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A library of CC-licensed photos.
Next time you’re tempted to use a generative “AI” tool to make an image for a slide deck, use this instead.
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AI Art is The New Stock Image
While some executives in Davos may get excited about its infinite possibilities this week, to a younger consumer AI Art is already ‘a bit cringe’.
CSS { In Real Life } | Stop Using AI-Generated Images
I have yet to meet anyone who wants to hang AI art on their walls (although I fully expect to see it in hotel chains).
Earth Restored — Toby Ord
Beautifully restored high-resolution photographs of the Earth taken by Apollo astronauts.
Google Maps’s Moat
A fascinating bit of cartographic reverse engineering, looking at how Google has an incredible level of satellite-delivered building detail that then goes into solving the design problem of marking “commercial corridors” (or Areas Of Interest) on their maps.
transceiver.frequency
Hypnotic.
Stratocam
Communal satellite eyes. A Mac screensaver is also available.
Black Marble - City Lights 2012 - a set on Flickr
Gorgeous pictures from the Suomi satellite, just released by NASA