This is wonderfully written. It reminds me of a condition called visual snow [1] where sufferers develop continuous TV-static-like tiny flickering dots in their entire visual field. Makes you appreciate the things you have.

[1] http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/head.12378/full

Unless I am missing something, hundreds of thousands of followers on these types of accounts definitely does not equal close to $10,000 a week.

Because visual snow has nothing to do with your eyes. More related to migraines than anything.

I've never had a migraine in my life, but have constant visual snow since I was a child (as I can remember having conversations with adults and being surprised they didn't see the same way I did).

I meant related to the processes behind migraines (specifically migraine aura). Not that migraines cause visual snow. IIRC, there is currently research being done on visual snow at the UCSF.

Probably to unmask 'not provided' search referrals.

Excellent read. I've been wanting to try out Teespring for a relatively popular (~ 46k followers) Twitter account I manage ever since I saw veb's post. Time to get thinking about some designs.

Thanks! We actually offer free design help, shoot me an email at walker@teespring.com and I'll get you set up.

Yes, Blue field entoptic phenomenon is the name.

I've also heard of visual snow, which seems to be related to migraines.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_field_entoptic_phenomenon

http://f1000.com/posters/browse/summary/1090714

I have seen $69 and $99 as well.

Perhaps it is an A/B/C/D/E/F/G/H test...

Yep, running tests with Optimizely. Surely they have updated it by now.

FYI: I'm pretty sure Windows users can navigate to their Dropbox folder and type 0 bytes in the search bar to see if they were affected.

I had to type `size: 0 bytes`

One of the more interesting things about this new version is its "face match" feature. It allows you to highlight over an actors face and it gives you card of information about them.

http://new.hulu.com/labs/tagging