Dafacto

The personal website of Matt Henderson.

How to create POIs from Google My Maps on Mac OS X for a Garmin Nuvi GPS

I have a Garmin Nuvi 370 GPS device, and a Mac OS X MacBook. We're planning a trip to Stuttgart, Germany and I hoped to be able to easily load waypoints, locations, POIs (Points of Interest)--in

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Using two Garmin GSC 10 Cadence Sensors with a single Forerunner 305

In the past I've wondered whether it's possible to use a single Garmin Forerunner 305 GPS trainer watch with two Garmin GSC 10 cadence sensors (i.e. with two different bicycles). The answer is, yes

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How to geo tag photos on Mac OS X using Garmin devices and HoudahGeo (and then display on Flickr)

Some friends have recently expressed interest in knowing how I geo tag my photos, and so this article describes the process.

When I travel, and plan to take photos, I carry either of two GPS

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WordPress to Drupal Weblog Migration

Today we (my buddy Arto and I. Ok, Arto with me looking over his shoulder) made some major under-the-hood changes to this blog, namely, migrating from the Wordpress blogging system, to Drupal. In

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Lucky me.

I've been a happy owner of a hacked "Jailbroken" iPhone for a long time. My iPhone has been running perfectly well for me on version 1.1.1 for, well, since I bought it several months ago.

I also work

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Gold Medal at the 2008 Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Championships

Man, I've been on some kind of good luck streak lately! First the brown belt a few weeks ago, and now, this past weekend, I competed and won the gold medal in the Brown Belt, Senior 1 division of the

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Brown Belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu

December 14, 2007 was a really big day for me, as I was awarded the brown belt by my brazilian jiu-jitsu teacher, Edson Jorge (of Gracie-Barra). There's only five belts in BJJ -- white, blue

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End the flow of unwanted catalogs with Catalog Choice!

Growing up in the US, I remember how annoying it was to receive commercial sales calls on the telephone late in the evening, when the family was sitting around trying to enjoy some quality time

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Keen Hood River II Sandals

We tend to spend a lot of weekends river-walking in the local mountains. My Chaco sandals (which I love!) just weren't cutting the mustard for this kind of activity -- I was too frequently stubbing

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Rinky the Cat

Last night I was out on a bike ride, from Monda to Tolox. About 8:30 PM, I was on my way back, and had just turned the corner at junction to Guaro. My eye caught what looked like a mouse on the side

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