Make your GPS more fun with Pig Tones
Sometimes I like to feature products and services that are really useful or important to travelers who wish to maintain their geek culture status – Google map mash-ups, tools for locating your luggage, those types of things.
On the other hand, sometimes it’s fun to have something, not because you really need it and not even because it’s actually useful for travel purposes. Sometimes you just want something because why the heck not?
Take Pig Tones, for instance. Pig Tones, or Politically Incorrect GPS offers you the chance to download different voices for your Garmin or TOMTOM GPS.
Why would you need to do it? Well, no real reason. But it could bring about some amusement while you’re driving around, following directions in a strange city. Instead of listening to the built-in default computerized voice, you could get directions to a tourist attraction from actors, cartoon characters, and singers.
Imagine being directed to the Smithsonian by Stewie Griffin. Let Arnold Schwarzenneger guide you to the CN tower. Or ask Yoda where the heck your hotel is located.
Sure, it’s a little bit silly (“your hotel, on the left it is!”), but travel doesn’t always have to be serious business. Sometimes you want it to be light and fun, and Pig Tones will definitely help you get that while still getting you wherever you need to be.
(source: Red Ferret // photo: flickr)
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