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Send a Google Map smoke signal - Today's Time Waster
by Chris Gilmer Feb 5th 2007
Do you have something to say to a friend, but don't want to send an email, and find it more appropriate to send something special instead. Cards are bland, so why not try sending a smoke signal overlaid on a Google map? MapMSG allows users to put a message on a landmark in Google Local maps through the use of Google Maps API, and email it to a friend. It's a free fun tool with no signup required, and it's a heck of a lot more fun than sending a plain text email or an online animated musical dancing card. Check out a sample here.
So, just how good at time waster games are you? Think you've got the stuff? Well, The World's Hardest Game 2.0 doesn't think you do.
Yes, amazingly, it's possible to have a sequel to a game called "The World's Hardest Game". It doesn't seem logically possible, since if the first one was actually the world's hardest, how could another one come along and share the moniker? It made me doubt the name in the first place. That is, until I tried the game.
The mechanics of the game are very simple. You are a small red square, ...
