I’ve been having some fun playing around with the Google Maps API lately. It seems there are an infinite number of awesome possibilities for it. One of the coolest examples I’ve seen has to be Padmapper, a Craigslist & Google Maps mashup that “makes apartment hunting suck less.” I wish I would’ve known about this when looking for my apartment…

Windosill is everything a game should be. You can download the first half of the game for free. And I hear it’s worth the $3 to purchase the whole game.

Can’t believe this was done with a digital still camera.

It didn’t matter much that Jake was a sociable dog and in perfect health. Jake’s problem wasn’t his temperament—it was the color of his coat. Jake bore the stigma of the “BBD,” an acronym used to refer to big black dogs, who are frequently passed over for flashier, prettier dogs and wind up, like Jake, waiting for years to be adopted.

If you are thinking of adopting a dog, read this article first.