What a waste of good cephalopod images, using them to make a mosaic of yours truly. It’s made using some softward called MacOSaiX, if you’re interested in trying some yourself.
ummmmm…… bigdumbchimp mosaic out of pork bbq…..droool
Apikorossays
Very cool!
Unfortunately, I guess the program just assumes that all the pictures it finds contain cephalopods (is it getting pix from Google Images?). Somewhere on your right cheek there’s a drawing of shoes and a handbag.
And you have linoleum on your forehead.
Thought you oughta know.
Torrissays
Awesome mosaic PZ!
I think a mosaic of abstract ideas would be quite appropriate for Wilkins. What a challenge!
All of the pics are photos from flickr.com.
I found a UFO, and an meal of octopussy.
So you’re made of flying saucers, uh, er, strange meals, and lots of toddlers.
Biggssays
HA! One of the pictures in the mosaic is of the Octopus Project at Emo’s in Austin. Yet more proof of my theory that everything awesome happens in Austin.
HA! One of the pictures in the mosaic is of the Octopus Project at Emo’s in Austin. Yet more proof of my theory that everything awesome happens in Austin.
I have bucketloads of anecdotal evidence to support that claim.
The Brummellsays
Dr. Myers, I’ve never mentioned before how much you appear to resemble a former graduate committee member. Now I picture him with powerful tentacles shooting from his forehead, and all those repressed memories of committee meetings past morph into Cthulhu-esqe horror.
*shudder*
“The most parsimonious explanation for your data is that you are incompetent”
Imagine that statement (true quote, to the best of my recollection) accompanied by rapid extension of pink tentacles.
John Wilkins says
Cool. Do you think somebody could do one of me made out of… ummm… abstract ideas?
Great White Wonder says
Curious. The first mosaic tile I clicked on was some of that cephalod porn we’ve discussed her before. What are the odds of that?
bigdumbchimp says
ummmmm…… bigdumbchimp mosaic out of pork bbq…..droool
Apikoros says
Very cool!
Unfortunately, I guess the program just assumes that all the pictures it finds contain cephalopods (is it getting pix from Google Images?). Somewhere on your right cheek there’s a drawing of shoes and a handbag.
And you have linoleum on your forehead.
Thought you oughta know.
Torris says
Awesome mosaic PZ!
I think a mosaic of abstract ideas would be quite appropriate for Wilkins. What a challenge!
Carel says
Pretty nifty! Artist John Ellsberry does something similar the old-fashioned way, by selecting squares of stained glass.
Heliologue says
Cephalopods are the sincerest form of flattery.
llewelly says
All of the pics are photos from flickr.com.
I found a UFO, and an meal of octopussy.
So you’re made of flying saucers, uh, er, strange meals, and lots of toddlers.
Biggs says
HA! One of the pictures in the mosaic is of the Octopus Project at Emo’s in Austin. Yet more proof of my theory that everything awesome happens in Austin.
clvrmnky says
Wow, those common forms of evolution are pretty pervasive. Here’s a squid from the picture that looks like a pair of tetrapods:
I guess it is more correct to say that the mosaic is created with photos that are “tagged” octopus or squid. But what can you do?
clvrmnky says
Hmph. My muscle memory always sorrounds URLs in angle brackets. Serves me right for not previewing. Here ’tis: http://www.flickr.com/photos/61576666@N00/104701235/
Torbjörn Larsson says
PZ looks like a lubed-up squid: http://www.comics.com/comics/getfuzzy/index.html .
Dan says
I have bucketloads of anecdotal evidence to support that claim.
The Brummell says
Dr. Myers, I’ve never mentioned before how much you appear to resemble a former graduate committee member. Now I picture him with powerful tentacles shooting from his forehead, and all those repressed memories of committee meetings past morph into Cthulhu-esqe horror.
*shudder*
“The most parsimonious explanation for your data is that you are incompetent”
Imagine that statement (true quote, to the best of my recollection) accompanied by rapid extension of pink tentacles.
cleek says
slightly OT: that technique of making mosaics out of smaller images is patented.
what a stupid stupid patent.
CousinoMacul says
Yum, some of those tiles made me hungry for Calamari.
jrochest says
On PZ’s left cheek is an image of stir-fried squid from Thurlow and Robson in Vancouver, so I assume the program has just pulled images off the net.
dr. bloor says
Wow. It’s like being the love child of Chuck Close and Jacques Cousteau.