Cool.. Oh so cool... super cool`

Every so often, you can come across something that takes you very nicely by surprise. Not just jump as in a loud bang. No this is a sort of continuing surprise. It’s something that half an hour later you’re still smiling at the thought and bathing the soap suds of your good fortune. The dog eating at the table is one.

Not building this up too much am I?

This is the one that lead to this blog, it's not a streaming site, so it will take a while to load. Let me assure you its not what it seems to be: so let it play.

The link is to the original site and not the shorter lower quality versions you may have seen elsewhere. Happy origami!

...Welcome back? I have to reveal at this point that the drawings of Escher and Dali’s limpid watch (scroll about half way down the linked page) held a special enchantment for me during my earlier years. A sort of cross between science fiction and art. Now there isn’t much art in the publication New Scientist, so when something which can be placed in the Art category comes up and is worth a few minutes of your time: it has to be a bit off the beaten path.

For completeness here is the link to the New Scientist article that lead me on. This week they published best new visual illusions 2010 and the winner just ticked the box.

If you’re interested in previous years then the finalists from 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2009, are listed in a panel half way down the left hand side.