Karl Abate - EyeSpark (Page 8)

The escalator in the London Museum of National History. A slow-moving escalator which goes through a representation of the Earth's core.

Travel

The Coolest Escalator Ever!

This is probably the dorkiest thing I have ever written about… maybe… idk it's very hard to tell.

A huge mosaic of panels and mirrors at the ceiling of the third floor of the Science Museum in London.

Travel

"Well, I Think It's A Science Museum"

Because the sign says "Science Museum".

My iPad with the game Pocket Planes on, in front of the window behind literal actual London.

Travel

Karl Is In London!

LET US COMMENCE FORTH - BRI'ISH‽

Infographics

The 10 Most Connected Airports

As I might've mentioned previously, due to me going on a trip outside my country for the first time in 2 years, I've been in a mood to research about aviation stuff! A bit ago I made an infographic showing the most common letters in airport

A screenshot of the main menu background of the mines (ep2_background02), featuring three grubs and an Antlion Worker at the edge of a cliff in the caves.

Half-Life

Retrospective on the Antlion Mines

Yes, I am writing about Half-Life 2 for the third time in a row. I promise this will be the last time for now. Also [insert "Valve can't count to three" joke here]. Yesterday I achieved the Little Rocket Man achievement in Episode Two and I

Half-Life

Little Rocket Man (Getting All Achievements in HL2: Episode Two)

Yesterday I wrote about the Lambda Locator in Half-Life 2, which was the last achievement I needed to get all of them in the game. However, since the episodes are bundled in with the original game, for it to show that I got 100% in my profile I have to

The achievement screen for the game, showing 33/33 of the achievements as complete.

Half-Life

Lambda Locator (Getting All Achievements in HL2)

Yes! I Will Locate Some Lambdas!

The Backlog

XCOM: Enemy Within - First Impressions

For the next game to clear from my backlog this summer, I decided to try a game in a genre that I've not been able to get fully into, but still interests me in some way: Turn-Based Strategy. I've always been curious about it but ultimately

Personal

Returning to Pokémon Go After 9 Years (Sorta)

A few weeks ago I wrote a retrospective on Geometry Dash Meltdown exactly 9 years after I originally downloaded the game. In it I showed that I downloaded the original version of Geometry Dash on July 13, 2016, exactly 9 years ago from today. Ultimately though, I didn't

Infographics

Frequency of Letters in IATA Airport Codes

Despite all of the things that I have uploaded, I haven't actually made a data visualization this whole year by my own accord. I've had to make quite a few for school projects, but the last one I made completely on my own was right at

Me and some other fellow cubers on the stage of the competition!

Speedcubing

Santo Domingo Summer 2025 (Day 2/2)

I'm really starting to think copper is my colour.

The venue for the competition as it was setting up.

Speedcubing

Santo Domingo Summer 2025 (Day 1/2)

If there is one post which I should also upload in my native language, it's this one.