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Games At Work dot Biz
Games At Work dot BizOct 5, 2026
e570 – Tiny Concrete Fish
e570 with Andy and Michael R on stories about AI brain for fish, crowdsourced fishing for map updates, inebriated AI, virtual Brutalism architecture, a Minecraft themed hotel and a whole lot more!
aibrutalist architecture
Inverting Vision – Reflections on the History of Science, Exploration, and Technology
Inverting Vision – Reflections on the History of Science, Exploration, and TechnologyAug 23, 2026
The First Photograph of the Earth From the Moon: A Visual History
On August 23, 1966, the team behind NASA’s Lunar Orbiter I captured the first image of Earth as seen from the Moon. You will sometimes see an updated version of this image, in fantastic resolution with all imperfections erased. It is an impressive restoration created by the Lunar Orbiter Image Recovery Project (LOIRP) in 2008, …
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AstronomyGeology
Inverting Vision – Reflections on the History of Science, Exploration, and Technology
Inverting Vision – Reflections on the History of Science, Exploration, and TechnologyAug 10, 2026
Kodak’s “Pre-Invented” Lunar Orbiter Camera; or, The Fate of SAMOS Readout
In 1966 and 1967, NASA sent five robotic spacecraft into orbit around the Moon. Constructed for the primary purpose of finding landing sites for Apollo, the Lunar Orbiters also enabled nearly comprehensive mapping of the Moon in stunning detail. The quantity and resolution of the photographs returned by Lunar Orbiter was unprecedented, thanks to a …
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HistoryHistory of Exploration
John Beales
John BealesJun 18, 2026
Web Cartography
I've been meaning to read this for years. I finally picked up a copy for a decent price last year, and read it as a refresher before embarking on some map creation. It seems a bit strange, reading a technology-related book from 2014 in 2026, but Ian Muehlenhaus did a good job of keeping most...
cartographyjavascript
Inverting Vision – Reflections on the History of Science, Exploration, and Technology
Inverting Vision – Reflections on the History of Science, Exploration, and TechnologyApr 6, 2026
Exploring the Far Side of the Moon: A Visual History
Lunar exploration has always held a strange position in the history of exploration. For all of human history, people have been staring up at the Moon, and for centuries astronomers used telescopes to study the lunar surface. The telescopic surveying and mapping of the Moon by astronomers can (and should, I think) be considered a …
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GeologyHistory
saltedlolly
saltedlollyFeb 17, 2013
The Foursquare Map Problem in China - A plea for a solution!
Long term users of Foursquare in China will be all too familiar with the mapping problem in the mobile app - the location pins for all venues are displaying…
TechChina & Beijing

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