Monthly Archives: September 2009

Why is my car’s satellite navigation system so stupid?

I have two different late model (a 2006 and a 2007) GM vehicles with satellite navigation systems. Both are manufactured for GM by Denso, although they clearly have different implementations and features. The one thing they both share, however, is blatant stupidity when calculating routes. I travel quite a bit between Houston and Austin and …

September 18, 2009 – 5:57 pm | By chadwick | Posted in Technology | Tagged , , , | Comments (1)

IcyBee needs a new maintainer

The IcyBee project is a client for the ICB chat network with a graphical user interface and written in the Java language for cross-platform portability. The current version of the software has several years of stability behind it and few user requests, but there is always more work to do. The project is currently hosted …

September 3, 2009 – 5:16 pm | By chadwick | Posted in Software Development, Technology | Comments (0)