Misconceptions
Some common geographic mental misplacements.
Link tags: locations
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Global performance insights for your site | Lighthouse Metrics
I hadn’t come across this before—run Lighthouse tests on your pages from six different locations around the world at once.
Travel Remotely
This is a balm!
Choose a city, choose a radio station, choose a mode of transport (I like walking) and enjoy exploring.
Mapping a World of Cities
A timeline of city maps, from 1524 to 1930.
Lights at sea
Lighthouses of the world, mapped.
BBC - Future - How to build something that lasts 10,000 years
As part of the BBC’s ongoing series on deep time, Alexander Rose describes the research he’s been doing for the clock of the long now—materials, locations, ideas …all the pieces that have historically combined to allow artifacts to survive.
Abandonedography
Armchair travelling to Ballardian locations.
Movie Mimic
Recreations of movie stills at filming locations around the world (like I did in Sydney for The Matrix). There’s something quite addictive about looking through these.