So you’re a geek like me and you’ve started using Google’s My Maps function and you think, "Gosh darnit I want to put one of my maps on my blog" but you don’t see one of those convenient "embed" buttons like they have on YouTube and other Web 2.0 sites.  What to do?

Well, you can visit My Maps Plus, sign up for a free account and before you know it you have your embed code.  One caveat: when you update your Google Map you need to go back to My Maps Plus and update it there too, but until Google adds the embed feature themselves I think this is the best you’ll be able to do.

Here’s an example on Triad Eats, a new blog we’re developing to subsidize our rather ludicrous eating out habits.  FYI, if you’d like to be a correspondent for Triad Eats just shoot me an email at jon.lowder AT gmail.com.  We don’t pay but if you feel like sharing your opinion on area restaurants we’d love to hear from you.