd like to properly credit the author. See http://www.ritsumei.ac.jp/~akitaoka/rotate-e.html
There are lots more illusions (although none as good as this) along with a detailed explanation of the phenomenon.
Posted by: JimH | May 22, 2005 at 03:31 PM