Now I’m not an old duffer, but I do remember a time before the internet and before mobile phones. When I was 19 I lived in Sydney for a year. I hadn’t heard of the internet, didn’t have a mobile phone and traveled with travelers cheques.

Instead I went surfing a lot on the beaches up the North Shore. North Styne on Manly was generally the easiest to get to on the bus and that’s where I surfed most.

This all came back to me this morning when I read a retweet from my mate on twitter (@andygozo) with a link to an amazing image in Google Maps showing a surfer very close to what appears to be a shark. Take a look at the actual Google Map Image (you’ll need to zoom in on it).

It’s amazing that the image was captured by the Google Earth satellites. Incredible that someone actually spotted and recognised it for what it was and wrote a blog about it. It’s almost unbelievable that the information managed to find it’s way through the internet maze to be in front of my eyes.

It’s easy to forget how far we’ve come and how fast. As far as I can tell we’ve only just started. I’m actually looking forward to being an old duffer, shaking my head at innovation in a world I no longer understand. When I were a lad…..

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