Once again I find myself feeling like an old crank when I tell you that I remember when the Internet was fun, boy howdy! Or at least wasn’t all slathered with advertising.
I was reminded of that bygone era when my son broght home a five-dollar bill from the store this evening. It was stamped “Track this bill. www.wheresgeorge.com”
We went to Where’s George and entered the serial number of the bill and our zip code. A Google Map mashup showed where the bill had started – Burlington VT. We can track that bill wherever it goes now and we tagged it with a note:

change from Huggett’s. Forgot the ice cream.

No real purpose, just a fun thing to do. This is a fine thing to do with Google Maps.
Internet like it used to be. Now that I’m past a certain age I can start with the “used to be” stuff.
🙂