Hall of Fame
No. 03 · Class of 2026

WhereBench

The Apple and the Worm

Inducted as a duo: an apple that became a globe, and a worm that became the map pin.

You are here. So is the worm

The plaque

Stage name
The Apple and the Worm
Instrument
A globe with a coordinate grid. The worm is the “you are here” pin.
Day job
Shows where you are: GPS coordinates in several formats, the map and the address.
Signature move
Never writing your coordinates into the tab title, so analytics never sees them.
Plays with
The Worm (permanent member).
Debut
September 28, 2026, the first day of fof.lol
Inducted
October 10, 2026

Meet it at work: WhereBench

The original

The logo you see on the site, in colour.

WhereBench
  • The skin is a globe with meridians and parallels.
  • The hole is the “you are here” pin, and the worm peeks out of it.
  • The leaf grows to the right, the stem leans to the left, like on a real apple.

On paper

The black-and-white version from the blog comics. Model sheet:

  1. calm
  2. delighted
  3. worried
  4. sly

Biography

Newton got an apple on the head and found gravity. This apple got a coordinate grid and found you. Its skin is a globe with meridians and parallels, and the hole a worm lives in is the “you are here” pin; the worm sticks its head out to wave.

It shows your coordinates in several formats, puts them on an open map and finds the address. The browser asks your permission first; to draw the map and find the address, only the coordinates go to the map services, and the tab title never carries them.

In the comics the apple is the bench’s worrier: it looks up, frowns and asks questions, while the worm just grins. For its induction the grid around its face was faded out, so you can finally read its expression and not just its latitude.

Greatest hits

Where to catch it in the blog comics: