Joan on the Road...of Life

Most of today we spent in seminars learning more about Datastorm, Motosat, satellites and dishes. A lot of it is unfamiliar to me but I've found in the past that If I listen to techie talk long enough it eventually makes sense...especially if I can follow up the words with hands on experience. It was an interesting day.

One totally new and interesting thing was the description of the Clark Belt which is the ring of satellites orbiting earth, 22,000 plus miles in space right at the equator. The idea of doing this was conceived by Arthur C. Clark, science fiction writer. Click here to learn a little more about this. These are the satellites that receive and bounce back TV and internet signals among others. The key is that at this position the satellites move with the earth so they are almost stationary to us. We can predict where they will be thus be able to find them even as we move about. You can see a really neat depiction of the Clark Belt at this weblog.

I'm really glad that the guys at Motosat developed this product that works so well. We would not be living this roadie life without the kind of internet access that Mr. Moto provides.

I learned a little more about blogging at a class by Chris Guld. She has tutorials on the subject at her website. I enjoy reading her blog about their travels and working on the road. Chris says their reason to travel is to take their dog Odie for a ride :)

After a lasagne and salad dinner courtesy of the rally we took a walk around the park which is aglow with the blue lights on the satellite dishes. Wish I could capture a picture of that!