I think I’ve found the perfect video for your Friday Flick but to tide you over, here’s some stuff I’ve been sitting on for a while that should give you plenty of time-wasting options.
The map of Springfield (as in The Simpsons) exhaustively chronicles every place, street and site mentioned on the show in its 18 seasons. One can’t help but wonder what could have been accomplished with the same amount of time and effort: cancer cures and world peace spring to mind. So if you’ve been wondering how to get to the New Bedlam Home for the Emotionally Interesting, Bloodbath and Beyond Gunshop, or P. Piggly Hogswine’s Super-Smorg, your answer has arrived.
If imaginary maps aren’t your bag, Webware pointed me to the handy dandy 100 Things to do with Google Maps Mashups. From the mundane – WiFi hotspot tracking – to the frightening – track world terrorism – to the truly horrifying – calculate cab fare in New York City – this is one of those sites you’ll want to bookmark and add to your “Reference” folder. You do have a Reference folder, don’t you??
Wait, here’s an even better use of Google Maps – spying on your neighbors’ campaign donations. Do it. Do it now. You know you want to.
Mashable has a podcast of its conversation with the Black Eyed Peas’ Will.I.Am, about his recent video for Obama about which Stepwinder raved. They somehow managed to spell Barack Obama wrong, despite the fact you can’t turn a corner without seeing his name these days. But I digress. It’s still an interesting conversation.
Boing Boing uncovered the fabulous list “10 Star Wars Toys that Unintentionally Look Like Other Celebrities.” Help me decide which is more amusing: 12-Inch Han Solo/Zach Braff or Yak Face/Robert DeNiro.
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