Tag Archives: Maze

Gruen Effect: “For starters the sales kiosk should be at the entrance…”

Gruen Effect: “Ever notice how when you enter a large grocery store, Common items like bread & milk are right at the back, And the journey there is Labyrinthine? The layout is designed to confuse you, So you become lost, And end up impulse-buying items you don’t need.” https://t.co/OWeuvAp2Ky — HïMY SYeD 🍥 City of […]

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“Sorry. He helped me get out of a maze” – The Minotaur

“Sorry. He helped me get out of a maze” – The Minotaur Repayment#comics #bizarro #animals #CatsOfTwitter #cats #Mouse #Minotaur #mythology pic.twitter.com/IRYLklzcUy — Wayno® (@Waynocartoons) July 23, 2022

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“Mazes & Labyrinths: The Search For The Center” – Documentary Film by Scott Campbell – PBS – 1996

“The Search for the Center explores the history and cultural significance of Mazes and Labyrinths around the world throughout time. Examples range from 5000 BC and Greek mythology to current day religious and ceremonial uses in various cultures.”

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“The Infamous Pac-Man Level 256 Glitch…”

View this post on Instagram The infamous Pac-Man level 256 glitch. The reason for the glitch is that the level counter in the original Pac-Man is stored as an 8-bit integer, meaning the highest value it can hold is 255. The level counter starts with 0 internally, but for calculating the fruit counter it adds […]

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“Maze Runner 😂” – Eric Rhys Miller

“Trying to leave a Masjid while others are praying” Okay, I found that funny, as would any Muslim… Youll never know a real maze until you are trying to leave the mosque while some people are still praying #thestruggle — Amun Uppal (@amun824) August 3, 2013 Maze Runner 😂 #muslim #muslimmemes #maze #masjid #prayer -follow […]

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The Pygmalion Effect: ‘Students were given rats from two groups, one described as “maze dull” and the other as “maze bright.”’

Learning about The Pygmalion Effect and this paragraph caught my attention… “Students were given rats from two groups, one described as “maze dull” and the other as “maze bright.” Researchers claimed that the former group could not learn to properly negotiate a maze, but the latter could with ease. As you might expect, the groups […]

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“When I was a kid (4th or 5th grade), I loved drawing mazes. I took a small notebook of them to school and a classmate offered to pay me a nickel for one.” – Ryan Green

When I was a kid (4th or 5th grade), I loved drawing mazes. I took a small notebook of them to school and a classmate offered to pay me a nickel for one. He showed his friend, who also wanted one. I got another nickel. Word spread, orders flowed, and my pencil scribbled more mazes. […]

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“Supposedly back in the Viking days there were many of these rock mazes by sea shores to trap evil spirits…” – Kirsi Rebekka Halme – Vikingeskibsmuseet i Roskilde, Denmark

“Supposedly back in the Viking days there were many of these rock mazes by sea shores to trap evil spirits. Here’s how they worked: A Viking slowly walked in the maze. His evil spirit followed him in. The Viking then started speeding up and running and eventually ran out of the maze. Because bad spirits […]

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“Someone has a knack for making random stone mazes in Van. Second one I have spotted so far!” – Jared Hill – Vancouver Public Labyrinth

Labyrinth Making Still in Progress . . . Someone has a knack for making random stone mazes in van. Second one I have spotted so far! #maze #vancouver #random A post shared by Jared Hill (@jnhill_) on Apr 7, 2018 at 9:18am PDT

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“This week at Art Gallery of Ontario: see kids on March Break run about in a maze like little lab mice” – Downtown Toronto

View this post on Instagram This week at @agotoronto: see kids on March Break run about in a #maze like little lab mice A post shared by Nadia Halim (@nadia.halim) on Mar 14, 2017 at 2:10pm PDT

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A Cartoon in The New Yorker…

Found this Cartoon in The New Yorker.

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“A maze ing …. Pedestrian maze by Bourgie Hall, Musée des beaux-arts de Montréal” – 2yens

A #maze ing …. Pedestrian maze by #museedesbeauxarts Bourgie Hall #Montreal A photo posted by 2¥Z (@2yens) on Sep 22, 2015 at 1:51pm PDT While exploring Montréal, my Sister-in-Law Instagrammed this wonderful example of Giant Outstallation Art. Due to time constraints, my Brother and his Wife weren’t able to walk it. Almost makes me want […]

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A Joke about Labyrinths. . .

“A Joke about Labyrinths would be A Maze Zing.”

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Yelp Review: Christie Street Traffic Island Labyrinth

We had heard rumors. Walking outside of Christie station on the TTC, we look down… suddenly we see it… artfully laid out on the ground…  The labyrinth. No, this has absolutely nothing to do with David Bowie.

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