Some of you may remember that last year I was all into SwiftWXweather software. As it turned out the tropical hurricane season was pretty much a bust and at least temporarily other activities took the place of my arm-chair weather forcasting.
But now that winter is upon us I’m back in the saddle! My $14.50/month subscription has been reactivated and I’m running SwiftFX again! This year it’s even more exciting than ever because I’ve added a mobile broadband card with integrated GPS to my rig and SwiftWX supports real time position tracking while I’m on the move. Yea that features is a bit more useful for the tornado chasers out there but you have to admit it’s a significant cool factor!
So expect my weather blogging to increase again as well as a possible ad hoc podcast from the road. I’ve been peeking at TalkShoeand my brain has been working overtime with the possibility of a live, on the road podcast. (hint hint - you might want to create a listener account for yourself!)
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A few weeks ago I finally became a full subscriber and supporter of Geocaching.com. I really didn’t expect a great benefit from it other then showing some love to a site I’ve useing more and more and have really been enjoying.
Little did I know it would reach out and try to increase my addiction. One of the features of being a member is having the ability to create instant alerts based on various criteria. Since my pattern has been to start with the closest cache to my home and work my way out, I thought it’d be cool to be alerted whenever a new cache is placed just so I don’t overlook one.
Well, as I’m sitting at home watching a movie an email comes in and I notice it was a Groundspeak alert. I just had to take a peek.. this was my first one. As soon as I saw it was a brand new cache I immediately got excited.. wow.. the opportunity to be the very first to log a find on a new cache! But after some quick Google mapping and looking at the setting sun I decided I couldn’t pull it off before nightfall. Sure enough, someone else did.
I guess the point I wanted to make is now there’s a whole new set of things in my head that I’m resisting. For example, for years I’ve wanted a mobile broadband Internet connection for my laptop but I’ve always concluded that I’m either at the office or at home and otherwise driving from one to the other with no opportunity to surf. Now I’m starting to think that I can have these alerts page my phone and where ever I am I can pull over and get details on a new cache!
For now I will resist my urge, but it is just one more log on the fire towards a new full-on addiction. Not that I’m not already addicted to caching, but I just sense that “next level” on the horizon.
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