The Eyes Have It

DNA strands (1/2/3), most of which seem to be correctly rendered as right handed, and unseen anatomy seem to be recurrent themes at this tattoo gallery site. Interesting use of the skin as a canvas on which to illustrate what it’s covering. May not be safe for work.

A collection of collages that appear to made of cut up anatomy textbooks. His choice of source material seems pretty ironic given the fact that anatomical illustration is all about putting the pieces exactly where they need to be in relation to the other pieces. Although visually interesting, decontextualized anatomy is basically information free. It’s also interesting to think about what he had to do to the original prints as being akin to surgery or autopsy. Sommer’s obituary. [via Consumptive]

Okay, here we go. The first draft of the redesign is up and running. I still need to bring over some left sidebar content from the old version, all the old posts need to be converted so they work with XHTML/CSS and the CSS needs to be cleaned up. I’ve only had a chance to test it in IE6 and Mozilla 1.4 so if you notice something that seems broken, please let me know. I hope to begin posting for real before Christmas. Thanks for your patience.

I’m currently in the process of redesigning The Eyes Have It so posts are going to few and far between for a while. The new version is going to have a tableless, CSS-based, three-column layout and will include a side blog and a random image rotator. A snapshot of the progress that’s been made thus far can be found here. It obviously has a ways to go. From time to time the current draft version might be live here as I test it in Blogger.

This site asks “Was God superimposed on a mid-sagittal outline of the human brain in Michelangelo’s Sistine Chapel painting of ‘The Creation of Adam’?” But it doesn’t even attempt to answer the really interesting questions: why did Michelangelo do it and what was he trying to say? [via Incoming Signals]

Good example of a well-executed Flash application found on the site supporting the PBS series The Secret Life of the Brain. Might be considered somewhat simplistic, but its level of complexity is probably appropriate for its intended audience/purpose. My only problem with the interface is that you can’t reach the limbic system by clicking on the brain, you can only reach it by using the buttons in the lower right. If you don’t explore those controls, you’ll only get part of the experience.