It's really simple. You tell Fire Eagle your location, and we tell you stuff that's near it.
I'm looking for my nearest...
You need a Fire Eagle account. It's currently in beta, but if you ask around you might find somebody with a spare invitation.
We don't store your location - it stays in a cookie in your browser.
Tom Taylor made it, out of sticky back plastic and PVC glue, with inspiration from Simon Willison's wikinear.com.