Educational content is about to get really good. Scroll to travel through 12 landmarks of Rome. Click Explore to orbit each building and zoom into the details. Explore Rome: I directed the design around a few specific things: White as the foundation. White marble and pale stone, with terracotta roofs, aged brick, granite, dark bronze, soft greenery, and turquoise water. I wanted a predominantly white experience that still reflected the buildings’ actual materials. Recognizable architecture. I kept asking for greater accuracy in the façades, columns, entrances, inscriptions, obelisks, fountains, and statues—checking for overlapping elements and details in the wrong places. A proper 3D sculpture. The simplified horse and rider wasn’t enough. We developed a full model in Blender, reviewed it from multiple angles, and repeatedly refined the face, clothing, proportions, and detail before placing it in the Vittoriano scene. The feeling of flying. The camera needed to look toward the next building, travel above roofs rather than through them, and let you stop to explore. A minimal interface. Just a small Explore control and elegant serif landmark names floating above the buildings, appearing as you arrive and fading as you leave. A carefully directed opening. Large, luxurious serif letters spelling ROME. We tried drawing them, but the motion didn’t feel smooth enough. Instead, each letter appears in pearly white, like the buildings, before the whole word darkens together and fades into the scene. Detail that stays visible. I wanted the finer architectural features preserved throughout the journey, including removing a sweeping shadow boundary that was washing them out. Built with React, @threejs, custom shaders, and the Blender sculpture. The architecture, lighting, water, and camera movement render live in your browser. Landmarks load as you approach and release memory as you move on. Built with @OpenAIDevs Astra, shaped through references, screenshots, and a lot of hands-on visual direction.

BREAKING: Five educational institutions in Nuquí, Colombia, will receive @Starlink kits, bringing connectivity to more than 1,000 students & teachers. Led by the Municipal Ombudsman of Nuquí, the initiative will expand access to digital education.

"'This is the Government Educational Service. Your son, Richard M. Jordan, Classification 600-115, has completed the Government examination. We regret to inform you that his intelligence quotient has exceeded the Government regulation, according to Rule 84, Section 5, of the New Code.' ... 'You may specify by telephone,' the voice droned on, 'whether you wish his body interred by the Government or would you prefer a private burial place? The fee for Government burial is ten dollars.'" - "Examination Day" by Henry Slesar (1958)