I finally saw her spin clockwise when I gave up trying and was about to close the browser window. I've vanquished yet another one of the many obstacles in my path to true happines.

See, that would make sense and all, but it thinks I'm right-brained too.
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New York City is having a Post-Disaster Housing Design Competition called What if New York City.... The site is amazingly elaborate, with a whole made-up neighborhood, "Prospect Shore" and Flash graphics showing what happens when the hypothetical hurricane hits. The creepiest part is the disaster scenario with the interactive map showing what happens to the city with fake timelines and satellite photos and fake maps.

A new Crap Email from a Dude over at Jezebel: Cheapskate dead-end moocher pissed to be busted on said mooching:

That was great, Cleo. I really hope everyone gets over to Gawker and catches up on the infamous John Fitzgerald Page story. I have laughed nonstop for the last two days. The guy took douchebaggery to an artform.

This is hilarious, because I came across this dancer on another site last night and I was reaching murderous rage levels because EVERYONE there saw it as clockwise and I could only see it counter-clockwise. I was convinced everyone was just saying clockwise because then they got to be special right-brained people. While I am made of epic fail at math, and am apparently, according to this dancer, left-brained.

However, once I saw the link with all three, I now see her going clockwise, counter-clockwise, weaving from side to side. . .instead of making me feel better, I somehow feel WORSE. She can't be going all ways! She goes counter-clockwise, and that's it!

Actually, on the original site, I still just see her going counter-clockwise.

I'm going to give myself a stroke if I keep trying to get the dancing girl to go counter-clockwise.

At first I could only see her clockwise, which is weird because I am soooooo left brained. Then I looked at the flash and now I can see her both ways and I can FEEL my brain make the switch each time and I'm left handed but my right thumb goes on top but I'm usually a totally logical person and I need to get off the interweb and go to bed right now.

An old one from Smart Bitches Trashy Books: Cover art + Look Inside arrow = Roffles 'R Us

Okay, I'm seeing a worrying tendency in this thread to take that old left brain/right brain stuff at face value. This is one of those science factoids that won't go away because it's gotten wedged into pop culture. The truth is more complicated than that.

The old left brain = logical, right brain = arty (spatial relations, etc.) thing came from some experiments back in the 60s with epileptics who'd had their hemispheres severed by an operation. The trouble is, this simple split wasn't upheld by brain imagery studies:

But it got even more complicated than that really quickly, and now everything is a mess. You can find out the details at the link above.

Unfortunately we don't have a "Websites that are completely fucking amazing" thread, so I'll put this here: Make Your Own Magic Eye.

Now I have to reschedule the rest of my life, due to magic-eye-creating priorities. Holy crap is that ever fun. Good find!

I spent like half the morning with it. It is a time-suck.

I can't do it. I can't make the yin and yang. What's supposed to happen?

I've never been able to see a magic eye picture. Not now, not in the 90s, not ever. I am convinced they are an evil conspiracy everyone's in on but me.

You need to know how to view stereograms. Bring your nose close to the screen (like, an inch or two away), cross your eyes slightly, and then slowly bring your head back. At some point, the picture should snap into focus. It can require several tries if you've never done it before.

I haven't ever seen one either! I thought that knowing what I was looking for with this one (having just drawn it) would help, but no.