The ‘net is one of the more useful things in my life. It serves as a repository of knowledge of all types – once judicious filtering is applied. Out of curiosity I went hunting on Flickr for pictures of Barbados. As I browsed through the 25,000+ photos, I ran across a name that looked really familiar from when I lived in Barbados. One e-mail later, with confirmation going both ways (me asking if he knew someone we both knew, him naming me after my height and the community college I attended), I now know that he is indeed someone I knew :) No idea if anything more will come of it, but the knowledge is now there.

I think one of the best effects that the ‘net has had is the reduction of the distance between friends and acquaintances, old and new, known and unknown.  Who knows what it’ll do in the future.