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Aref-Adib’s Look Alikes

Thursday, March 5th, 2009

I like people who see things others don’t. This guy collects on his blog images of people and objects that, well, look alike.  It’s not just the “Separated at Birth” concept, however. Aref-Adib has collected some unusual pairs, like this one (Banksy/calligraphy):

Here’s a Mondrian/”Mind the gap” juxtaposition that I like a lot:

There’s also one of [...]

Putting Shame in Your Game

Sunday, July 29th, 2007

Some years ago, my brother and I were playing Boggle with a friend. Boggle, for those who don’t know (and I don’t know if you deserve to be told if you don’t know, but I am in a munificent mood) is a word game consisting of a small plastic board, 16 letter cubes, and a [...]