ASCIIMaps scrapes Google Maps and turns the graphics into ASCII art, delivering all the map data as green Courier on a black background, like the mpas I used to make of the Zork caverns. I love it.
Don't Miss
- BBtv - Pesco and "Eccentric Genius," Xeni zapped, ironic t-shirts: More Maker Faire 2008.
- BBtv - Google's "Great Firewall of China": Fun with the Billboard Liberation Front and monochrom
- BBtv - Cory Doctorow: Show us your "Little Brother" HOWTO videos, and "Dumpster-Diving Philosopher."
- Untitled 1
- Boing Boing's Moderation Policy
- #boingboing IRC channel open for Happy Mutating
Recent Comments
- Zan said: "That's nothing. Last week, by combining double coupons, a "buy $20 of General Mills food and get $10 ..."
- David Pescovitz said: "@TWIG (#5), I archived my brain in 2007 which is why I didn't remember Mark's 2006 post about the Pa ..."
- razordu30 said: "@zikzak - That's so cute that you call it a "pop" bottle :) I call it a soda bottle too, but ..."
- Sutra said: "Ugh, Chicago, my home, what are you up to??? I was reading/watching this and this guy over my should ..."
- PhiCancri said: "I love this bit from the article: "What I learned from Crissy is that you can use one coupon per it ..."
- Mister N said: "I concur with NOEN ..."
- forgeweld said: "Funny how making the game more like real life spoils the fun. ..."
- huntsu said: "If she paid $15 for $50 of groceries that's awesome, but it's already more than $10 a week and that' ..."
- Santa's Knee said: "@#5: Ok - Arnold Schwarzenegger. ..."
- TheFool said: "Wasn't the Osborne before this? ..."
the latest
- The legend of Mall Ninja
- What else to expect from WWDC besides the 3G iPhone?
- Brad Litwin's ball-catching "Rotapult"
- The SlomunnyV3: post-apocalyptic cyborg lemon
- Containership power strip design models manufacturing microcosm
- Syd Mead's "Sulaco" ship from Aliens just a big gun
- Portable ice cream floats with the Fizz Cup
- Rumor: Comcast to meter bandwidth. Good or bad thing?
- The Ringshot, a rubber band slingshot re-inforcement device for your fingers
- Pencil and eraser rings
latest episodes
- Pesco and the "Eccentric Genius," Xeni gets zapped, ironic t-shirts: More Maker Faire 2008.
- Google and China's "Great Firewall": Fun with the Billboard Liberation Front and monochrom
- Cory Doctorow: Show us your "Little Brother" HOWTO videos, and "Dumpster-Diving Philosopher."
- Kevin Kelly: "Asia Grace," and A Thousand True Fans.
- BBtv "Hacker HOWTO": Cold Boot Encryption Attack
- Speed Racer's "photo-anime" hyperreality: John Gaeta interview, part 2.
- Combat robots, warring battleships: Xeni at Maker Faire
- Star Simpson's fuzzy logic, MacGyver, MIT lasers, and trippy glasses: Maker Faire with Phil Torrone
- Joel Johnson Wilderness Internet Experience
- Animation: Syd Garon and DJ Qbert, and Jon Burgerman's "Magic Ink"
