i remember 2008
2008 is a year I remember because that's when gas prices spiked and stayed that way for a while, and at the time I was driving a stupid truck that averaged around 17-18 MPG.
There's also something else I remember. Going to a gas station to fill the truck, and seeing an older guy at a pump with his little car, a Nissan Versa Note. I felt two things. Regret and jealousy. Regret in that I was driving a stupid truck, and jealous in that I wasn't driving a little car like that other guy had.
I made a promise to myself when I saw that. "Never again."
garmin 2027.10 map update
The latest 2027.10 map update is out for Garmin navigators. Garmin for whatever reason uses the future year for version numbers. No idea why, but whatever. I own a bunch of Garmins both current and old, and all my screens were updated with the exception of two that are over a decade old, which is understandable. If I really wanted to use those two old screens, I could load in alternative OpenStreetMap map data. Some features are lost using OSM data (speed limits, junction view, etc.), but it keeps them working.
Even with the latest maps, there is one thing I know will never be fixed.
fixing geocities animated gifs
I've been using internet since the mid-1990s, so of course I remember Geocities and even had a page there once (which I think was under the "TelevisionCity" category). A very common thing was to use animated GIF images.
Were those images saved somewhere? Yes. Internet Archive has GifCities, which has hundreds of thousands if not millions of those GIFs, all searchable, and in original form...
...and that's the problem.
Many of those old crusty GIFs never had a frame rate set, and I know exactly why.
i live in a world where chicken tenders and fries are 18 bucks
While I totally understand inflation is real and there's no such thing as eating out cheap anymore, the prices of some things legitimately disgust me.
So I'm looking around the online map and thought hey, chicken. I could go for that. With me being me, I see three chicken places that might look good and read the menu for each to see what they offer and what the prices are.
Side note on that: If the restaurant doesn't show a menu WITH prices right up front when I go to look them up online, I don't go there.
I look at the menus, and see the prices.
This is when the disgust happened.
the oldest usable garmins
As time goes on and more people realize that navigation on a phone is complete garbage, they're turning to Garmins. I own a bunch of them. Got the newer stuff with the 53, 66 and 76 (yes, I do own all three), older stuff that goes as far back as two decades ago, and many models in between that.
Over the years, I've seen things happen with all the screens I have as they age. Some are definitely better than others.
But before I get into that, I'll answer this question: What is the oldest usable Garmin?
