Matt was pointing out something I’m noticing about using the computer to find information you *used to find* by going to yellow pages, a calculator, or other gadgets.

We broke our outdoor thermometer painting the house, and just a few minutes ago this forced me to look online for the temperature.   I’d assumed I’d have to settle for the temp in larger cities of Medford or Ashland which are each about 6 miles away, but even here in rural Oregon there is a weather station less than a mile away from my house reporting continuously.

Thus I no longer need a thermometer at the house to know the temp to within 0.1 degrees and by using that virtual tool I get other info I could only have with a weather station (and meteorologist!) in my yard such as precipitation, humidity and forecasts.