Techie stuff first
The GPS tracking system works, as shown by my weekend test. It does show my position in pretty real time along with speed, heading, and altitude. Pretty cool. But, running the ap is REALLY hard on iPhone batteries though. I think I will just turn it on and off periodically during the upcoming trip. Either that or pick up a 12v addapter for the iPhone and run it continuously.
The backend of the tracking device gives me some very interesting data. It stores a maximum of 1000 data points, and since I'm updating every 2 minutes (or so), that is 33+ hours of ride time, or more than enough for the trip. So I am leaning toward the continuous approach, but it remains to be seen.
General life stuff
Meg and I went to a concert Friday night! Something we haven't done in nearly forever...
We saw Cage the Elephant open for Silvertone Pickups. Both groups were good. We went for Cage the Elephant on the recommendation of a friend and enjoyed them a lot. The headliner was also good, but they need to work on their overall stage presentation. They have a bass player, Niki Monniger, who is a technically excellent player. She has this sort of private school graduate personna, wearing dresses and high-heels, moving in a two-step square dance pattern on stage. With the lead singer/guitarist, they could have a great yin and yang thing going, but she needs to open up to make it work.
Took the FZ1 south Saturday morning. It now lives on Portsmouth Street and has a good new home. Uneventful trip down. Went down through Amish country to Zanesville and then highways through Columbus to Jackson. (This is where I'm not sure I want the continuous GPS data available to the general population, that FZ is FAST.)
Brought the kids back from summer camp on Sunday. Its good to be back together as a family again. I will have a whole other post about camp, lots more to come.
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