Many banks and financial institutions are on life support and now awaiting details of the government bailout. Retail chains are already closing hundreds of their stores and branches - leaving thousands of employees stranded and looking for new jobs. Casual restaurants are finding their dining rooms empty as they discover that their patrons are choosing to eat at home these days. Auto dealers are all but “giving away” undesireable SUV and pickup truck inventory. And Wall Street has been on a roller coaster for weeks as investors are unsure of where to put their (sparse) free cash.
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Not surprisingly, the price of real estate in many parts of the country has dropped precipitiously. Isn’t this what started the house of cards in the first place?
And the price of gasoline has fallen like a ton of bricks too. While this may seem like a crack in the bad news, recall that plunging prices is eerily reminiscent of the deflation that accompanied the Depression of 1929. Ouch. |
What does all of this portend for a tiny industry like flight simulation?
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The Photo Trackr is small and colorful - about the size of a salt shaker. As it’s name suggests, it helps you keep track your photos. The Photo Trackr is a minature GPS receiver. Turn on the little device when you’re taking photographs and it records your physical location to its built-in flash memory. Later, you transfer this information to your PC or MAC with the included software to match the GPS timestamp to the timestamp on each of your digital photos. By geotagging your photos, you can instantly recall where each photo was captured. 