When I was small I took apart a transistor radio to see just what was inside that made Barry McGuire sing Eve of Destruction to me. It was such a cute little radio and I was never able to put it back together exactly so or figure out how all those teeny tiny little pieces worked to make sound. I have always been baffled and astounded by the world of electromagnetic spectrum and I know I could find out exactly how they work by reading (what a concept). I still think there is an element of magic and always will be to emanations of electrical waves. And so I was equally electrified by the google earth site and just kept thinking, "how do they do it"!? It is wondrous, spectactular and an amazing tool all at once, like a time machine, a magic carpet, or a transistor radio!
There on the monitor my own address that I navigated to with the joystick and yes, even google earth knows I live in the woods as all one can see as far as the eye can see is green. I am a google earthling. I am navigatable, I am verified, I am documented, I belong.
It lends itself to many uses and users and is an easy enough device with no pilot license required.
Tuesday, July 1, 2008
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