Death’s Dream Kingdom 03: The Monster In The Mirror

Art & Crit by Eric Wayne

DDK 03: The Monster In The Mirror. Digital drawing: 20×30″ @300 dpi. 4/27/2019. CLICK TO SEE IN A NEW TAB SIZED FOR YOUR MONITOR.

The third in the series, and I sat on this one for a long time. There were some technical difficulties towards the end, such as in making the monster’s appendages persuasively symmetrical (working anatomically and compositionally). If I share an earlier version, you’ll understand why.

Below you can see I’d drawn in a couple appendages — a mantis type arm, and a sort of spiked horn — on the left side of the monster’s head. I got rid of the two long insect-leggy appendages in the front, but had to manufacture a matching set of the other ones for the right side. That’s a rather difficult feat of anatomy, perspective, and lighting.

If I’d planned this image, I would have roughed in all the elements on…

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Day 125: Quakers and Witchcraft

Five Products from Hammacher Schlemmer That Will Make You Jump Up and Down Shouting, “Huh!”

More shopping tips

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We at The Rotting Post proudly present the following completely real products that we officially guarantee will be used up to one time before landing in the back of your closet.   What’s more, they are all available at www.hammacher.com, the place to go for stuff that they sell there.

And remember:  If it isn’t Hammacher, it isn’t Schlemmer.

 1. Metal Detecting Sandals

I’ve often wondered, “What’s the latest fashion in searching for buried tuna cans and nickels and stuff at the beach?  I could really use that extra nickel, but…will I look stylish?”

Well the people at Hammecher Schlemmer have just the solution, with their eye-catching metal-detector sandals.   Let’s say that nickel I’m homing in on is buried under a beach blanket with two attractive young women on it.  Instead of sweeping over them with my out-of-style metal-detecting rod, and listening for beeps with big my headphones, now I…

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Hermès – Because Love Fades…but status is forever

A shopping Guide

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The holiday season is upon us, Jack Frost is in the air, and we’re here with our very own Holiday Gift Guide – brought to you exclusively by The Rotting Post and Hermes.

 The following completely real items will be sure to bring you and your loved ones seconds of joy, right up until the package is unwrapped.

1. Hermès Card Case in Swift calfskin with lambskin lining….$1,100

You don’t need to spend a hundred thousand dollars on a Mercedes S to feel like a rich asshole.  You need only throw away $1,100 on this useless cardholder, and you can be every bit as much of a douche.  Measuring just 3” by 4”, it’s small enough to hold nothing, and comes with a guarantee that it will get wedged behind a sofa cushion, never to be found again, before your holiday is even over!  Do we even…

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That Walkway was Expensive

Deidra Alexander's Blog

Stay on the path.

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The Family that What’s Together?

Reminds me of the facilities on the USS Bon Homme Richard

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Excuse me I want out of that family.

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Sugihara’s Circle/Square Optical Illusion

David Richeson: Division by Zero

[Update: Check out my second post in which I provide a template so you can make your own Sugihara circle/square object out of paper.]

Kokichi Sugihara created a video called Ambiguous Optical Illusion: Rectangles and Circles. In it he shows a variety of 3-dimensional objects that look like one shape when viewed from the front but look like a different shape in the mirror behind it.

In this blog post we show how he achieved the effect. For simplicity, we will show how he made a shape that looks like a circular cylinder from the front and a square cylinder in the mirror.

The following applet shows our final product (clicking the image links to the GeoGebra applet). It is a closed curve that represents the top rim of Sugihara’s shape. You can rotate the axes with your mouse. If you view the coordinate system with the positive green and…

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Zip-Apart Möbius Bands

David Richeson: Division by Zero

I’ve taught topology many times. One of the highlights for the students (and for me) is the investigation of the Möbius band—the one sided, one edged, non-orientable surface with boundary. On the day we introduce the Möbius band I bring many strips of paper, clear tape, and scissors and have the students make conjectures about what would happen if we taped and cut apart various topological shapes. Here are some activities that are fun to do:

1. Twist the paper zero times, and tape the ends (making a cylinder). Cut down the midline.
2. Give the paper one half-twist, and tape the ends (making a Möbius band). Cut down the midline.
3. Give the paper two half-twists ,and tape the ends. Cut down the midline.
4. Give the paper three half-twists, and tape the ends. Cut down the midline.
5. Twist the paper zero times, and tape the ends. Cut into thirds.
6. Give the paper one half-twist…

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Make a Sugihara Circle/Square Optical Illusion Out of Paper

Awesome illusion

David Richeson: Division by Zero

Yesterday I explained the mathematics behind Sugihara’s Circle/Square Optical Illusion, which appears in this video.

Today I created a printable template from which you can make your own version of Sugihara’s object.

Click the following image to download the pdf.

Making the shape and seeing the illusion is easy.

1. Cut out the figure at the top of the page.
2. Fold a sharp crease along the dotted line.
3. Tape the left and right edges together.
4. Fold a sharp crease along the taped seam.
5. Lightly squeeze together the creased sides so that the shape opens. Looking down on the shape it should have the shape at the bottom of the printout.
6. Close one eye. Look down on the shape at a 45 degree angle so that the two creases line up with each other.
7. Then turn it around 180 degrees and look again.

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Physics and The Future (Part two)

Seeking Delphi™

Note: This is the second part of an article originally posted in 2012 on my first blog, The Millennium Conjectures™.  Now, it’s time to invent a future in which I figure out what to post next.

I Conjecture:  Every Possible Future Exists

Part Two: Quantum Mechanics and The Future

“The best way to predict the future is to invent it.”–Alan Kay

Note: In case you had not surmised it, the most literal title for this conjecture would be “Every Physically Possible Future of Our Universe Exists.”   There is probably not a future in our universe where the laws of physics will change to allow Harry Potter to cast a patronus spell on demontors.

Inventing the quantum future at NASA

Alan Kay’s proposition suggests a philosophical viewpoint that emerges from this conjecture.  But for a better quote to describing its why and wherefore, I harken back to the E.B. White…

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