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SlowJim’s Nuvi Editor Download

Rich — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 12:22:42 +0000

Probably the best waypoint editor next to MapSource itself, SlowJim’s Nüvi Editor is just plain awesome. Unfortunately his web site, slowjim.com, is offline. Thankfully, I saved a copy and posted it to my SkyDrive account. It is a free app so I’m not breaking any rules here. The version I saved was 1.12.4, which happens [...]

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Garmin nuvi 255W firmware v5.7 update is must-have

Rich — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 18:24:38 +0000

Over the past few weeks my nüvi 255W was having problems getting a GPS signal. It was so bad that the signal would drop right out, or at best I’d get a 90 to 150 foot accuracy resolution. Garmin finally released a firmware update to fix this (which you can update via WebUpdater or myDashboard [...]

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bits for 26 sep ’09

Rich — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 12:04:04 +0000

Air I don’t know what the deal is with this, but every year no matter where I am, when the fall season starts I lose air in my tires. When I was living in the north I could understand this because of the temperature shift. But here in Tampa FL it makes no sense because [...]

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Garmin GPS signal acquisition screw-ups

Rich — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 10:00:54 +0000

Yesterday my nuvi 255W had a really hard time keeping a GPS signal. Granted, I understand there are times when it will drop signal due to some interference, but generally speaking the nuvi keeps a solid 4 to 5-bar signal with 15 to 30 foot resolution anywhere I go. Yesterday however it was really messing [...]

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My review of the Garmin nuvi 255W

Rich — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 06:17:31 +0000

This is going to be a bit different from my other Garmin GPS reviews because I'm already very familiar with the 2x5 series, having already used a 205 extensively. The only differences between the 205 and the 255W is: The 255W has a full North America map data set while the 205 has the lower [...]

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Garmin nuvi 255W crapola part 2

Rich — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 23:02:04 +0000

(part 1) nüvi 255W #2 arrived today from Dell. This time it wasn’t from UPS but from FedEx. One corner of the box was a little crunched but the unit is fine and in A-OK condition. Works perfectly. Before getting into that, here’s my experience with the return process. Dell sent me what’s called an [...]

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Garmin nuvi 255W crapola

Rich — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 05:43:17 +0000

My brand spankin’ new Garmin nüvi 255W arrived from Dell (yes I ordered it from Dell). The first thing I noticed is that the packing box looked like it had been stepped on. Not cool. But I figured the inside Garmin box with the actual nüvi in it would be okay. I took out the [...]

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selling my other GPSes, want one?

Rich — Sun, 02 Aug 2009 14:36:20 +0000

I finally gave in and bought a Garmin nüvi 255W. It’s on order and will be here by the end of next week. This will be Garmin GPS #5 that I will have in my possession. In other words, I have too many of the frickin’ things, so I’m selling off 3 of them. (The [...]

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things windows 7 have taught me

Rich — Wed, 13 May 2009 20:22:37 +0000

I’ve been running Windows 7 for almost two weeks now. So far everything is great. In my use of the OS I’ve learned a few things. I’m reminded of how much of a dinosaur XP is. That OS is over 7½ years old. Whenever I use my laptop, which still runs XP, I sometimes think, [...]

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nerdy poop for 11 may ’09

Rich — Tue, 12 May 2009 02:44:53 +0000

I’ve been doing some nerdy crapola the past few days, and since there’s really nothing else major to report, that’s what I’m going to write about. ;) Email crap I switched back to Thunderbird from Windows Live Mail. Hotmail worked fine and all that but I missed the features that I get with t-bird. Image [...]

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