No-one seems to have mentioned them yet, but its well worth looking at the Garmin iQue 3600 PDA which has inbuilt GPS and which also supports Differential GPS.
The iQue comes with street level detailed maps of the US (or Europe depending on where you buy), voice-prompt navigation and routing, and you get the bonus of an MP3 player and a PalmOS PDA built in - handy if you need to justify your purchase to the other half<g>
They are a little outside of your budget if you only want to buy brand new (a quick price-search turns up quite a few places doing unit+ramcard for $450), but if you don't mine a used one then you should be able to pick up a Garmin iQue + MMC card for not too much more than $350.
You will need to budget for an MMC card though, the iQue's internal 32MB is sufficient to hold the full world basemap but for the street-level detailed maps a 256MB (or more) MMC card is a must.
Definately agreed. I also fence both foil and sabre and for a tech its a great physical workout as it burns off those carbs and provides you with intellectual exercise at the same time, much more mentally challenging than slogging around the jogging track. Fencing (of all genres) is often described as a cross between a martial art and chess.
Plus, as mentioned - nothing beats whacking people with (tipped) swords for a highly cathartic release for the end of those bad-user/bad-management/bad-bugfix days...
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No-one seems to have mentioned them yet, but its well worth looking at the Garmin iQue 3600 PDA which has inbuilt GPS and which also supports Differential GPS.
The iQue comes with street level detailed maps of the US (or Europe depending on where you buy), voice-prompt navigation and routing, and you get the bonus of an MP3 player and a PalmOS PDA built in - handy if you need to justify your purchase to the other half<g>
They are a little outside of your budget if you only want to buy brand new (a quick price-search turns up quite a few places doing unit+ramcard for $450), but if you don't mine a used one then you should be able to pick up a Garmin iQue + MMC card for not too much more than $350.
You will need to budget for an MMC card though, the iQue's internal 32MB is sufficient to hold the full world basemap but for the street-level detailed maps a 256MB (or more) MMC card is a must.
Plus, as mentioned - nothing beats whacking people with (tipped) swords for a highly cathartic release for the end of those bad-user/bad-management/bad-bugfix days...