July 30, 2003
Global positioning
I think I might go to the States. Yeah yeah, I hear the knowing chuckles of those of you who know about the woman I met at a poetry reading last week… more on that later, perhaps. But really, it hasn’t got anything to do with that. It’s just… I was born there. I feel as though one day I should go back and check out my hometown. See the sights. Visit out the Great Lakes again, now that I’m old enough to do more than just cry the whole time. Maybe head over the border to Canada while I’m there. It just feels like something I should do. I’ve even got a US passport, it’s just gathering dust in a drawer back home.
Hey, thanks to Richard D. Bartlett for the GeoURL tip-off. I can’t decide if it’s really nifty or just kinda scary. It was fun working out my co-ordinates though, I had it down to 4 decimal places, and stopped short of pacing out how many meters south of the road by bedroom was. Then I chickened out and rounded it off to 1dp. I figure I leave enough details lying around, if someone really wants to track me down and stalk me then it shouldn’t be too hard. But the idea of someone actually being able to follow me around with a GPS? Yuck. Anyway, I’ve been added. Click on the link under rings.
And check out the pretty picture of all the websites glowing...
I don't get how there can be so many dots in the middle of the ocean. Look at that one south of Australia. Are there really that many little islands with internet access?
Posted by: Fi at July 30, 2003 12:22 PMMaybe Kim Hill will track you down and start lurking around, stalking you...
-V.
Posted by: V. In Welly at July 30, 2003 05:34 PMI'm facinated. Despite major IT industry in india, they don't have a huge website presence. Poor infrastrucuture?
Posted by: .carla at July 30, 2003 10:31 PMor check out the map of the internet (if you haven't already seen it) http://www.thinkgeek.com/cubegoodies/posters/techie/5c26/
Posted by: .carla at July 31, 2003 10:38 AM