I'm such a sad fuck. I can't seem to take my eyes off maps, things to do with travelling, journeys, countries and stuff.
I can gently and warmly spin a globe for ages, thinking about flights, time zones, terrains, climates and the restaurants I'll find when I get there.
I log onto Google Earth to look into sporting stadia from the sky.
I get mildly irritated if the Flight Tracker thing isn't working on the plane.
I'm genuinely interested when I ask people what roads or trains they've taken on a journey, just to see if I could have done better.
That's why I love these.... With Dopplr, I can tell the world where I'm travelling to. With Plazes I can point you to a map and tell you exactly where I am and what I'm doing right now. On Facebook I blatantly show off all the countries I've visited. With OSX Planet my Mac desktop updates every 2 minutes with a live satellite shot of the whole fucking big blue planet.
No-one gives a fuck, but that doesn't matter. It just makes me feel 5% warmer inside.
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