21st Century <3
Aug. 6th, 2010 06:23 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
I have to say, total surveillance may be creepy, but it's also damn useful. Even though I've never been to Durham, I've already:
- virtually walked around the block my flat is in and checked it out from all angles. It's very... made of red bricks.
- found the way from the train station to my place (close!) and from my place to the campus (also close and leads through a big park and a nice part of town).
- realized that Durham is a) pretty tiny, b) kinda lacks suburbs and c) surrounded by stuff that looks suspiciously like countryside.
- found a store that sells bedding which is within walking distance of my flat (my flat has a bed in it, but it comes without a duvet and I'm not going to take one the plane) and have checked out their prices. I've also learned new words relating to beds, like "tog rating". But why, British people, would you advertise your duvets as "toasty"? I do not, in any way, want to resemble a piece of toast in my bed, but you seem to think that this is the highest praise a bed can be given.
Maybe Google is like a sharktopus. The price you pay for awesome is evil, but that's a price you'll LIKE to pay.
- virtually walked around the block my flat is in and checked it out from all angles. It's very... made of red bricks.
- found the way from the train station to my place (close!) and from my place to the campus (also close and leads through a big park and a nice part of town).
- realized that Durham is a) pretty tiny, b) kinda lacks suburbs and c) surrounded by stuff that looks suspiciously like countryside.
- found a store that sells bedding which is within walking distance of my flat (my flat has a bed in it, but it comes without a duvet and I'm not going to take one the plane) and have checked out their prices. I've also learned new words relating to beds, like "tog rating". But why, British people, would you advertise your duvets as "toasty"? I do not, in any way, want to resemble a piece of toast in my bed, but you seem to think that this is the highest praise a bed can be given.
Maybe Google is like a sharktopus. The price you pay for awesome is evil, but that's a price you'll LIKE to pay.