{"id":10307,"date":"2007-02-20T20:48:51","date_gmt":"2007-02-21T03:48:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/2007\/02\/20\/im-the-map-im-the-map-im-the-map-im-the-map.html"},"modified":"2007-02-20T20:48:51","modified_gmt":"2007-02-21T03:48:51","slug":"im_the_map_im_the_map_im","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2007\/02\/20\/im_the_map_im_the_map_im.html","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;I&#8217;m the map, I&#8217;m the map, I&#8217;m the map, I&#8217;m the map &#8230;&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"img-shadow-right\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"States I've visited\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/images\/statemap.gif\" width=\"580\" \/>\n<\/div>\n<p>Create your own &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/douweosinga.com\/projects\/visitedstates\" target=\"_blank\">States I&#8217;ve Visited<\/a>&#8221; map.  Also available in &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.world66.com\/myworld66\/visitedCanadianStates\" target=\"_blank\">You Mean Provinces, Eh?<\/a>&#8221; and &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.world66.com\/myworld66\/visitedEurope\" target=\"_blank\">Today Germany, Tomorrow Lithuania<\/a>&#8221; flavors.<\/p>\n<p>It was actually kind of cool thinking about this, and seeing how many states I actually have visited (and by &#8220;visit&#8221; I mean more than &#8220;set down in the airport on a layover&#8221;; if the latter, I could add New York to the list).<\/p>\n<p>Most of the places I haven&#8217;t been to, I&#8217;d like to go to.  Heck, I&#8217;d like to revisit a lot of the places I&#8217;ve been to, too.<\/p>\n<p><small>(via <a href=\"http:\/\/www.boulderdude.com\/2007\/02\/a_clever_thing.html\" target=\"_blank\">BD<\/a>)<br \/>\n<\/small><\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Create your own &#8220;States I&#8217;ve Visited&#8221; map. 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