Okay, the wiff is, as many of you know, a quilter. I regularly
"borrow" items from her for fly tying. One little dodad I got this
Xmas is a bobbin holder: http://www.blue-feather.com/bobbinsaver.html
Thing is nice as it is a silicone material that grips those small
bobbins and keeps them from unwinding. I don't normally use bobbins,
but they're great for your traveling kit.
Another item I'm looking at is this:
http://www.blue-feather.com/toolcaddy.html
Perfect for holding tools and hooks whilst tying. Hey, quilting is a
2+ billion dollar a year industry in the US. I figure if they have
tested it out, we can do a little cross polination.
Got a Garmin Etrex Legend CX GPS. Hmm, the installed maps on there are
fairly spotty. If you get off of a main road, your surface street is
not going to be there. Gonna cost me a bit to "accessorize." US
roadmaps are $100 and the same for a set of US 1:100,000 topo maps.
Will have to wait on those. One thing I did find is this site:
http://www.gpsvisualizer.com/map?form=googleearth It allows you to
download your GPS tracks to their site and returns a KML file which
will plot out on Google Earth. Really cool.
One of the "accessories" I needed with the GPS is a MicroSD card. A
64Mb card comes with the Garmin, but I need "more power." Went out and
found a 1Gb card for $30. It will allow me to load a bunch more maps.
Even as a techno-geek, I'm amazed at these cards. They have them up to
at least 2Gb and they are smaller than my fingernail and about as thin.
Tres cool.
Frank Reid