--- title: "Yahoo for stalking iPods in the hands of couriers" date: 2005-11-03T13:29:12-05:00 url: https://blog.lmorchard.com/2005/11/03/yahoo-for-stalking-ipods-in-the-hands-of-couriers/ author: Les Orchard tags: [asides, hacks, yahoo, ipod, programming, maps] --- # Yahoo for stalking iPods in the hands of couriers If the new [Yahoo! Maps][ym] were *really* cool, they'd've already done a mashup with [DHL][] to let me obsessively stalk the courier in whose truck my returning iPod repair currently rests. Come on, get with the program! When we've got [GPS watches][gw], "`Status: With delivery courier / Location: (blank)`" is no way to track a package! In the meantime, my [repetitive information injury][rii] is flaring up as I refresh, refresh, refresh, refresh... [rii]: http://www.randsinrepose.com/archives/2005/11/02/repetitive_information_injury.html [gw]: http://www.garmin.com/products/forerunner201/ [dhl]: http://track.dhl-usa.com/ [ym]: http://maps.yahoo.com/beta/