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Tuesday, May 27, 2008
Google Maps, and it's big brother on steroids Google Earth are fascinating toys. They can be terrifying as well, like when you realize that anyone curious enough can dig around just about any neighborhood they like. No harm there, but the fact that there are photos of my own personal hobbit hole, like the one above, it's a little paranoia inducing.
But hey, why not do what I've done, and use that power for your own entertainment! A few quick searches will lead you to any number of funny or uncomfortable situations, like strip clubs ads taking up an entire street view, to people breaking in to (presumably) their own houses. But my personal favorite so far has got to be this one. Warning: Do not look below if you are offended by people pointing guns at children in public while no one cares.
Click the link and check that street out. You can run up and down and assemble your own dark narrative of what's going down. Then go on your our search, and let me know of anything good (funny or beautiful or shocking) that you find. Happy hunting!
-m@
Update: Google took the image down—here's a screenshot for posterity:
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Posted by duplenty (anonymous) on May 27, 2008 at 1:31 p.m. (Suggest removal)
I sincerely hope that Wyatt Earp there gets sodomized by a rhinocereos and/or run over by a lawn mower.
You bring up an interesting dynamic for Google Earth that I'd never considered: Virtual walking tours of the worst ghettos on earth.
A new meaning to living a) vicariously or b) la vida loca.
Posted by wbabbit (Will Babbit) on May 27, 2008 at 2:17 p.m. (Suggest removal)
Aww, they took it down, anyone got a mirror?
Posted by godjilla (Jill Ensley) on May 27, 2008 at 2:28 p.m. (Suggest removal)
Anyone ever seen one of the cars driving by with all the camera equipment strapped on top?
Posted by duplenty (anonymous) on May 27, 2008 at 3:17 p.m. (Suggest removal)
No, but I would have loved to see the look on their faces as they caught dude menacing this little kid.
Posted by matt (Matt Armstrong) on May 27, 2008 at 3:33 p.m. (Suggest removal)
Google is pretty quick, I'd say.
The .com homies are faster.
http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a127/m...
You have to copy and paste this address to see the original street view image.
Posted by matt (Matt Armstrong) on May 27, 2008 at 3:37 p.m. (Suggest removal)
Oh, guess you don't. Good.
You can still roll up and down the street to get the whole scene, also, for those who like to explore.
Posted by matt (Matt Armstrong) on May 28, 2008 at 12:52 a.m. (Suggest removal)
Yay for public forms! Yay!!!
Jesus christ.
Posted by OtherJoel (anonymous) on May 28, 2008 at 7:21 a.m. (Suggest removal)
That totally convinced me. Screw Obama.
Posted by PatrickJoseph (Patrick Giroux) on May 28, 2008 at 3:57 p.m. (Suggest removal)
?
Posted by godjilla (Jill Ensley) on May 28, 2008 at 6:28 p.m. (Suggest removal)
Yeah....that's what I was gonna say, except it looked more like this:
O_o
Posted by OtherJoel (anonymous) on May 28, 2008 at 6:49 p.m. (Suggest removal)
Ah, they pulled it. Some dude was spamming the blog comments with some cheesy third-party presidential campaign junk. But they yanked it, so my comments make even less sense than normal.
Posted by godjilla (Jill Ensley) on May 28, 2008 at 9:40 p.m. (Suggest removal)
Aww, was it a Paultard?
Posted by DOTDOT (anonymous) on May 29, 2008 at 1:48 a.m. (Suggest removal)
.:::..
0O
~
Posted by gavon (Gavon Laessig) on May 29, 2008 at 7:30 p.m. (Suggest removal)
))<>((
The "Me and You and Everyone We Know"-icon.
Posted by godjilla (Jill Ensley) on May 29, 2008 at 9:51 p.m. (Suggest removal)
Poop, the universal topic.
Posted by DOTDOT (anonymous) on May 30, 2008 at 5:16 p.m. (Suggest removal)
"Me and You and Everyone We Know"
Yeah, well. One man's bad attitude is another man's tunnel of love.
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