know your place...

This article was awesome because it really introduced a lot of the questions I had when I looked at the Head Map Manifesto originally, and broke down a lot of key elements into more understandable points. However, I do still have questions left unanswered.
I had originally launched into the headmap manifesto unaware of the "know your place" article, and while it was really interesting, it also left me with several questions about the logistics and realities of having such a system. As I read the "Know Your Place" article, I was surprised at how similar my questions were to that of the authors, for example, I immediately thought of how much of the internet is a festering cesspool of advertisements, shopping, and pornography, or "utter dross, and often offensive, nasty dross at that". But, how much of out world doesn't reflect those properties? Downtown, the dated equivalent to the internet, is exactly the same, a festering cesspool of advertisements, shopping, and pornography. But just as we filter these things out in our daily lives, certain filters will be imposed to help get thin out the rubbish. Also, the idea of using the friend of a friend system is a bit limiting, however I feel that rather then creating cliques, this would encourage a more all-inclusive look at who is in your circle of friends.
One questions I was left with after reading was how is one going to apply the headmap to a rural setting? sure, free wirless internet seems feesable to those who live in metropolitian cities, but what about jungles, or forests?
"the police and the other symbols of structure and power, to the mundane and banal buildings they see around them, all project an image of permanence and stability."
...to be continued later...

sf state skate maps

so, for my project I decided to put together a map of all the skate spots in and around SF state. I often find myself stuck at school for hours on end, so I go skating on my breaks to get a little physical activity in between all the sitting. I made this map in hopes that everyone goes skating on their breaks to help remove the stigma away from skateboarding on campus. It worked for bikes,
right?
Anyways, I made the map in google maps. I'm hoping to add as many skatespots in San Francisco as possible, so if you have some information or pictures, that'd be totally radical if you sent them my way.

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ins and outs of using a gps device...

well, I'd have to say that learning to use the GPS device was certainly an experience. Although I had previously used a Garmin Gps device, it was a newer model with a much simpler way of converting tracks to the computer. However for this exercise I used an older model which presented me with a couple of problems. First, it had problems getting reception and when it did my accuracy was off to the tune of about 52-70feet. I think this may have been due to the heavy could cover from the crazy rain storms that happened on Monday night when I was doing my actual tracks and waypoints. The second problem was the computer interface, which took forever to finally figure out because of the VGA port. It worked in the end, however my data was severely off. It did have a few of the waypoints, however they were in some weird land mass.