Auto GPS Under $200

Cheap GPS for your car!!

Parts you will need:

  • Laptop running Windows 98 or newer, 2GB of hard drive space, and a USB or serial port.
  • Garmin GPS18
  • Vector 70watt Pocket Power inverter

What to do:

  1. Plug in the Garmin, and install the drivers and nRoute and City Select map software. Take it outside and run the nRoute software to let it find satellites. Turn off the Wide Area Augmentation System to speed up the process.
  2. Mount the Garmin receiver in your car, parallel to the ground. The windshield mount works fine, but running it out a window to the roof will yield better reception.
  3. Familiarize yourself with the software interface and hotkeys. Enter a route. Drive.

Garmin GPS 18 USB ($130 Garmin.com)

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Top 11 Reasons Harry Potter Would Make A Lousy IT Pro

11. Pet owl would attack computer mice and leave deposits on keyboards
10. Wand might misfire at annual meeting, killing shareholders
9. Invisibility cloak would hide him from users, management
8. He’d keep slapping servers and yelling “Repairum Serviosa!”
7. He’d replace data-center door with portrait of password-hungry fat lady
6. Flaming cauldron would set off fire-suppression system
5. He’d behave too much like a manager, waving wand and expecting results
4. He’d write all his command-line interfaces in Latin
3. He’d keep trying to link PC’s via floo network
2. Server-room Quidditch. ‘Nuff said
1. Would you leave a whiny teenager with identity issues alone in your data center?

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