Nov 28 2008
The CIA R US
The Internet (a.k.a. the information superhighway) has given us all super-human powers. Alright, maybe not by today’s standards. And certainly not of the Marvel Comics sort. I mean more of the James Bond variety.
Want to know how to build a nuclear bomb? No need to seek out a double agent – Google it. Need to get a birds-eye view of the back streets behind a palace in Istanbul? Google Earth it. Want to make your way into the boudoir of a Russian hottie? (Make that a French hottie, seeing we’re talking “boudoir.”) No need to leave your chair. You can mouse-click your way in . . . providing she has a website.
And now my confession: I have been tracking you, dear readers. Thanks to a free service called “StatCounter,” I know not who you are, but where you are. Very roughly.
Here’s a map generated yesterday of where recent hits originated:
Interesting.
I have done very little to promote my blog, and yet my words have reached across the globe. (Insert diabolical laugh here ______.) Oh wait, I’m a force for good. I think.
What a time we live in. I can hardly imagine the powers technology will next provide us with.
