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Zombo.com was started in 1999 and is one of the oldest Web sites on the Internet today. It has remained unchanged since it was created and continues to puzzle and delight visitors to this day.
The Unattainable is Possible
Zombo.com consists of a "blank" page, a colorful title, and a Flash animation of seven colorful discs that pulsate, hinting at rotation. An audio file in which a man welcomes the visitor to "Zombocom" loops indefinitely.
After evaluation of the cycle results in both time and color, it was found that the frequency is 3.14159—otherwise known as pi. Additionally, the outer discs appear to revolve both clockwise and counterclockwise depending on how you look at them—implying that the creator understood how to fabricate bistable optical illusions like The Spinning Dancer. These illusions are typically tuned and are not likely to occur by chance. The combination of the frequency and the illusion add to the mystery of the Web site.
Changes
After some time the option to buy Zombo.com T-shirts (or to sign up for the "newZletter") appears. If nothing is selected, the loop resumes.