Saturday, June 30, 2007
The thrill of plastic army men
I remember the comic book ads touting a mass of toy soldiers (link via news from me) as a kid, and I was always curious.
But never having the money, nor the desire to actually destroy one of my precious comic books, I was to remain curious about these ads. I always assumed they were like the little green plastic army guys that were omnipresent in my childhood. Even as an adult, I was curious as to what these kits actually were.
And now I know—they're even cheaper and cheesier than the little green plastic army guys. Glad I saved my (non-existent) money.
I don't mean anything by this; it's just an observation, that's all.
Basically, it's that she works great if you don't use her as a substitute for knowing roughly where you're going. You can't follow her instructions mindlessly but she sure helps me get around, even on semi- familiar turf. I'm learning the names of local streets I only vaguely knew and every so often, even when I know how to get where I'm going, I ask her to plot a route and it's sometimes a clever suggestion.
news from me: Heeding Henrietta
This reminds me of an incident that happened over a year ago (obliquely referenced as “Gregory started to drive, but wasn't feeling all that well, so I took over for him”) dealing with a GPS (and Gregory and I have been over this incident many a time before, and I doubt we'll change our respective minds on the situation) but yes, I can agree that GPS works best if you don't slavishly follow its directions.
Then again, I can say the same thing about using computers too.
