A while back, we bought a Garmin Streetpilot c330 before a long car trip. We’ve been reasonably happy with the maps in the unit, though my ideal navigation product would include live updates to maps and points of interest when I plugged the unit in to my computer to charge it.
However, the vehicle mount […]
Scott recently mentioned Google had a free mobile 411 service.
Yesterday I tried it out on a couple of local places. You can say “Map it” when you get the results, and they send you a text message containing the phone number, address, and a link to the location in Google Maps. This technique seems […]
The iPhone is very slick and the available features are intuitive and easy to use. It’s an awesome, Internet-enabled, media-playing monster monster of a modern telephone.
Unfortunately, features that aren’t readily apparent just aren’t there. For example, Google Maps recently gained the ability to adjust routes for its directions. Do you want to travel from […]
A list of devices that need their batteries replaced, and I noticed them all within the last week:
Garmin Bike Computer Heart Rate Monitor Strap
Garmin Bike Computer Cadence Sensor
Polar Heart Rate Monitor Watch
Swiss Army ‘nice’ watch
Okay, so it doesn’t look quite as impressive in a list as I thought it might. I also have three other […]
Sometimes, when the unconscious attention to small details necessary to make a good espresso becomes conscious, the whole process seems ridiculous:
This morning I fired up the Gaggia MDF espresso grinder to make my morning cup and watched bleary-eyed as it ground away, not really registering the pile of finely-ground espresso roast coffee accumulating below the […]