Google Maps 8-bit for NES
For April 1st, Google has released Google Maps 8-bit for NES, along with the tongue-in-cheek promotional video above.
For April 1st, Google has released Google Maps 8-bit for NES, along with the tongue-in-cheek promotional video above.
I learnt today that Stamen Design have released new map styles for Open Street Map data. I really like the watercolor one, as it is quite different from what is usually seen on web maps.
I haven’t posted in a very long time but I am still alive and in Vancouver. Here are some pictures I took in the last few months. Above, the Burrard inlet from the Vancouver Lookout at Harbour Centre.
Total nerdfest at UBC yesterday: MiniComi (artist market & cosplay, similar to Japan’s Comiket) & International Autonomous Robot Racing Competition at the same location.
Urban Sound Ecology is a research initiative dedicated to exploring, examining, and understanding the sonic spaces of Canadian cities. At once an archive, database, and creative remapping of the city, Urban Sound Ecology is free to join and free to use. We invite interested participants to construct lines of inquiry into the aural landscape of Canadian cities by producing sequences of geo-referenced ‘soundwalks. (more)
SmartBird is an ultralight but powerful flight model with excellent aerodynamic qualities and extreme agility. With SmartBird, Festo has succeeded in deciphering the flight of birds - one of the oldest dreams of humankind.
Today, I stumbled upon the shooting of a scene of Fringe, on Hornby and Hastings. Above, Walter.