The Dangers of GPS

If you read my previous posts, you'll already know that i've bought a GPS some time ago. While using the GPS is really great and useful as expect, it was really more dangerous than i expected it to be.

Within 3 months of having the GPS, i've gotten into 2 car accidents! This is really strange as i've been driving for 13 years with NO accidents (with the exception of 1 person banging me). As i have always been proud of my driving, it really made me reflective.

After thinking long and hard about this i realized that while the GPS does not distract you during critical moments while you are driving, it completely ruins your 'sense surround' of the road situation. This sets up the accident rather than being the immediate cause of it. For instance, even when completely stopped at a traffic light, you refer to your GPS, you are NOT paying attention to a bike, car, pedestrian that could be doing weird stuff around you. Later when you move off, you are almost completely oblivious...

Anyway now i have removed the GPS from my windscreen and put it on handbrake area instead. Now on, will only use it with SOUND mode or assistance from someone.

This probably is related to using mobile phones while driving too...now i'll be doubly cautious of that.

Take heed people!!!

New Toy: Uni

Got a new addition to our family, we call her 'Uni'.

After long months of research into netbooks, i finally went to get one. Her technical name is Asus 1008HA "Seashell". Won't bore you with technical geeky details but basically shes the prettiest though not the most powerful and feature packed of the netbook lineups.




Now she follows me to work everyday, fitting snugly in my briefcase. Already having a notebook at home, some may wonder why i need another netbook for? Simple, its even MORE convenient...shes so small that she can sit on my stomach (which isn't very small) when im on the bed and i can watch my shows etc.

Already got to show her off to some clients heh.

Heres a vid if u care:



She's really awesome!

Does a crab die when bitten by a mosquito on its eyes?

Heard this from a few older generation sources already. They mentioned that if a mosquito bites a crab on it's eyes, the crab will die. How true is this? I've tried searching on the internet for this but was unable to find anything.

Posted this on Yahoo Answers already.

Anyone know pls comment, thanks!

Infrastructure Upgrade

This long weekend was very fruitful. Did quite a lot of 'geeky updates':

Ultimate Broadband:
Finally bit the bullet and upgraded my setup to 100MBPS. Had to upgrade my notebook wireless to 802.11N to get the super fast speeds as well. Realized my room PC needs a new Ethernet card too as it can only get half the speed. No upgrades required with the PS3. Took a lot more configuring than expected (almost the whole weekend). Needed to get a new modem too to handle the speed.



Hubstation
Don't know why i have never done it before but i finally upgraded my set top box to the hubstation one...had lots of fun immediately fast forwarding past commercials etc. May even get one more for my room.



Universal Remote
Finally bought the Logitech Harmony 525 controller. Initially wanted it but it cost too much. Now the price was slashed into half so went to get it. Didn't realize it was so powerful and needed so much effort to set up. In fact im not even properly set up yet. Very high learning curve but fun.



Dynasty Warriors Gundam 2
Very fun game, much bigger and better than i imagined when i bought it. Was actually going to get my new madcatz controller this weekend but coz of this game, i think i can take my time.