Help: Trying to find existing thread on photomosaic

[subarubloke]

Hi,
before anyone shouts out use the search function, i have tried searching many times with no luck

Im trying to find an old thread on photomosaic, it wasnt called that but someone was asking what program to use,

a photomosaic is where many pictures are formed together to form one picture
an example here


i saved some pictures from the thread but i can find the thread at all so if anyone knows who did the work below could let me know
thanks,
Ben

[werticusness]

the first one was some program by a guy at MIT... i believe someone wrote a flickr script that could do it.

i dont know who did the second images or what with, but certainly could be done with photoshop though only partially automated

and the 3rd image I threw together with 3dsmax, its 3d geometry with some photos of nz slapped on.