I wish google would tackle the whole lack of LSD in the bike touring community.

once I was missing new orleans I typed my friends address into google maps and did the whole street view thing. It gave me a wierd feeling of wow this is cool I can see my friends house their block and the corner store where i would buy beer and soda and also if this is public what does google know that isn't public?

technology can be scary sometimes, its a tool and in the hands of the wrong people a pretty frighting one, guess i've read to many dystopia scifi novels. mapping techology and gps is cool and all but sometimes getting lost is fun, sometimes getting lost is the best part of the trip. I also wonder if certain techology dumbs people down, if everything is figured out for you in advance there is no learning from making mistakes.