I like RedLaser, but for some reason it does not work all the time for me. I also like i-nigma for QR codes.
I can't help you with aug reality apps. I like Parkbud to help monitor parking meters.
Every nightmare I have that doesn't revolve around academic failure or public nudity is about that thing. In fact, once I dreamt that it attacked me while I was late for a test and naked.
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le nubian - Mar 14, 2012 7:29:44 am PDT #19644 of 25501
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
tommyrot - Mar 14, 2012 7:31:49 am PDT #19645 of 25501
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
What does a "where did I leave my car" app offer over and above taking a photo of the nearest identifying marker?
Well, if you're in a giant parking lot? Or on some side-street blocks away from your destination? Plus, maybe less thinking is involved?
bon bon - Mar 14, 2012 7:40:27 am PDT #19646 of 25501
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.
I just type the info into notepad. A26, or whatever.
Steph L. - Mar 14, 2012 7:43:16 am PDT #19647 of 25501
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
I just type the info into notepad. A26, or whatever.
Holy crap, I am going to start doing that. Brilliant!
-t - Mar 14, 2012 7:46:40 am PDT #19648 of 25501
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
The ones I've played around with are basically just GPS markers plus a maps or directional arrow or some sort of navigational aid from "where I am now" to "where I was when I parked the car". I mostly use them (or, more often, wish I had used them) when I park on the street in an unfamiliar neighborhood/city.
§ ita § - Mar 14, 2012 7:57:10 am PDT #19649 of 25501
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Well, if you're in a giant parking lot?
I can't think of the last time I've been in a giant parking lot that doesn't have section markers or numbered spaces. I just take pictures of those, making sure to delete them when I'm done.
Or on some side-street blocks away from your destination?
My camera still works.
That's what's less thinking for me, since if it's so dark my camera can't work, I'm not sure I want to park there. But, as noted, I might not have GPS or cell reception. Those apps wouldn't work in my office parking, for instance. Camera still does.
Okay, to be *totally* honest, I usually write down what every the identifier is onto the parking ticket in a metered lot. But when that's not an issue, camera.
le nubian - Mar 14, 2012 8:02:22 am PDT #19650 of 25501
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
at the airport, I usually stand at the rear of my car and take pictures from 3 or 4 different angles (eye-line), including row/section number and immovable landmarks. Even armed with this, I still run around looking for my car.
I have never thought to GPS mark my car. Maybe the next time I go to Disneyland...
omnis_audis - Mar 14, 2012 8:41:40 am PDT #19651 of 25501
omnis, pursue. That's an order from a shy woman who can use M-16. - Shir
the real annoying way to find your car... hit the PANIC button on your door unlock clicker. If you are in range, you get flashing lights and honking horn. Folks do that at Angels Stadium all the time at the end of the game. Nothing worse than walking right past a car as it goes off and scares the beejeebees out of you.
brenda m - Mar 14, 2012 8:42:53 am PDT #19652 of 25501
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
I figured out I was looking on the wrong floor of a parking garage that way once. I was very nearly convinced it had been stolen.
-t - Mar 14, 2012 8:45:38 am PDT #19653 of 25501
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Heh, don't have a keychain fob. Looks like Parking Genie just drops a pin onto Google Maps, its only advantage over just doing that directly is that it stores parking locations in one spot. Eh.
And it appears that most of the other apps I thought I had were WebOS.