Ah Google Earth! Yes I've spent many hours touring the globe and way too long "jumping" off the tops of the mountains in Monuments National Park (try it). I've posted in the games thread but my top plays are Arizona Sunshine, the Gallery 1+2, and I'm currently spending a lot of time making little clips in Mindshow.
Let me know how you get on and what you come up with for stopping the cable sliding.
Also while we're on the topic of mods, of greater concern to me was pulling the cords out of my computer so I added a 2M extension with the join being what will get pulled apart if things get carried away. I wrapped it with a sleeving product to keep it neat and coil the extension around desk leg once and then into the computer.
