Archive for October 2006

TomTom Stop!

I was excited to get permission from my bank manager (wife) to go and buy the new satellite navigation system TomTom Go 910. I’ve had the original TomTom for a few years now and love it to bits – it’s one of my best gadgets.

When I relocated to the US, I bought the maps to replace my Europe ones and everything worked just fine. However, on closer inspection, the 910 just doesn’t step up at the moment. I like the screen and the UI, but the maps are still way out of date. The housing development where I live has been around for two years, but it’s not on the map. I’ve also found that my Blackberry 8700g isn’t compatible with the system. I can carry out hands free dialing through the TomTom 910, but I cannot use any data services through Bluetooth. So, I remain with my original until I get a better offer!

WordPress

I’ve finally found what I’ve been looking for in the blog application world! After trying Movable Type for a while and Blogger, a work colleague of mine, Brian, pointed me towards WordPress.

What a fantastic application it is. Clean UI and easy to install. I’m running it on a Windows server running mySQL and PHP. I got it up and running in 10 minutes from the time I downloaded the ZIP file.

Something that I love is the plugs-ins you can, well, plug-in. I wanted to publish via email and there’s a plug-in for that. It pings an email POP account that you create and publishes what’s there. Perfect.

There are some great designs, or themes, out there too. I’ve already started to brand mine. It’s all too easy.