Losing Our Sense of Place

Has technology and the way we travel actually removed the wonder of said travel from our lives? Have GPS systems affected our ability to drive in ways that we haven't really thought about?

There's a fascinating article in the latest edition of The New Atlantis, a "journal of technology and society," that addresses this point. "GPS and the End of the Road," by Ari N. Schulman, is quite long (over 13,000 words!), but it's well worth reading.

(Thanks to iTech News Net)

I'm not usually one for reading long articles on the Internet, but every time I thought "eh, I'll move on," I found something in the article that hooked me back in. It's a fascinating look at not just technology and navigation, but just who we are and how we relate to where we are.

Southwest Airlines - Moooooo

We just returned from our annual Iowa trip (which explains the lack of blogging recently...sorry!), and for the first time ever, we flew Southwest Airlines.

While it wasn't the most hideous experience out there, I have to say that I will be thinking long and hard about it before ever choosing them again.

(Thanks to Ellen Barone)

Like all things, airlines included, there are good things to be said. But there are definitely a lot of downsides too.

Let me start from the beginning.