My sister is a librarian. I phoned her at home this morning to talk about her upcoming 50th birthday. We were disconnected three times during our call.
I’m not paranoid by nature. But I’m sure that given my anti-war activity during Vietnam and her chosen profession, someone is listening. What a waste of resources.
God bless Google for not giving in to government idiocy. There is no valid reason to invade the privacy of law-abiding citizens and certainly no legal grounds for the way it is being done.
Google also gets my vote for a way cool new feature: http://earth.google.com
This is a free interactive map download.
Some images are very clear. I’m in a fairly rural area, so the hiking trail images are fuzzy, but my lake is clearly visible. Also the road leading to my hiking trail is clear, right down to the cars that were on the road when the satellite image was taken.
I took some work along with me on today’s hike. It was April-warm, making it a pleasure to sit by the lake and read.
Tomorrow another storm moves in. Ah, nature.