I'm somebody now!
Just a month ago I had checked Google Maps Street View feature but our town was not there yet. Then a few days ago I checked again and suddenly "Jeff City" is in there, and wait...there's our house!
[Hmmm - windy day last summer - the trash can's blown over]You people in your big cities have grown accustomed to such things, but for Street View to hit the hinterlands shows Google's drive toward
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I'm somebody now! Millions of people look at this book everyday! This is the kind of spontaneous publicity - your name in print - that makes people. I'm in print! Things are going to start happening to me now.
- Navin R. Johnson
3 comments:
Yeah, I noticed that our street showed up there earlier this year. What I was really wanting was to see the vehicle when it came by my house. But I missed it.
I'm glad to see that there's somebody else who remembers The Jerk. I still quote that every time I find a new phone book on my door step! :-)
"And that's all I need...I don't need one other thing, not one - I need this. The paddle game, and the chair, and the remote control, and the matches, for sure. And this. And that's all I need. The ashtray, the remote control, the paddle game, this magazine and the chair."
Congratulations for finally being someone!
Street view came through Portland a long time ago, however the way our neighborhood is set up, they missed our little street entirely. Shh don't tell them. I kinda like not being streetviewable.
CH,
Yeah, the Street View vehicles are kewl.
Erin,
You can run but you can't hide!
I sometimes wonder if Google's effort to be omniscient is the modern tower of Babel?
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