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UtterlyBoring.com is produced by Jake Ortman (e-mail, resume), a 33-year-old dad, percussionist, sysadmin, Web developer, IT consultant and jack-of-all-trades geek, living in Bend, Oregon. He created this so that his expensive journalism and technology degree isn't getting totally wasted. In addition to editing this site in his free time, he is the service manager at Weston Technologies. He has LinkedIn and Facebook profiles if you're trying to stalk him. He will not be posting on Twitter.
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Want To Drive From NYC To Dublin (Or From Bend to London)?If you ask for directions via Google Maps, they'll tell you to swim (screenshot below in case it gets changed):  Link via Kottke. Update: Upon experimenting a bit, it looks like it works for many US and European cities -- in case you wanted to drive from Bend to London 6 Commentscluedweasel said on 03/29/07 @ 11:06 AM:To add insult to injury, they expect me to swim across the Atlantic to France to get to my home town in England! Swimming 3000 miles I can take but having to go to France!? Jake said on 03/29/07 @ 11:12 AM: Yeah, you'd think a direct swim to Irish shores would be smarter, but Google Maps must know something we don't ;-) ThatOneGurl said on 03/29/07 @ 01:17 PM: So, don't you wonder if the person who set up the misleading directions a) did it and then keyed people in to see how long before 'everybody' knew it or b) never told and just waited to see if somebody would every type in NY to Dublin? I always wonder those things. Paul Lammertsma said on 03/30/07 @ 06:04 AM: Hey, maybe I'll drop by this summer! It will take me about a month traveling in each direction, but hey, you don't get to see the sea bottom every day! Imagine all the weird creatures you'll see if you switch on your high beams! Paul Lammertsma said on 03/30/07 @ 06:07 AM: Oh, the best part is this: "Swim across the Atlantic Ocean 5,572 km 29 days 0 hours" It's obviously a joke on Google's part; pretty cute! Me said on 04/02/07 @ 06:18 AM: It does seem oddly fixated on taking you to France first. Take a look at the directions for Bend to Land's End: Clicky Post a comment |
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