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In an earlier post I described my solution for using a Garmin Forerunner 305 under Linux and uploading to Garmin Connect. I lost my GPS, and had to replace it with the 405. This post documents the communication interface and other technical details I used to implement Linux support for the 405 and possibly other ANT devices. You can find my implementation of ‘ANT Agent’ for Linux and user documentation on github. Unless you’re curious of how the device works or want to write code, you can skip this post and read install instructions.
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Its not really ready for mainstream consumption, but my streaming NZB client works. This post covers some of the issues I found while creating it and some of the reasons you shouldn’t try to use it. (more…)

In the first part of this post, I created a version of rar I could use to help stream content from usenet. I’ve been using the program, and it works well. As soon as hellanzb finishes downloading the first file I start un-rar’ing. I can point VLC at the partial file and it will play as long as my bandwidth keeps pace. I still have to drop to a command line for a bit of manual work before the file starts to play, but I’m working on a python program to fix this. (more…)