Category Archives: Maps and Legends
The Third & The Seventh
Alex Roman, The Third & The Seventh, 2009 Full screen display is definitely recommended. This thing brings ultra-realistic CG to new levels. It is possible to forget for significant periods of time that everything here is rendered. UPDATE: there’s a … more…
Mouse in VR Maze
YouTube – Mouse in VR Maze (via Neurophilosphy, from amongst Mac Tonnies‘ last few tweets)
Pattern in Islamic Art
I’ve been waiting for something like this to turn up: Pattern in Islamic Art is a browsable collection of 4000+ examples of art (chiefly decorative art, obviously) from across the Islamic world. Now I realise that there’s no shortage of … more…
cloud fluffers
Up the feed (or down it, whatever) comes an item from the Register which announces Moab maker Cluster Resources welcomes cloud fluffers — and I’m like, “…cloud fluffers?” The press release – for such it turns out to be – … more…
Peripetics
Peripetics by ZEITGUISED, 2009 This doesn’t get less interesting with repeat viewings, nor any easier to write about. I keep crossing things out. (via, well, a long story. Earliest showing on FFFF in April, then BruceS then MacT, and most … more…
you are here
APOD: 2008 June 6 – Two Armed Spiral Milky Way It’s been a good old while since I reposted an APoD. This one’s the largest scale “you-are-here” map I’ve ever seen, taking a point of view some thousands of light … more…
Essentialist Explanations, 13th edition
English is essentially a language in which up has forty-seven dictionary definitions, but antidisestablishmentarianism is considered a “hard word.” –John M. Ford Essentialist Explanations comprises a list of 901 “essentialist explanations” of the form “Language X is essentially language Y … more…
links for 2007-12-06: Mysterious maps, Morrissey
Map that named America is a puzzle for researchers | Reuters Why did the mapmaker name the territory America and then change his mind later? How was he able to draw South America so accurately? Why did he put a … more…
links for 2007-12-02: fractal documentary
Fractals – The Colors Of Infinity 1994 documentary by Arthur C. Clarke on fractal geometry and its implications. First part of six. (tags: fractals mathematics Arthur_C_Clarke Mandelbrot chaos-theory)