Spying on Those You Care About

My wife is flying through thunderstorms from Philadelphia to Fort Myers, Florida. I just got a free iPhone app called "Flight Aware" so I can see where she is. You can also see the thunderstorms moving out to sea.

I can also see what kind of air traffic she'll be up against in the area.

And take look at the airport area to see how much more traveling she needs to do from the airport. This is almost as cool as Passur's live airport monitors!

UPDATE - she made it! Thank you airline industry!

Map of the Week-Happy Birthday USA!

In honor of July 4th, I've been looking at Uncyclopedia, a mostly stupid but amusing Wikipedia farce, for some fun maps of the US. So in the spirit of dumb holiday fun here is how the rest of the world sees us:

And this is the world according to us (or US):


And just because I like this picture, here is what they consider a typical road sign you'd find on Interstate 4 in Florida.

MOTW #15

Spring training in Florida