My brother recently got married and as per the rules of engagement, the lead up to the event included a Stag night.

For my Stag night, I was given a hard hat complete with a flashing LED light and plastic antlers.

I decided I wanted to make something special for my brother. Something minimalistic, but effective.

The result was this…..
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My brother recently got married and as per the rules of engagement, the lead up to the event included a Stag night. For my Stag night, I was given a hard hat complete with a flashing LED light and plastic antlers. I decided I wanted to make something special for my brother. Something minimalistic, but ...

It’s very easy to convert PDFs to HTML on Ubuntu.

The command is pdftohtml
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It's very easy to convert PDFs to HTML on Ubuntu. The command is pdftohtml If it's not installed, you can install it with: sudo apt-get install poppler-utils Options: -f : first page to convert -l : last page to convert -q : don't print any messages or errors -h : print usage information -help : print usage information -p : ...

This is a GlobalSat DG-100

It’s an amazing piece of Kit, but the software that comes with it is absolutely rubbish.

You can download all of the routes (and delete them from the unit) in one simple command with gpsbabel.

gpsbabel -t -i dg-100,erase -o gpx /dev/ttyUSB0 outputfile2.gpx

You’ll still need to set up the times/distance for recording for the switch positions A,B & C. I have mine set to 1,5 and 10 seconds. Easiest way to set these up is on a windows machine with DG Manager.

This is a GlobalSat DG-100 It's an amazing piece of Kit, but the software that comes with it is absolutely rubbish. You can download all of the routes (and delete them from the unit) in one simple command with gpsbabel. gpsbabel -t -i dg-100,erase -o gpx /dev/ttyUSB0 outputfile2.gpx You'll still need to set up the times/distance for recording ...