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I got a really good deal on a Garmin GPSMAP 60CSx GPS receiver and I just couldn’t resist it. I was actually shopping for a Sony GPS-CS1 to help geotag the photos I upload to Flickr but the more I read up on the subject, the more I realized it would be stupid not to buy a full featured GPSr for just little over twice the price of the Sony unit. After a couple of hours more reading and searching, I stumbled across this thing called geocaching which seems to be a really fun and geeky hobby. There are so many uses of the GPSr I don’t know how I could live without one before - geotagging photos, geocaching, helping me find my way on the road and in the “bush”, logging roadtrips and hikes and display them graphically using Google Earth, etc. Two big annoyances though; the maps are horribly expensive, and, Garmin has not finished their MapSource software for Mac OS X yet so I have to fire up my Windows-box for certain tasks.

I have a Mac Mini on order which will be delivered before I return to Sweden. I will not switch 100% by getting rid of my Windows and Linux machines but I intend to do my everyday work, like organizing my photos and music, on the Mac. I really love the idea of being part of the Mac world and moving away from the mainstream windows-users. It feels a little bit like the good old days with the Amiga actually.

I just bought the Sony Ericsson M600i Symbian OS mobile phone. The built-in Opera browser works very well on most sites but I was unable to write this post using the phone. When trying to publish, I got logged out. I’ll try again later…