"Imaging Place" project : http://institute.emerson.edu/vma/faculty/john_craig_freeman/imaging_place/movie/index.htm connects the abstraction of highly specialized thinking with the visceral experiences of people on the ground. Via http://institute.emerson.edu/vma/faculty/john_craig_freeman/imaging_place/imaging_place.html

Why Visual Thinking Works : http://www.netvue.com/q/visual%20thinking#

Vinland Map : http://webexhibits.org/vinland/?01=0&02=0&x=000000000000&o=archeological WebExhibit (preview)

Tutorials in the History of Cartography : http://www.phil.uni-passau.de/histhw/tutcarto/english/index-frames-en.html

QuickHex : http://zho.berka.com/goodies/hex/qh.html The hex-paper maker.

(Google) Map point roll-over highlights sidebar point and background : http://www.nestoria.co.uk/london/property/buy

Running in playback mode, Silva's VJ installation presents a mix of Google Earth's satellite imagery of pixellated landscapes and glitchy flyovers to his own minimal electronica soundtrack. : http://satellitejockey.net/

Information visualization people : http://iv.homeunix.org/people.php

List of problems solved by MacGyver : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_problems_solved_by_MacGyver
Via : http://www.spurgeonworld.com/blog/

Apparently referenced here : http://mann.journal.lab.co.il/story_30 by Alex Mann on 21/06/2004, along with this Brit http://users.powernet.co.uk/mkmarina/palestine/palestine_full.html and several others.

Goal-Free Living discussion http://www.tompeters.com/cool_friends/content.php?note=008464.php
'... the magic of a chosen perspective...'.

"If everyone is thinking alike, someone isn't thinking." - General George S. Patton Jr.
"Imagination comes, works, when you are not trying, when you have a peculiar passive clarity." - Brenda Ueland (Via http://presentationzen.blogs.com/presentationzen/ )
"In the physical world, it's a matter of taking the three-dimensional world and making it two-dimensional, but on the Internet there are more dimensions to consider." - Martin Dodge
"Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly." - Robert F. Kennedy