#8 – GPS Navigation
For my birthday last week, Aprill gave me a personal travel assistant (PTA). More commonly called a “GPS”, this is the coolest gadget I’ve seen since my first iPod. Put in an address and it will guide you all the way to it – giving you turn by turn directions (in any language, and many dialects. My personal favorite is “English, Australian Female.
Along the way, if you need a place to eat, you can just call up “restaurants” and it will give you a list – by classification (American, Chinese, BBQ, etc.) – how far and which direction. Incredible.
Yesterday, I came out of softball retirement (another entry for another day) and the team was practicing at a church I did not know. Search the PTA, there it is, hit “go” and it took me right to the church. I played softball, wishing the entire time that I Aprill had also give me a PSP (proxy softball player) or, at the least, a couple of NLMs (new leg muscles).
I cannot imagine struggling with another map in the car for the rest of my life.
