Technology Thrives.

Tonight David and I were able to make use of some pretty interesting technological things. First, we were able to keep track of a Georgia Tech football game as it was happening via an ESPN website and an internet radio broadcast from Bobby Dodd Stadium in Atlanta (790 The Zone).

This picture is a screen shot from the ESPN site as the game was happening. It was just after Samford made their first touchdown. The delay between the radio site and this site was only about 5 - 10 seconds. But, it was so neat to be able to follow a game and even hear the marching band playing in the background. I was just amazed at how quickly the plays appeared on the screen as they were actually happening. As you can see in the picture, each play was tracked from the kickoff to the touchdown. AND, when you placed your mouse over any of the plays you could see detailed information about what happened during the play (who carried the ball, who tackled, etc). The amount of information available is incredible! Imagine if we were able to do this with more important things! Anyway, the game eventually ended Samford 14 - Tech 69.

While we were watching we tried calling David's family, because they were attending the game and we wanted to hear the delay from the radio broadcast to the actual game. We had a calling card donated by Danielle Adair (thanks!) so we tried using it, and it worked! David's dad was SHOCKED to get a telephone call from us. He asked David to tell him his social security number to prove it was actually him. He wasn't at the game at the time so they talked instead.

Since then, we have been looking up things on Snopes.com* to see whether the rumors are actually true or false.

Example: I got an email recently (FWD of course) saying that the Mr. Clean Magic Eraser caused some serious chemical burns on children after they had used them. Why the kids would be using the eraser instead of their mother is an issue for another day, but, we found out that the rumor, was in fact, FALSE. This is the second time that we have disproved an "email rumor" (and we plan to continue). We are amazed at how often people send out emails before even checking to see if it is fact that they are spreading or not. Our goal is Universal Responsible Email Use. UREU as I'll call it. :o) Junk mail has got to stop! If people were a little more aware that the stuff they send out is really junk...there wouldn't be so much junk! It doesn't take much effort. http://www.snopes.com/* - There, I even found the link for you. Bookmark it. So, take part in spreading UREU! "It starts with U!" (I totally just came up with that! David is embarrassed...he'll have no part in the slogan...)

That's all for now. Bon Dimanche!

*Q: How do I know the information you've presented is accurate?
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