Here’s a neat optical illusion that tricks you into thinking you’re seeing a colour photo, when it’s really a black and white one.

And since the World Cup is on, it’s a photo of Cristiano Ronaldo.

Click the photo to try the optical illusion:

Next time there’s a Norwegian Cruise Line cruise ship in Prince Rupert harbour, check out their maple leaf flags. It appears NCL is flying cheap knock-offs of the Canadian flag. Maybe they got a deal on a bunch at Wal-Mart or something.

Here’s a photo I took of the Norwegian Wind’s flag in Vancouver:

The maple leaf in the middle of the flag is much smaller than it should be. For comparison, here’s a photo of the same flags, with the Canada Place flag in the foreground. Notice the difference in size of the maple leaf?

Big version of the photo in my photo album.

The flag should look like this:

but it seems to look like this:

It also appears that the side bars on the flag are skinnier than they should be.

Unfortunately, I never seem to have a camera on me when I’m near a cruise ship in Prince Rupert. The Norwegian Sun is flying the same wimpy Canadian flag, though.

Imagine the controversy this would cause if this were the Stars and Stripes! Thankfully, Canadians don’t care too much about this stuff. We’ll just chalk it up to typical (but harmless) American ignorance. Sort of like when they flew the Canadian flag upside down at the 1992 World Series.

“Jesus said we should turn the other cheek. Unfortunately, Figo is not Jesus Christ.” — Portugal Coach Luiz Felipe Scolari

Why can’t I ever get this close with a shotgun? Nah, these guys are cute. Aaaahhhhh.

More photos in my Gallery.

Speed bump on Work Channel Road:

More photos in my photo gallery (take a look in 2006). There are still a lot more to come. I’m finally going through all the stuff I’ve taken in the last few months.

Luggage cart at Prince Rupert airport. Yeah, it’s got a HEMI.

I have a whole bunch of photos that I need to go through and upload. You can check them out in my gallery — look under 2006.

Did anybody else enter the “door prize” contest at Seafest? If so, you’ll probably be getting a phone call soon where they tell you that you’ve won a trip, no wait, make it two trips, or three!

You’ll have to pay your own way to Miami or Tampa, though, and then you’ll have to pay a bunch of fees for the “prize.” What they don’t tell you is that you haven’t won anything at all — the “fees” are actually more than the cost of a decent cruise from Tampa or Miami.

I can’t believe the Seafest people actually allowed these guys to set up this obvious scam.

Here’s a link that discusses these kinds of scams: http://www.cruisecritic.com/cruiseplanning/articles.cfm?ID=88

Also, follow the conversation on HTMF.

Portugal’s made it to the next stage of the World Cup — its first time doing so since 1966.