Originally in my personal journal, June 2003:
My wife knits. It’s the thing that keeps her sane on road trips, which she doesn’t naturally enjoy. I love a good road trip - the longer and more obscure the route, the better. So we take road trips. I drive. She knits. It works.
I use the cruise control a lot when I drive. It helps prevent tickets, which I’ve had my share of. It’s not something I set once and forget, though. I adjust and tweak, narrowing in on the sweet spot that maintains my speed and optimizes the engines performance. So I’m always a little dismayed when the speed limit changes and I need to reset the cruise.
It’s the small things, the details of the experience that I return to again and again. Something this small would bring me subtle smiles and tactile joy for years.
My wife knits. It’s the thing that keeps her sane on road trips, which she doesn’t naturally enjoy. I love a good road trip - the longer and more obscure the route, the better. So we take road trips. I drive. She knits. It works.
I use the cruise control a lot when I drive. It helps prevent tickets, which I’ve had my share of. It’s not something I set once and forget, though. I adjust and tweak, narrowing in on the sweet spot that maintains my speed and optimizes the engines performance. So I’m always a little dismayed when the speed limit changes and I need to reset the cruise.
I want a cruise control with 2, maybe 3 memory settings I can change between while driving. And while I’m at it, I want the memory to remain intact when I turn the car off. It doesn’t need to reset every time I start the car.
It’s the small things, the details of the experience that I return to again and again. Something this small would bring me subtle smiles and tactile joy for years.
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