Yet another fun thing . . .
I met Cherie via a friend and via skype who told me about Dean Shareski’s Blog Ideas and Thoughts. A post this week mentions yet another Google maps mashup: spelling with buildings.
Type in the phrase, and VOILA:
The full link and the animation is here. 
Make your own at Geogreeting.com.
That is so cool. Alas, the pages you reference appear to be gone.
OHHHHHHH. . . The porting from my last blog has broken sme links. Watch this space.