Today marks the 57th anniversary of the creation of the barcode and if you’ve been to Google.com today, you’ll see the site is honoring the white-and-black symbol on its home page. A barcode can be found on just about any item you buy. However, you probably don’t spend much time looking at them. Yet Omaha artist Scott Blake does. In fact, the barcode is art to him. Check out some of his work here. His barcode art appears in collages, paintings, portraits and videos. He has created some famous faces out of barcodes, folks like Oprah, Marilyn Monroe and Andy Warhol.

If you’ve ever wondered what your personal information would look like in barcode form, find out here. On Blake’s Web site, you can customize your own barcode by entering some basic info like age, weight and height. Once the barcode is scanned, you can learn your personal worth. (Mine was a whopping $6.87!) If it’s enough, and worth sharing with the world, you can get it printed on a t-shirt or coffee mug right there on the site. Have fun celebrating the barcode!

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