Evaluationing Life’s Experiences: A Massively Important Skill

Yes, I’m still on an Anthony Robbins kick.  I’m learning a lot about myself and how my mind works.  Even more importantly I’m learning how to fix problems in my brain that exist due to my past false perceptions of reality.

For example; I just realized that I have associated excitement and passion with feeling stupid and making a fool of myself.  This evaluation came from my teenage years when if I got excited, my voice cracked.  Since I was tall and lanky, getting excited changed my movements and I felt uncoordinated.

This is an incorrect evaluation of the truth.  I’m still tall and lanky but I’m confident in my physical coordination and my voice rarely cracks anymore.  I sometimes still hold back because of this past association in my brain.  Knowing this, I ought to change my evaluations of excitement and passion.  I ought to live every day with greater excitement and passion!

Since those days of high school I have adopted a few new rules into my life.

  1. Looking stupid is FUN and helps me learn new things!
  2. Telling stories of my past foolishness is funny.  It makes me and other people laugh.  It helps me to see clearly through my past false perceptions because I now recall the stories in a state of calm and understanding rather than a high emotional state.

I believe that Anthony Robbins is correct when he says, “A superior life is created by superior evaluations.”

Fixed: Flash 10 Update Breaks Video Playback

I recently updated the flash player to v10 on my mac. It broke video playback on many websites including nickolodian cartoons (argh ironman) and our intranet at work.

I seem to remember this happening the last time a major flash update was released. I’m not sure if it is related to some other software on my machine or not.

Turns out that the upgrade didn’t work properly. The fix was to remove the flash player altogether and do a fresh install.

Flash uninstallers:
http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/141/tn_14157.html

Fresh install flash after your uninstall:
http://www.adobe.com/go/getflash

http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/141/tn_14157.html

Real iPhone GPS Showdown – Navigon VS TomTom

For those wondering which real GPS app is better for the iPhone I decided to do a comparison. I’ve provided enough information that you should be able to make a decision which to pay for. At the time of this writing TomTom is about $10 more expensive than Navigon.

My opinion is that TomTom is a little bit better app for the money but that both apps are great! I like both of them better than my Garmin Nuvi. You can’t go wrong with either app.

Below is a table of some features that I thought were good to know about before purchasing.

POI = Points of Interest

TomTom
Navigon
Feature
10 s
16 s
Startup time
1.2 gb
1.4 gb
Size
X
2D Mode switches to a 3D view when approaching a freeway way entrance/exit and shows your path
Stops Music
Fades Music
How iPod is handled while giving directions
X
Honors vibrate mode (stay quiet when I ask you too!)
X
X
Save current position as a favorite
Can copy and paste a full address (duh!)
X
Multiple voices to choose from
X
X
Created good routes
X
X
Good homescreen design
X
Graphical home screen buttons (great for quick action)
X
X
Place phone calls to POIs
X
User selectable speed profiles for determining arrival times
X
Has supporting hardware (or soon will)
X
Uses familiar logos for POIs
X
X
Supports different distance units (Miles/Kilometers)
X
X
Map zoom relative to speed
 
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Here are a few more observations…

Navigon
  • Street names can be hard to read while navigating
  • Further out perspective in 3D view than TomTom (I liked this feature a lot)
TomTom
  • At first the routing seemed a little off. It chose strange paths to work and home. I’m not sure if this is going to get better with time (if it is collecting travel data) but after I realized that I can turn off the “IQ Routes” feature it got better. This feature supposedly uses historical traffic levels to calculate your route.
  • POI database seems more thorough than Navigon
  • Super cool map browser that tells you street names as you tap them!
  • More POI options
  • All around more aesthetically pleasing

And now, what you really came for: screenshots…

TomTom Navigon
   
Home Screens

Home Screens

   
Points of Interest
Points of Interest
   
Points of Interest Logo Icons
Points of Interest Logo Icons
   
3D Mode Freeway View
3D Mode Freeway View
   
2D Mode Freeway Entrance/Exit
2D Mode Freeway Entrance/Exit (switches automatically)

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