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Bruce Sterling
Dec 18, 2006 10:54 AM

The Surface of the Earth Has A Little Message For You

*And it takes more than a little while to load, but that's sure a weird little app. Thanks, Core77.

http://www.geogreeting.com/view.html?zdbTnaXE+iO451Cs+eM0r2r

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