DSD

Some very nifty murals from artist John Pugh (via Neatorama)

The incred­i­bly life­like scenes are actu­ally huge works of art, painted on the side of per­fectly intact buildings.

Even that woman peer­ing into the ruin above is not real. The paint­ings, which have fooled many, were cre­ated by John Pugh, who spe­cialises in trompe l’oeil — or ‘trick of the eye’ — art.

I could not help smil­ing for this whole clip. It’s just great. Wow.

Bobby McFer­rin demon­strates the power of the pen­ta­tonic scale, using audi­ence par­tic­i­pa­tion, at the event “Notes & Neu­rons: In Search of the Com­mon Cho­rus”, from the 2009 World Sci­ence Fes­ti­val, June 12, 2009.

Oh, the joys of Google sug­gest. One of these things just doesn’t belong…