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Zooming in (way in) on Google Maps

Google Maps zoom
How often have you wished that you could look in your own bedroom window using Google Maps, only to realize that you just can't zoom in far enough to see any detail? Well, it turns out that maybe you can.

Here's how it works:
  1. Pick a spot, any spot on Google Maps.
  2. Click on the satellite or hybrid view.
  3. Zoom in as far as you can (optional).
  4. Click the "link to this page" button on the right.
  5. Now go up the URL and look around til you find a string that says "z=". It will probably have a number like 18 or 19 after it.
  6. Change that number to 20 and hit enter.
Now you should be zoomed in just a little bit tighter. It appears there are a ton of locations that you can zoom in to level 20 at. There are a handful of locations that you can zoom into 21, 22, or even 23. Those camels you're looking at are hidden somewhere in the middle of Africa.

You won't be able to see anything with this method that you couldn't access with Google Earth, but it's much cooler than Google Earth because umm... because it's a hidden feature. Yeah, that's it.

Featured Time Waster

Forumwarz - a potentially offensive time waster

I pwn UAfter spending the better part of an hour on Forumwarz I still can't decide if it's just sick or if it's kind of fun. It's a bit like a car wreck on the highway. I know I shouldn't be looking but I can't quite turn away.

It's sick, it's twisted, it's the internet on it's worst level and darn it, it's kind of fun. At least for a little while.

Forumwarz is a parody role-playing game that takes place on the internet - or at least the Forumwarz version of it. Your goal is to complete missions that are given to you through a mock up of GoogleTalk called Sentrillion.

Your first "friend" is ShallowEsophagus who begins giving you missions to pwn various forums by being a troll. Depending on the character type you are assigned at start up, you have tools like drooling on the keyboard or bashing your head on the keyboard that you can use to destroy forum threads and eventually, pwn a forum.

Future missions involve buying illegal software from the Russians, pwning more difficult forums and other internet oddness.

Completing missions gives you cash, called Flezz in game, and items that you can pawn or use in other missions. The game is NOT for those easily offended. It's crass, coarse and there are frequent f-bombs in the fake chat sessions.

This is also a game for a more mature audience as it requires you to shop at the Drugs R Fun store to get various concoctions to improve your playing, engage in certain cyber activities to get more Flezz and just generally use a more adult perspective.

If you can get past that, here are the more enjoyable and time-wasting aspects.

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