DG-100 reader connected to OS X

Owners of the GlobalSat DG100 (from USGlobalSat) who run OS X might be interested in this simple utility – DG100 Reader, which lets you download tracks from the device and save them in .gpx format.

Connecting OS X and a Humax PVR

Having just bought a Humax PVR (9200T), I was keen to transfer some of the movies over to keep them in FrontRow on the mac. Unfortunately the eLinker software for USB transfer that comes with the Humax is Windows only, and doesn’t even work well on Windows. However there’s a little program called HumaxGui which saved the day. There isn’t an official OS X build of HumaxGui yet, but for now you can download a copy of Humax Media Controller GUI for OS X from here. All required frameworks and libraries are bundled in with the Universal binary (works with OS X 10.3.9 and above). I’ve been using ffmpegX to convert the files from .ts format to .mp4.

Flatland

Earler in the year I read flatland for the first time, which is a beautiful meditation on how many dimensions we perceive, and the way our senses dictate our world view.

I call our world Flatland, not because we call it so, but to make its nature clearer to you, my happy readers, who are privileged to live in Space.

Edwin A. Abbott, a Square