There's been all kinds of crazy stuff found on Google's new StreetView application, which we wrote about before - guys who appear to be peeing on the side of the road, climbing fences into houses, and so on. While D.C. won't be getting StreetView for a little while longer, there is still some strange stuff to be seen with good ol' Google Maps. Joyriding has long been a problem in D.C., where (usually) kids steal... more ›

File this under "More Evidence that America has Become Way Too Litigious" -- a legal battle between two D.C. kickball leagues has now gone on for over a year, and doesn't look to be coming to a resulution anytime soon. more ›

We'd like to start this week's run-down by wishing a very happy birthday to parent blog Gothamist, which turned four on Friday. If it wasn't for them, the rest of us wouldn't be here. They celebrated their birthday by nabbing an interview with Entourage star Adrian Grenier, who misses NYC public transportation when he's working in LA. They also reported on NYU students protesting a band whose name is also known as a slur,... more ›

On Tuesday, the American -ists will be celebrating democracy and hitting the polls, letting politicians know what they really think. It just made us wonder: if it were up to the -ist-a-verse, what would we be voting for? Londonist votes for better skincare, alternative spaces for art, cute little birds and the men who keep them, and concrete. Lots of concrete. Shanghaiist votes for one of the Bee Gees and Air Supply (it's a double-ticket),... more ›

In March we reported on a lawsuit filed by the World Adult Kickball Association (WAKA) against smaller upstart DCKickball. It seemed that kickball behemoth WAKA was none-too-happy that DCKickball, founded by WAKA defector Carter Rabasa, was using the same rules of play and had allegedly called its larger competitor "the Microsoft of kickball." For both indiscretions, WAKA demanded that DCKickball shell out $356,000 in compensatory and punitive damages. more ›

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The weekly Ist wrap-up is written by Seattlest editor Dan Gonsiorowski. DCist helps us make more sense of the world this week. Posts like this concert review are the reason for Scott Stapp. DCist also enumerates the reasons for playing ultimate frisbee, Condi's tight buns, their love of a local convenience store, and their jealousy of a person in Seattle calling the city. LAist documented graf artist Banksy's most recent visit to LA in one... more ›

Kickball always seemed the odd man out in the panoply of recreational sports in the District. But the game most of us abandoned in middle school took off, yielding ever-larger rosters of teams that walked the streets and crowded the bars with their brightly colored team shirts. And in typical American fashion, with fame and fortune has come litigation. The City Paper reports today on a lawsuit -- yes, you heard a right, a lawsuit... more ›

We're only a few hours into our experiment with TypeKey, and we're already getting plenty of feedback. Many people seem to be happy with the idea; others are upset about the loss of anonymity; and some are experiencing technical glitches. more ›

We're not sure how we missed that Brickfest 2005, a "celebration of Lego creativity" that highlighted creations by talented Lego builders, was happening in our own backyard this weekend at George Mason University, but we did. And now we are sad. Because it looks like it was totally fun. A Wired article we ran across talks about Brickfest and highlights the obsession and attention to detail that results in the creations:

Arthur Gugick, a teacher from Highland Heights, Ohio, displayed an elaborate replica of the Taj Mahal that took him eight weeks to construct. His obsession began shortly after he and his wife bought a new house with more space, giving each other $1,000 each as a moving-in present. more ›

If you're anything like us, you've been using Google Maps for a little while now. Since launching their mapping service earlier in the summer, Google's simple, intuitive, and efficient means of finding your away around town (and beyond) has been giving MapQuest a run for their money as the web's preferred mapping website. Google keeps refining the website, recently adding a hybrid-view mode to their map service, allowing one to view road overlays on the satellite imagery. more ›

(Editor's Note: Last weekend, we introduced a new feature called Weekend Reading, a look at what newspapers are featuring in their Sunday and weekend editions. Some of you were confused at first, since the first newspaper up was the Post, which many of you read on Sundays anyway, so we'll try to mix it up a bit more today. Like we said before, some people in D.C. make their weekend reading into a competitive sport. Here's our attempt to help you plot your strategy.) more ›

Amazon.com and their search engine A9 has announced they have completed photographing many of the streets in D.C. for the "block view" feature of their online yellow pages. (Our friends at Gothamist wrote about their New York photos in January) Users can now view photographs of the storefronts of many District businesses alongside their telephone number and address. Like most online mapping, the photo alignment is far from perfect and sometimes requires scrolling down the street a bit before locating the business you're looking for. Since Amazon has incorporated a feature where they record we consider is the best photos, we assume the index will become more accurate in time. more ›

Back in September, we let you know that the Washington Post Company was looking to purchase the online magazine Slate from Microsoft and bring it under its wing. more ›

The Washington Post Company, most notably, publishes the Washington Post, also has a hand in Newsweek magazine, and owns a handful of TV stations. more ›