Watching the NYC Marathon (from the other side of the country)
My former business partner Marcos is running the NYC Marathon this morning. Actually, as I write this he’s been running for at least 3 hours, 3 minutes and 24 seconds. I know this because I’ve been tracking his progress online, from the comfort of my living room (thanks to my wireless network, right Mike?), and can see that Marcos passed the 20 mile mark with that time.
I think I’ve said this before but this is the kind of thing the Internet was really meant to be used for; the sharing of information and connecting the world. It was not meant for zombie computer networks, spam, pr0n or other such interruptions. Those things are an immense annoyance but we put up with them because of cool things like tracking your friend’s four hour marathon struggle online.
Oh, and Marcos, when you read this, you owe me $34.99 USD. Your rubberdinghy.com domain is still listed under my old Network Solutions account and it expired on November 4th. And seeing as we’re friends and all, I renewed it for you… again. :)
Sun, 06 Nov 2005 18:40 Posted in General, Technology
