Taco night today and MY GOD DID I EAT A LOT ^_^ 9 tacos my new record lol! aiming next time for 15

Learning that Nokia's HERE maps navigation is coming to Android devices too! And it will even be free (even though I would be ready to even pay a bit of money for it)! WOOHOO!

I'll use this opportunity to complain how much Google Maps navigation SUCKS! There's no denying it has the most POIs, and nice features like streetview, reviews of hotels, means to make reservations online from that view etc...

...but all that falls flat on its face, if there is a hiccup on the data connection. Like two days ago, I told that stupid Google Maps to get me to certain address. It waits for one minute, then complains it can't connect to Google servers, and that's that. No navigation for you, mister. F U!

Nokia's navigation, as far as I could tell, always worked as it is supposed to regarding the offline mode:

- easy way to download the maps to your device, e.g. the current city, or country, or even the whole world. At least previously the offline maps of the whole world fitted easily into a 16GB SD card, and still leaving lots of space. I don't recall exactly how much space the whole world maps + POIs took, maybe around 6-10GB.

- If you don't have data connection, it simply uses the offline mode, using the maps and reduced POIs in the SD card. You didn't even need to have a SIM card in your phone for this to work.

- If you had a data connection and allowed the navigator to use it, then your experience would be even better, ie. you get more search results, GPS satellites are found faster, maps are updated as you drive if it recognizes there is an updated map of the current area you are navigating, etc.

I'm sure there are other existing offline navigators for Android, but either they cost lots of money (TomTom), or seem pretty obscure and unsupported. I was about to ask for suggestions earlier, but now that HERE Maps is coming to Android, I couldn't care less for the other solutions. This offline functionality is especially important to me when driving e.g. abroad.

Also this may now mean I have no reason whatsoever to get a Windows (Lumia) phone anymore. Sorry Microsoft, I was thinking of getting one specifically for HERE Maps.

Come to think of it, Nokia HERE navigation is in a way equivalent to "DRM-free navigation". :)

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My preciousss \o/

I found a tiny bird skull at work today. Brought it home.

Took the AC units out of the windows. Tomorrow: October. Yes!

Yesterday, I won $20 from a $1 scratch-off lottery ticket at a gas station. It definitely helped me get premium grade gasoline for my car.

Today I won $2 from a $1 ticket but then blew the winnings on one losing $2 ticket.

A free piece of pumpkin cheesecake. :)

I regard my current XPeria as superior in every other respect, but I still think very highly of the map app of my old C7. At least I can sleep safe in the knowledge that the friend I sold the phone to will never again be lost as long as he's got the battery charged.

The way you've phrased that makes me think this may be of interest:
http://www.cartalk.com/content/premium-vs-regular

Got music to work in Metal Fatigue for the first time. :D

Slept well after having been awake till 4:30 in the morning worrying about the future of the world yesterday. I managed to struggle through the day anyway yesterday, even though my household help was sick (I'm not rich, but it's a governement-paid help for the handicapped) and I had to tidy up my house myself and today I managed to sleep for 11 hours before waking, so I'm quite rested now.

Because there's national holiday tomorrow it's kind of Friday :-)

Planted some trees in the backyard. It was a nice day. Planted Hawthorn and Crab Apples. Next up will be Dogwood. Good time to be outside.

I found a big hedgehog in my garden, an hour ago! I sheltered the poor thing from rain (here now and since noon has been raining cats and dogs), fed it, petted it, and a few minutes ago that rain stopped, let it to run back to its nest (probably somewhere among the fallen leaves that pile in my back yard). It was so cute, i wanted to take it home (but i know wild animals wouldn't, and shouldn't, be house shut-ins)!

I love cute things! That totally made me happy today, and probably even through tomorrow, that effect is going to last!

My wife :) We went for a walk today and the weather is gorgeous. The sun is shining and there is a bit of breeze. I loved it

Simple one today: the workday is over. I am now at home and able to relax whilst I wait for dinner.