Random Thoughts

I recently purchased a Garmin 405CX GPS watch that I wear when I go out running/biking etc. The idea is to use the watch to train to become a healthier person. It also helps that you can tell time with it. However, it does not work easily with my Operating System (I use Ubuntu 11.04).  I realise that the vast majority of the world likely doesn't care about Linux, but I would have thought they would at least provide a usable way to get the data manually off the watch via the USB ANT+ thing they provide. I installed Firefox 5 beta using wine and then tried to install the plugin that way (it won't let you install on the Linux version of FF)... but the plugin never quite installed. I was able to load the garmin_usb module using  sudo modprobe garmin_gps and see it in lsmod: Module                  Size  Used by garmin_gps           ...

Life can be fully amazing. Full of joys, full of sadness, full of kindness of friends and strangers, prayers and hugs. You can be affected by what is around you. Whether it is the nuclear radiation in Japan or the warmth of the sun or the sunny disposition of that wonderful cashier who packed your milk and eggs at the green grocer today. Life has a way of catching up with you. I sit here in my comfortable office looking at the last rays of sun as it disappears for a few hours (its past 9pm here and still light out), leaving behind a soft red afterglow in the cloudy sky and am amazed at how good life can be. How fortunate one is to live. Perhaps the music I am listening to has something to do with this melancholy mood I am in. In case you're wondering what I am listening to, give this a listen. That was a video I came across on facebook. The pictures on their own are awesome. The music makes it that much better I think.  Perhaps it is what I am reading that makes me feel so. S...