[owen] Technological Woes

[June Newman]

I'm glad you mentioned Google Earth.  Isn't that fun?!  I had not  
downloaded it until I volunteered to run a couple of night jar routes  
earlier this summer.  I was to make ten six minute stops one mile  
apart along each of two routes for which I was given just a starting  
spot, and submit my data with latitude/longitude in decimal form for  
each stop.  It seemed like the perfect excuse for a fancy Garmin GPS  
unit, but the good ones are pricey, and I decided to exercise some  
fiscal restraint and use Google Earth instead.  I could pick out  
barns, fence rows, bridges and other landmarks well enough to  
identify the stops.  And after all that trouble, no night jars.  But  
discovering Google Earth made it worthwhile.

Will I see you in Ark in August?

June


On Jul 9, 2008, at 9:24 PM, Daniel Owen wrote:

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> Hey June,
> I can relate a bit to your telephonic problems.
> I also live outside of a "magic spot", and am anxiously awaiting  
> all of those living inside the magic spot to fund the local cable  
> provider's foray into my decidedly un-magical spot.  Until then I  
> will just have to deal with sorting out the separate bills for my  
> phone, internet and tv services.
> I wonder how long it will be before somebody figures out how to  
> bundle Phone, TV, Internet, Power, Water, Sewer, Mortgage, Erin's  
> manicures and pedicures, Auto, Fuel and Insurance???  (I am sure I  
> missed something)  Oh yeah, income taxes, and soon to come, global  
> warming/environmental taxes.
>
> Back to the magical and un-magical spot issue, why do I run out of  
> wireless service in places that Google earth can zoom into so close  
> that I can see dogs in backyards and zebras in Africa?
>
> Unbundled and fraying at the ends in Waco,
> Daniel.
>
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