Corn Mazed!

Step into my latest Web World!

Touch the 360° image to begin exploring.

You can also see it on Kuula.


Backstory

I’ve made a LOT of Web Worlds over the last few years. You can see them here.

They are fun to make and use, but the navigation is fairly simplistic.

However, I know better things are possible.1

Last week I decided to figure out how to make more complex “Myst-like” creations.

The process of learning and practicing the new techniques was a tad tedious.

So, I took a break, and my September is Corny post was the dubious result.

What I failed to mention in the post was just how lost I got in corn mazes.

It was ludicrous — it turned into way more than the tiny break it was supposed to be!

Dr. Mary’s Handy Dandy Guide to Corn Mazes below was the result.

Then along the way I happened to Google “How to Make a Corn Maze.”

I REALLY got lost in that, and then, lo and behold, it hit me.

Making a corn maze would be an excellent way to practice my newly minted technical skills!

Voilà, my new Corn Maze above was the result.

As for how long it will take you to explore it, no worries.

It is tiny — it isn’t even the size of a city block.

It will probably only take you a few minutes to finish.

Only time will tell how much larger my future Web Worlds will get, though 😉

I have made some fairly extensive “Knowledge Places” in the past (e.g. Knowledge Paradise).

Enjoy!


Dr. Mary’s Handy Dandy Guide to Corn Mazes

Encyclopedia

Corn Maze (Wikipedia)

Inspiration

Life Lessons in a Corn Maze (Kelsey Luing, Boston.com)

Guide

Pro Tips: How Not to Get Lost in a Corn Maze (Kelsey Luing, Boston.com)

Here some links to help you find a corn maze near you.

Corn Mazes in Massachusetts (Boston Central)
Which corn maze is the best? Vote now! (USA Today)

Science

7 Incredible NASA Corn Mazes: Cool Crop Circles for Science (Nancy Atkinson, Universe Today)

Commerce

Corn Maze a Cash Crop For Farmers (The Weather Channel)

Product

Corn Maze (Etsy)

History

Inside the Weird World of Corn Mazes (Roxanne Hoorn, Atlas Obscura)

Library

Corn Maze (Library Thing)

Corn Maze (WorldCat)

Education

Ten Lessons for Teaching Geography Using Corn Mazes (U.S. Geological Survey)
Design a Corn Maze (Where The Teaching Things Are)

Occupation

Farmers Turn to Professionals to Cut Corn Mazes (NJ.com, YouTube Video)

News

Corn Mazes (JSTOR)
Corn Mazes (NPR Archives)

Competition

Best Corn Maze (USA 10 Best)

Game

Corn Maze Games (The Corn Maze Guy)

Poem

OEDILF: The Omnificent English Dictionary In Limerick Form

1.   The owl and the end of the maze is my homage to the mascot of the 3D MIT’s Athena/Muse software and associated applications which I studied during my doctoral research and also worked on as an MIT employee in the 1990s.

September is Corny!

Have you ever noticed that most months tend to be associated with certain adjectives.

October is spooky, December is festive, and so on …

I think of September as corny!

One obvious reason for this is because it’s when corn is harvested and readily available.

Another reason is because September is usually the month of the Corn Moon — this year it’s September 7th (this Sunday).

Here’s a story about it.

Full Corn Moon & Harvest Moon in September (Anne Buckle & Vigdis Hocken, Time & Date)

This Corn Moon is special because it is going to coincide with a lunar eclipse (Blood Moon).

Here is a video and a link to a story about the phenomena.

Moon Phase (YouTube Channel)

The Full ‘Corn Moon’ Rises This Week — Bringing a ‘Blood Moon’ Lunar Eclipse to Most of the World (Jamie Carter, Live Science)

It isn’t going to be visible in the US, but some of you are in places where it will be a sight to see.

September is also when I tend to notice stories about corn mazes popping up in the news.

Here’s one recent example from my local news.

Mass Appeal: Ward’s Berry Farm Sunflower Maze (Polikseni Manxhari & Amaka Ubaka, 7 News Boston)

Here’s a brief 360° video by Bryan Ensign that will give you a sense of what it is like to visit one.

Watch the video below in 360° on YouTube here!

Bryan Ensign (YouTube Channel)

Here some links to help you find a corn maze near you.

Corn Mazes in Massachusetts (Boston Central)
Which corn maze is the best? Vote now! (USA Today)

If all this talk about corn made you crave some, here’s a link to plenty of “corny” recipes.

43 Corn Recipes You’ll Make All Summer Long (Food Network Kitchen)

Finally, here is a link that’s somewhat obligatory at this point.

35 September Jokes To Remember (Carissa Soh, Little Day Out)

So you see, September is corny … or maybe it’s just me that is 😉

Have a great September!

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