Sometimes, just sometimes, technology is amazing. Well...I guess A LOT of the time, technology is amazing, but on rare occasions, I find myself blown away by the computing power that we carry with us everyday. This story is a case in point. I carry an Android device in my pocket and I have Google's FieldTrip App on it. It works on both Android and iPhone, so if you don't have it on your phone, you should go grab it now. I'll wait. Seriously... Go here and click the link for your app store . Field Trip is this neat little pocket assistant that alerts you to interesting things in the world around you. You can set your preferences (I lean heavily on movie scenes - like alerting me when I'm near a location that was used in a movie, architecture, history, and food.) and the app will buzz in your pocket to give you a little bit of knowledge that is contextually/geo-aware of your location. It is pretty neat. If you walk through the Loop e...