songbird's crazy world

GPS is a wonderful tool, but... well, it does have its limits. like when the GPS told Drew to get off the New Jersey Turnpike at an exit that didn't exist . or how Becca and I circled around Lake Ronkonkoma for 45 minutes the night before her SAT exam, trying to find the test center -- we found it quite randomly, despite the GPS, because my instincts led us to the right place. Jen had a major adventure a few weeks ago, driving with her friends from Long Island to northern Westchester and back -- using a parent's GPS device that had been programmed to avoid major highways . GIGO -- garbage in, garbage out. a GPs is only as good as its programming. don't be afraid to follow your instincts and don't be afraid to ask for directions.

mapquest and your GPS are only as good as the information they're programmed with. Becca is taking the SAT tomorrow. by the time she enrolled for the test, she was closed out of the test center in or school district. the closest test center that still had seats available was in Lake Ronkonkoma, which is about a 25 minute drive from here. Neither of us had ever been to Lake Ronkonkoma, and we had no idea where the school was. so, at the suggestion of her SAT tutor, Becca and I decided to do a practice drive to the test site tonight. I am sooooo glad we did. seems there's a difference between "Lake Ronkonkoma" and "Ronkonkoma", the school says it's in Lake Ronkonkoma, but it's acctually in Ronkonkoma, and the directions we got from Google Maps were just plain wrong. And my GPS was no help either. we rode around Ronkonkoma/Lake Ronkonkoma for about 45 minutes (with memories of looking for our hotel in Boston coming back to us) when we quite accidentally...