Tintin’s Rocket (and more?) in Google Earth
From Ogle Earth comes a link to the file that will put the rocketship from the Tintin books Destination Moon and Explorers on the Moon into your Google Earth, as above. I had to have this. As those who’ve ever drilled down to my original Web site, BoyReporter.com, will realize, I’ve been a huge fan of Tintin ever since I was a wee tot. (I’ll show you the tatoo sometime.) Wanting more Tintin assets for Google Earth got me thinking, though: Why not put an entire book into the app? Or at least some kind of interactive adventure based on a book. Tintin was always haring off to real-world locations, and Herge’s drawings provide some impressive (and impressively detailed) models that could be thrown together in SketchUp. With a flying tour and some interactive clickability, you could probably put together a pretty entertaining narrative.
Feeds
Run, don’t walk, to Amazon and pick up the new Vernor Vinge book, Rainbows End. Seriously. Basically all about fictional worlds being superimposed on the real world; this is just the first example I’ve seen of it.