Previous Entries
B and B
(Sunday, August 28th, 2011)
Ever more B.
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Camel cigarettes go to Brussels
(Sunday, August 7th, 2011)
Did you know that the Camel cigarette packs had a hidden hommage to the Manneken Pis (Rue de l’Étuve/Stoofstraat in Brussels)?
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Today’s advice: Beware of escalators in Escherland
(Wednesday, April 6th, 2011)
It is always risky to run on a shopping mall escalator, but it is downright irresponsible not to be very cautious when using an escalator in the world of M.C.Escher.
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Real Penrose Triangle
(Wednesday, March 30th, 2011)
The Penrose triangle (here dcorated with playing dices) is a very traditional form of optical illusion which seemed very difficult to reproduce in real life and in 3D.
Up to we’ve seen these two impressive realisations:
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M.C. Escher for real and in video
(Wednesday, March 23rd, 2011)
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We have to admit that we all thought it was only an optical illusion up to this video demonstration.
Or should we follow the counter-explanation showing that this is a simple perspective trick:
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