By Vurdlak on September 19, 2009, with 27 Comments
So I did something extremely important today. I have upgraded this WordPress blog to the newest 2.8.4 security update, just to make sure we’re safe from newest hacker attacks (more here). It took me more than I imagined. After all the work has been done, I had to make sure everything still functions properly. By now all of the widgets should continue to work as previously, but I still need your feedback. Please comment if you noticed anything strange using the site, or had problem seeing illusions in your widgets.
Apart from all this, check our newest optical illusion below! If you stare at the fly sitting in the center of the yellow-blue pattern on the right for a minute or so, and then switch your view onto the fly on your left – you’ll experience one interesting effect! Normally the cow photo looks divided into two different colored surfaces, but if you follow the previously mentioned procedure correctly – the cow photo fill appear perfectly normal. Yes, its similar to our prehistoric colored baby and hydroplane illusions! Please don’t forget to comment how the widgets behave at your end!
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This would have worked better if the cow photo used a lossless compression like PNG instead of the compression that was used (likely jpeg) which left a lot of compression artifacts, especially along the color border down the center. This leaves a line down the middle, despite the rest of the illusion working properly.
I don’t use any Widgets; but my Vista Gadget is working fine.
Compliments on your Mighty Optical Illusions site!!
I can’t belive that acually worked! the cow turned regular colored!!!!
the igoogle widget works great! :)
cool illusion!
Hmm… somehow i didnt get the full effect, maybe i didnt stare long enough…4/5 stars
It works almost as well for me by just staring on the left one. I tried both ways and I found by staring at the right pic first I could see that seam down the middle more than if I just stared at the fly on the left pic. Very cool!
just one correction:
Now the blog is safe from CRACKER attacks.
An hacker does’t waste his/her time doing these bullshit!
(see:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hacker_%28computing%29
and
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Security_cracking)
For the rest: thank you for your work on this blog! :)
It worked better for me when I placed my hand over the cow, stared at the fly and then removed my hand a stared at the cow…very cool.
Well dang that’s tight!
My iGoogle widget works fine.
I cannot believe it! How does that work? You keep amazing me everytime I think there just cannot be anything else new. Thank You!
the baby one(http://www.moillusions.com/2006/04/baby-illusion.html) worked better
that is really incredible. your site is fantastic. gives me a break for a minute every day.
Mac dashboard widget works fine :)
i could’nt see a damn cow, sorry…and i stared like a minute or so…the idea would be great if it actually worked for me ;)
Really cool! :D Love this site!
my widget is working fine and this illusion is interesting just with a cow?…
Everything is working fine. I have no idea what you’re talking about, but I’m happy with what I have. I only speak psychobabble. I’m sort of a techno-moron. Keep up the good work and I’ll keep appreciating it.
I’ve seen these types before but never get bored of them.
amazing….the colour disappears for few seconds and turns back
this is just a trick of your brain anyone who has had basic phsycology will know that it has to do with left and right brain processing each signal coming into either side of the brain
my vista widget doesn’t work
hi,
me not being an expert on optical illusion’s, i wondered if the effect i expirianced was the desired one.
I saw that the cow seemed coulored, but when i turn to the next image i saw a smiley, is this normal?
wtf
that’s really awesome!!! I luv it. Thnx for the fun.
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OMG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
if you look at the colred cow then look at the blank paper
ouch my eyes!