Fun Stuff I’ve Found Lately
Here are a few fun things I’ve run across lately…
The Google Maps Pedometer: Use this tool to find out the exact distance along the streets of any city. Perfect for tracking the distance of your running/jogging/walking routes! Allows you to bookmark a route or starting page to come back to it later. Example of a bookmarked map centered in on our neighborhood in Ames.
Panda Cam: A rare Giant Panda cub was born at the National Zoo in Washinton DC a couple of weeks ago. The baby panda is still quite small and hard to see on the cam, but in another few weeks or months it should be pretty adorable. 
Check this page at the National Zoo website for updates on the panda cub’s progress.
Guess the Google game: This looks like a really fun time-waster. Lots of images are shown from Google Images, and you have a few seconds to guess what Google Image keyword search would bring up those images! The timing didn’t quite work right on our Linux laptop, but I would guess that it would be fine on other computers.
Google Moon: No, it’s not a joke. Today is the anniversary of the first moon landing in 1969. So in honor of the occaision, Google has released a version of their Gmaps interface that allows you to explore images of the moon’s surface. Zoom in all the way for a fun surprise!