Tuesday, December 3, 2013

How to Find Waldo

Ben Blatt of Slate solved the age-old problem (if your age is 30): Where's Waldo?  I enjoyed scouring the pages for the red-white striped eponymous character.  The hectic scenes included many fakes and frauds, but also Waldo's friends.  A simple experiment revealed the approximate location of Waldo for 50% of the scenes.  By mapping the location from each page, Blatt showed that most scenes place Waldo 3 or 7 inches from the bottom.  Check out his work!

By the way, in Europe the character is named Wally!  Happy Hunting!!!

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