For some reason, I’ve always spent a lot of time driving. There was that decade where my in-laws lived 650 miles away, making for many long weekends spent on narrow, Northern Ontario highways. Then 13 years or so enjoying a 250-mile round trip commute for work, five to ten times ...

Over at DSS Circuits, Wayne Truchsess has posted a great article about a “Honeypot” he built inside an empty PS3 case. The device includes a GPS for tracking its position, an accelerometer for motion sensing, a GSM card for wireless communication, and an Arduino to control it all. When the ...

SNAP CRACKLE POP... ow. Yup, Da-da's compass needle pointed directly east into the rising sun this equinoctial juncture, confirming this, our 5+ billionth equinox for planet earth. And of course after staring into the rising sun for too long in the interests of science, Da-da's eyes burned to a crisp, were ...

Looks level, right? Did one of you bump it? Da-da's boys adore compasses, especially those heavy brass ones they like to throw at each others' heads. So, speaking of barely tenable segues, some folks think that the earth may have shifted somehow, and that the sun is rising and setting in ...

125. Teach her to read a map. You won’t always be there to show her the way. (photo: hb adventure)

Stopping for directions as I said was never one of my strong suits, but enter the age of GPS and now I just need to know a few key pieces of information and I really should get where I’m going. Well what happens when you don’t have those pieces of ...

I hate asking for directions – I think it’s a guy thing (it has to be in our DNA) but in the recent years we’ve all seen the range of GPS units. GPS has allowed me to never ask for directions (but does make me ask for people address a ...

When we go to buy a new car there are a lot of thoughts on our minds. From the model of the vehicle, to the color to the sound system to how comfortable it is. As parents, safety is one of the primary thoughts when buying a new car. That ...

Last weekend we were in the Adirondack Mountains of upstate New York scouting out a bike race route, and got an offer of a free suite at a nice motel. Since we mainly come to the Adirondacks to bike, we don’t usually manage to squeeze in more than a ...

Running has been a significant part of my exercise regimen over the last three years. I’m also a geek and love my gadgets, so it was only natural that I would look for running gadgets to track my pace, time and distance. Today I put the Nike+ and the Garmin ...