Google Earth

Five minutes to spare?
Download Google earth and zoom in to your postcode from outer space. Amazing programme and free to use. (Will only work with Broadband connection)
http://earth.google.com/
be careful, it is very addictive!
overlay roads, find a local plumber, the world is shrinking...
...great for planning holidays and looking at where you have been or where the kids are now. In some places you can even see the houses.
chris