Earthsearch
by Cassidy, John. · first published 1994
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I was recently home and found a classic Klutz book we read growing up called Earthsearch. It has an aluminum cover and talked about tons of worldly topics. Recycling, race, population growth, poverty. All done at an elementary school appropriate level. I thumbed through the book and read…
on “How strong is your knot?” ↗Explorabook and Earthsearch loom hugely in my childhood memories; I can't think of another book that has stuck with me so much. Reminiscing with my mother now (I'm 30) about times spent eating biscotti in the Barnes & Noble cafe.…
on “Klutz Press: books built for learning stuff” ↗That was Earthsearch. Definitely my favorite childhood book.
on “Klutz Press: books built for learning stuff” ↗From Earthsearch[1]: > The Japanese might make the best cars, the Germans the best beers, the French the best perfumes, the Italians the best pizza, but Americans make the best dreams. > American TV, film, and music…
on “Pearls Before Breakfast (2007)” ↗Oh goody, an expert in a question I've always wanted to ask. Once upon a time, I encountered a sort of interactive museum book called "Earthsearch". One of its "exhibits" was a color wheel, made of two spinnable pieces of tinted acetate, that purported to be able to generate any skin tone. I suppose this is three degrees of freedom, since for any…
on “Show HN: Simple algorithm and color space to generate diverse skin tones” ↗