Steve Zissou @SteveZissou@qoto.org

Ahoy, mateys! Tis Day 22 of #30DayMapChallenge !!

Today's prompt is NULL, so this @observablehq notebook takes a look at Null Island, a nonexistent land mass at 0°, 0°.

Those coords may be devoid of land, but there is a buoy there! Said buoy is part of the PIRATA network of buoys.

The notebook explains more abt PIRATA, uses Leaflet+pirate-themed mapbox tiles, & displays a sparkline of monthly buoy readings in popups.

WASM DuckDB is also showcased!

https://observablehq.com/@hrbrmstr/2022-30-day-map-challenge-day-22-null-null-island?collection=@hrbrmstr/2022-30-day-map-challenge

@geth Earth is a lot of bacteria 🦠

A Wizard Of Earthsea #UrsulaLeGuin #wizard #Earthsea #illustration #art

COP: Where were you the night of the murder?
CROW: I was with a group of friends
COP: What would you call that group?
CROW: …I want a lawyer

decades-long manhunt finally ends

Some guy on twitter:
If you were redesigning undergraduate GIS teaching from scratch, what would you include? Software, techniques, ideas, etc...

Me: Inhales...

This feels appropriate for the second thing I've ever posted to mastodon.

In Duck Hunt the NES Zapper worked by blacking out screen & drawing white blocks around targets when you fire, for a couple frames. The diode in the Zapper detects the change in light intensity and tells the computer if it’s pointed at a lit target. #gamedev #retrogaming

One of my older pieces…
#art #artist #artistsonmastodon #isometric #isometricart #freehand #sketch #drawing

Une autre carte faite à la main.

Mission Accomplished #LEGO

So, an intro:

I'm an author who writes about how both nature & time spent creatively improves mental health, a molecular cell biologist & brain chemistry nerd, naturalist (especially plants and birds),
I run creative workshops (see link in bio) and use scientifically proven research to make photos that can alleviate anxiety and lift mood:

Finished off this!

I enjoyed this far more than I probably should have.

#funny

First workbench project in… a long time. Converting to non-powered loco for an RHTT. #TMRGUK

Prompted by @shaungdavey and his post about the excellent #NationalLibraryOfScotland 's online #maps here is my favourite version

https://maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/side-by-side/#zoom=5.0&lat=56.00000&lon=-4.00000&layers=1&right=ESRIWorld

Side by side historic and current maps up to 60" scale (yes 1:1056) maps of some Victorian city regions

I feel like I may be taking a plywood #Slingshot too seriously.

One of the world’s longest-running experiments has been going for 143 years!

In 1879, botanist William Beal wanted to find out how long seeds could remain viable underground. So he buried bottles with different kinds of seeds in a secret spot somewhere on the Michigan State University campus, knowing the experiment might outlive him.

It did! Every 20 yrs, a small group scientists still dig up the bottles and seeds continue to germinate 🌱 https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/21/science/beal-seeds-experiment.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare #science

Tooting from @maartje 's Mastodon 3.11 for Workgroups! Though not sure if the parsing weirdness is my poorly setup WebOne or not