Observations and photos from trip to Bellevue
Shortly after my plane took off from Long Beach Airport, I saw an empty parking lot that perfectly demonstrated the Zollner illusion.
On the flight back, I noticed that lakes and rivers looked colorful through my polarizing sunglasses. I don't have an explanation.
March 17th, 2004 at 8:05 am
There are two types of pedestrian signal buttons in Bellevue, one that sticks out of the pole and has an arrow on the side indicating which direction the signal is for. The other kind has a sign above the button (as shown in your pictures) and the button works for crossing a street perpendicular to where you’re crossing.
They typically mount these later type of button on the street side of the poles, so you have to walk around to the street side to press the button, exposing you to traffic making right turns, when they’re not blocked by a bunch of people trying to go perpendicular to your street of choice (in which case they’ll all be standing in front of the button you want to press).
March 17th, 2004 at 8:37 pm
The two/three trail pictures are from the trails around Boeing, yes?
— K :)!
March 17th, 2004 at 8:43 pm
Correct. I thought that was clear from the captions. Have you been on that trail?
March 17th, 2004 at 8:48 pm
Alternatively, I could read the verbage more carefuly. The barbed wire fence wasn’t always there you know. How far afield did you go, anyway? I love that there are trails near my home…
March 17th, 2004 at 8:51 pm
Ok, that is crazy. I posted before you replied. Now I should either log on to aim. Or escape to my book which is what I was intending and think I will do.
March 17th, 2004 at 8:51 pm
Ok, that is crazy. I posted before you replied. Now I should either log on to aim. Or escape to my book which is what I was intending and think I will do.
March 17th, 2004 at 9:03 pm
Though to answer your question, I biked on part of that trail more or less every day one summer. I ran through that trail sometimes in cross country. My favorite short bike trip from home is around Phantom Lake. I practiced driving (when I had a permit) in the boeing parking lot at least once.
Of course, I don’t think we discovered that particular trail for years, but that is entirely beside the point.
Did you see wild rabbits?
March 17th, 2004 at 9:10 pm
I did not see wild rabbits. Just lots of dogs people were walking.
April 5th, 2004 at 3:29 pm
Polarizing filters are used to reduce atmospheric haze in photography, making landscapes appear more vibrant and accentuating cloudforms. They also cut certain reflections and glare.
Also, scrolling the Zollner page around the second graphic produces a trippy effect. That’s all I gots.
March 22nd, 2004 at 6:35 pm
Toilet Paper for Algorithm Scientists
There is a solution to the problem of toilet paper running out and being stranded: having two toilet paper rolls.