tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2664393407924733681.post6797459460989403564..comments2024-03-29T21:18:18.237+10:30Comments on Drifting through life: k....is forRiverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14794655013673748992noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2664393407924733681.post-77276353790799845532013-03-17T20:29:58.677+10:302013-03-17T20:29:58.677+10:30Tempo; I hope there are still good quality ones to...Tempo; I hope there are still good quality ones to be found. Most of those in toy stores now are cheaply made plastic things where the coloured bits just roll around. I suspect they don't use real mirrors and/or don't position them properly. Perhaps there is a "choking hazard/health issue" involved.<br /><br />R.H. I've never seen a flat kaleidoscope, but then I haven't been to a scienceworks museum.<br /><br />mm; I'd love to check the youtube link, but my connection is way too slow. Any youtube takes so long to load, I can go to the kitchen, wash, dry and put away a days worth of dishes, then make a coffee before it has finished loading. That may be a slight exaggeration, but you get the idea. <br /><br />Kath Lockett; you know how to make one?? wow. Can I put in an order for Christmas? <br /><br />gaby@727m2; I don't know if "good" ones are still around, I hope so as I want one. I'm not sure about kids though, maybe they know of them, but have never seen one, it's all electronics these days. so much has been lost in the leap toward technology.Riverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14794655013673748992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2664393407924733681.post-20815082472047952132013-03-17T16:05:16.799+10:302013-03-17T16:05:16.799+10:30Wow... amazing! I LOVE kaleidoscopes! Are they sti...Wow... amazing! I LOVE kaleidoscopes! Are they still around... I mean do kids these days take an interest in them like we used to? Images are beautiful.Gabyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13857464135537822205noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2664393407924733681.post-58431225906827432852013-03-17T01:13:22.271+10:302013-03-17T01:13:22.271+10:30I remember my father showing me how to make one .....I remember my father showing me how to make one ..... and how dazzled I was at the magic it produced.MedicatedMoohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08609190990579743429noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2664393407924733681.post-68837529717685170922013-03-17T00:22:56.565+10:302013-03-17T00:22:56.565+10:30Dali's The Persistence of Memory is a very nic...Dali's The Persistence of Memory is a very nice painting become crass (as many good things have) through popularity among atheist cafe society. Meanwhile nothing to do with that but there is indeed a thing known as persistance of image. Look at an object, close your eyes, and if you're willing you can still see the object. That's memory. I still see the little street where I grew up: every house, hedge, blade of grass; I see the old man himself, coming home from the pub. There's the houses, people, everyone alive, and all been gone for decades.<br /><br />Don't let any fool tell you memory fabricates. R.H.https://www.blogger.com/profile/04639593801088008224noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2664393407924733681.post-25812347474786933172013-03-16T21:53:42.783+10:302013-03-16T21:53:42.783+10:30'Kaleidoscope' is the title of the artpiec...'Kaleidoscope' is the title of the artpiece created by Shadoweddancer who is a digital artist who uses Chaos Theory (a mathematical formula) which generates random but repetitive pattern. By changing the constants of the equation, you can generate different types of patterns.<br />You can watch this youtube if you are interested:<br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zGorNHvptCwmmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15971319575444421547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2664393407924733681.post-1568256326505682212013-03-16T21:52:36.865+10:302013-03-16T21:52:36.865+10:30This comment has been removed by the author.mmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15971319575444421547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2664393407924733681.post-28964042554425571512013-03-16T20:51:27.533+10:302013-03-16T20:51:27.533+10:30My idea of a kaleidoscope was an exhibit of one I ...My idea of a kaleidoscope was an exhibit of one I saw at the Scienceworks Museum. This was a flat horizontal disk with small vertical mirrors all around the outer edge. The mirrors had colour pictures on them and when the disk was spun there was a whirl of image and colour. I think movies (which are really a series of still photographs with gaps between) rely on a similar trick of perception. My earliest and most wonderous experience in this way of things was when my daddy showed me the Skipping Girl neon in dirty old industrial Victoria street. Look it up. R.H.https://www.blogger.com/profile/04639593801088008224noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2664393407924733681.post-91443071412551616362013-03-16T19:33:30.326+10:302013-03-16T19:33:30.326+10:30They're not the same as the one's we had a...They're not the same as the one's we had as kids though are they River? I ordered a few as gifts recently and they're all crap by comparison.Tempohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01023337124226272532noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2664393407924733681.post-46397721484147150422013-03-16T17:20:22.275+10:302013-03-16T17:20:22.275+10:30Delores; your grandchildren will love them.
Andre...Delores; your grandchildren will love them.<br /><br />Andrew; I would love to find a good one now, haven't seen any for a long time.<br /><br />A Farmer's Wife; I'd like to know where you bought one. Is it a store that is nationwide? I'd like to get one. Or several for my own grandkids.<br /><br />mm; I suspected as much, but it does look like kaleidoscope images were used in the make up of it. I found all these images at google.<br /><br />R.H. life does spin quite a lot sometimes. <br /><br />Manzanita; I'm going to search for and buy one, hopefully in a real store so I can check that it is a good one and not a cheap thing that doesn't make patterns. <br /><br />Mimsie; my kids didn't have them as I couldn't find any then. If I find some now, my youngest grandkids will have one each. Thank you for that link, I'll check it out. <br /><br />Elephant's Child; you have two?? I'm envious a little. I'm sure I'll track one down eventually. Riverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14794655013673748992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2664393407924733681.post-23198332856744934922013-03-16T15:16:57.818+10:302013-03-16T15:16:57.818+10:30Not only did I have one, I still do (in fact I hav...Not only did I have one, I still do (in fact I have two). I find them fascinating things, and the patterns are often very beautiful indeed.Elephant's Childhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06650565833097914052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2664393407924733681.post-32886819786017582972013-03-16T13:25:26.602+10:302013-03-16T13:25:26.602+10:30Yes I had one and my kids did as well. Actually I...Yes I had one and my kids did as well. Actually I received an email this week and the screen became alive with all these fantastic patterns changing all the time. You can only watch it for so long though. The website is:<br />http://inoyan.ru/kaleidoskop.swfMimsiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00249766510078357225noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2664393407924733681.post-34594513876517623082013-03-16T13:06:30.272+10:302013-03-16T13:06:30.272+10:30River
Oh yes, I remember that. The patterns are ab...River<br />Oh yes, I remember that. The patterns are absolutely breathtaking. I guess I never noticed when they left they planet but I haven't seen one or thought about it in years. Thanks for the reminder.Manzanitahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06467261212623663365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2664393407924733681.post-92031345153750508962013-03-16T10:45:10.662+10:302013-03-16T10:45:10.662+10:30The vast kaleidoscope of life.
Spinning. Spinning....The vast kaleidoscope of life.<br />Spinning. Spinning. You sexy thing. R.H.https://www.blogger.com/profile/04639593801088008224noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2664393407924733681.post-5348424410375587722013-03-16T10:31:51.774+10:302013-03-16T10:31:51.774+10:30The second last picture is not a kaleidoscope pic....The second last picture is not a kaleidoscope pic. It is created by Chaos Theory. More can be seen here"<br />http://fineartamerica.com/featured/chaos-theory-christy-hodgin.htmlmmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15971319575444421547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2664393407924733681.post-66574123044509231782013-03-16T10:30:19.349+10:302013-03-16T10:30:19.349+10:30I just sent one to my niece inside a package for E...I just sent one to my niece inside a package for Easter as my sister-in-law doesn't like them having too much chocolate! Just gorgeous. Hope she likes it.A Farmer's Wifehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17094401205258678969noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2664393407924733681.post-14691252367830866122013-03-16T07:50:45.732+10:302013-03-16T07:50:45.732+10:30They fascinated me when I was young. Even now I th...They fascinated me when I was young. Even now I think they are pretty interesting.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2664393407924733681.post-15073872008583752022013-03-16T07:31:04.371+10:302013-03-16T07:31:04.371+10:30I sure did have one We put some in the grands soc...I sure did have one We put some in the grands socks this past Christmas.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com