I've only used them on rental cars. (But I'm tempted to buy one soon.)

Aren't Garmin and TomTom both easy to use? Also, would a larger display be easier to figure out? Would spoken directions be of help to your mom?

Questions... too many questions...

::goes to make green suit with question marks all over it::

Tom Tom's are damn cool. And apparently quite soothing.

Tom Tom's are damn cool.

Toms are pretty cool, too.

Someday I'll have one for my very own!

Does anybody have any elderly relatives who are using one?

I picked up a Garmin Street Pilot for my niece for her graduation gift. I think it was the c340. It's a touch screen interface and appeared to be pretty straightforward.

This would probably be the right thread to note that over dinner tonight mr. flea said he wants to go down to the Mother of All Malls on Friday night, to see the people lined up/buying their iPhones.

Not to buy one ourselves, mind you. Just to see the people getting theirs.

I can so see mr. flea doing this. (He should take pictures).

Question for the folks who manipulate sound:

I did a workshop yesterday and now have a shiny cd with truly excellent material interspersed amongst, long silences, silly comments and odd sounds.

I'd like to tighten it up, make the file shorter and then post it on my site and send it via email for a short e-course.

In other words, I'd like to produce a coherent 15 minute mp3 file out of an hour and twenty minute cd. Preferably using a low or no cost tool Mac-based tool.

What are my best options?

Beej, there's a freeware program for the Mac called Audacity that's a great tool to edit sound files. Lemme look where it is....