I'm such a sucker for pretty clocks.

The Yellow Drum Machine wanders around, looking for objects to drum on. When it finds something that gives a good sound, it composes a little song. It's incredibly near-sighted and has trouble navigating around, which somehow makes it so much more adorable.

That's right, I said "adorable." Let me offset that with this clip of someone shooting flying cars with a rocket launcher.

Google Maps as a magazine navigator. Google Maps as a geo-novel.

Matt Frondorf drove from the Statue of Liberty to the Golden Gate Bridge, snapping one picture each mile of the way. Here's a trip in the opposite direction, but as a time-lapse video.

A gallery of some unique intersections and terrible traffic jams.

Plate tectonics! Why is it that subjects that were so boring in school are suddenly interesting now?