Google Maps glitches?

April 9, 2007 D. H. McKee

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Found some interesting results on Google Maps which get me thinking that one or two developers over there might be having some fun. The following map comes up when you search for directions from “Seattle” to “Paris”. After taking a bunch of different highway routes, step 18 directs you to “swim across the Atlantic Ocean.” This also works for “Seattle to London,” and “Seattle to Moscow.” Strangely, “Seattle to Tijuana, Mexico” doesn’t yield any kind of driving directions.

The second one I found was a little more ominous, and most likely resulted from an image error. The “Sleep Inn Inn[sic] & Suites” entry had a pretty scary photo that went with it. This Easter Egg made the rounds, and the problem was corrected within a day or two.

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As a guy who occasionally curates art shows and wrangles artists together, I often have to edit and post artist bios, profile pictures, and artwork images. This can be a problem, since many artists and writers aren’t used to selling themselves. Artists rarely know how to present their art for display in a brochure, and writers aren’t used to writing about themselves.

Writers often treat the bio like it’s an interview or something. Maybe like they’re having a conversation with you, the reader. While it may work sometimes, the most common way to write a bio is to write in the 3rd person.

I’m like those writers, and I’m talking to you directly, unlike the common way to do a bio. You should see my About page. It makes sense to me, since this is a bit which describes my blog’s website. When I get famous enough that I don’t have time to talk to you, I’ll have an intern write everything in 3rd person. Until then, you get to talk to me.

Like blogs of old, this one is a personal document of the comings and goings of me. Articles I’ve written, links I’ve posted, videos I liked, etc. Here, a first-person perspective is the way to go, at least for now. So, this is my site. I’m D. H. McKee, a sometimes artist, sometimes writer. Mostly just a guy on the internet.