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Entries for February, 2008

Free Software and Utilities for your Home Computer

Office Suite: OpenOffice.org
http://www.openoffice.org/
OpenOffice.org is a multiplatform and multilingual office suite and an open-source project. Compatible with all other major office suites (including Microsoft Office), the product is free to download, use, and distribute.
Open Source Development Editor: Open Komodo
http://www.openkomodo.com/
The Open Komodo Project, based on the award-winning Komodo IDE, is a new initiative by ActiveState to create [...]

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Michigan Lower Peninsula Public Boat Launches

400+ public boat launches in Michigan’s Lower Peninsula. Open the michigan-lower-peninsula-public-boat-ramps.kml (right-click and select “save target as” or “save link as”) in Google Earth. Or, you can use Garmin POI loader to put the michigan-lower-peninsula-marinas-and-yacht-clubs.csv on to your Garmin GPS.
Many Locations from
1. Fish Michigan, 100 Southern Michigan Lakes, 2nd Edition by Tom Huggler (ISBN 0-923756-17-5)
2. [...]

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Saving points from Google Earth to your GPS

I’ve been a huge fan of Google Earth since it launched. I’ve also recently purchased a Garmin Nuvi 650 GPS and the thought occurred to me - wouldn’t it be cool to pinpoint locations in Google Earth’s satellite view, and then somehow transfer them to the Garmin GPS? A quick search on Google and I notice [...]

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