Just spent a good 90 minutes playing with the Google map API - and made a demo 'news map' for Oslo, just two pins linking to two separate news snippets right now.
Most interesting part? Seeing how easy it is to use the API and the examples to add a pin with a link to anywhere.
Most frustrating? Trying to get the right spot for starting (it uses long, lat rather than lat, long for assigning points... and there is no map for Norway, 'only' images)
...and the sun is back - summer is still around ...