Waste time (and blow your own mind) by staring at this spiral!

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You're probably thinking, "What's the big deal? It's not like the spiral is spinning. It's not 3-D. I don't see Mother Teresa's face jumping out at me." True. But there's something you might not realize. See the blue spiral? And the green one? THEY'RE THE SAME COLOR.

Go ahead, take a look.

Still don't believe me? Check out this post over at Discover Magazine, which explains how the mind interprets colors based on surrounding hues. Then grab a Kleenex and wipe your brain off the walls.

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Calvin Green
Fri 07/17/09 10:35 PM

Another good way to waste time is to peruse this blog of fake movies:
http://failedscreenwriter.com/
(shameless self promotion, indeed)

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Ellen
Fri 07/17/09 10:36 PM

This one’s weirder. A friend showed us this at a party and we wasted the whole rest of the night trying to make sense of it…yes we are geeks…
http://www.moillusions.com/2007/06/spinning-sihouette-optical-illusion.html

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angie
Fri 07/24/09 2:28 AM

good stuff

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