Flashes of Panic

I figured out the problem with getting the Palm Tungsten and its GPS to re-connect: I need to reset the Palm each time. It’s a soft reset (no data loss) and it only takes a few seconds, but what an ugly kludge.

Having it working is actually helpful, though. Coming back from Exeter on Sunday, I told it to avoid toll roads, and it led me perfectly through a few back-road turns to dump me out on 95 south of the New Hampshire tolls. It’s not exceptionally helpful for trips where I know where I’m going, but I can imagine it really coming into its own when I get thrown off the thin strip of route I know and into the unknown territory on either side.

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