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This is similar to those dancing game you get in arcade machines or games consoles, except you use the keyboard, so you only have to break a mental sweat. Also, the location of the arrows doesn't reflect which one they are, it's not quite in sync with the (pumping techno) music and there are three colours which must be taken into account. Sounds hard? It is. But it's fun!
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Because sometimes the real world just isn't quite mad enough. As weird as the Monty Python cartoon bits and (almost) as freaky as an Aphex Twin video, this stop motion animation is rather impressive. Just don't have nightmares over it.
If you use eBay and have ever had some bizarre feedback, this guy may have been involved. From the slightly over-zealous "Fast shipping. Polite responses. Has all his teeth. Doesn't beat his wife. A++++" to the (hopefully) completely made up "Good News! the puppy arrived ALIVE this time! Guess 9 times a charm!" via the completely unrelated "that song—'You Say Tomato and I Say Tomato' make no sense when you write it down", these pages are likely to amuse and/or appall. Who said nothing on eBay is free?
Try this little test, ideally with a friend. Before you write it off as a hoax, I'd like to share the fact that I managed to change the direction the image was spinning (or rather my perception of it) while the entire time a friend saw it spinning one way. Maybe I'm simple, but I'm impressed.
Spreeder can be used to decrease the time it takes to read a text by displaying the text word by word at a constant speed. The idea is that it stops you going over sentences you have already read as well as force you to learn to assimilate words without having to 'read in your head'. If you find it is taking you too long to read your course books, this may be a handy tool to practice your speed reading skills. If nothing else, I find it quite fun to see how fast I can crank it up and still understand the text. But I'm a bit funny like that.
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