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TangoGPS is a wonderful tool to navigate using OpenStreetMap data. Currently though, it does not yet support the loading of track files. However, here is a little hack to insert track points from a GPX file into the tangoGPS POI database. This may be useful for rudimentary routing and for geocaching. As seen on the screenshot, a route is displayed as a series of unconnected track points.

The small script is written in python. It requires pysqlite2. It reads a gpx file, and inserts track points directly into the file poi.db which you can find in your .tangogps directory. It works for me and files generated by the Open Route Service. Your mileage may vary, and you might have to edit the regular expression which identifies the track points (Refer to the comments for using it with gpsbabel) . Don’t forget your backup.

Download here: gpx2tango.py

More tools:

• loc2tango.py for those geocaching.com loc files.
  • An advanced version by nlaurance (blog entry | download)
• pocket2tango.py for those geocaching.com pocket query GPX files. Includes basic information (and, optionally, hints) into waypoint information. Writes full html cache description to separate html file.

Download reletHandwritingCasual.ttf v0.1 (TrueType, 18K) -

That’s right. Now you can write just like I do. Blame it on fontforge, a wonderful tool for creating fonts, which I discovered a few weeks ago. The font is still a bit unbalanced, and most special characters are missing, but the overall impression is quite like what I expected.

Es gibt zwei neue Carsharing-Anbieter in Berlin: Cambio und den Sixti Car Club. Sie ergänzen das bisherige Angebot von Greenwheels, DB Carsharing und Stadtmobil. Nachdem ich gerade meinen Preisvergleich der Berliner Carsharer auf den neuesten Stand gebracht habe, will ich mal eine Tabelle mit den wichtigsten Features anfangen. Das ganze ist ein wachsendes Experiment, wer also Vorschläge, Anregung oder Informationen zu fehlenden Einträgen hat, immer her damit.

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I am currently writing an open source network multiplayer 3d foosball simulator: NetKickern. It will use the Panda3d graphics engine and the open dynamics engine for physics simulation. Development versions have been successfully tested on GNU/Linux and Windows.

Update: The game is already playable and fun in a two-player server/client variant. The Pyode physics simulation provides realistic friction and drag effects to simulate a professional (rough, but rather bouncy) soccer ball. You are able to tap-stop the ball (if only with a slight workaround) and make realistic push and pull shots after some training. What we can’t provide for is the force-feedback of a real table. As we have got a Leonhart Original table at work, the graphics and feeling will probably most resemble this table. Other planned and not-yet-implemented features include different game modes such as four-player games, tournament or pub style scoring. As of August 2008, we’re still at an early stage, and you’re very welcome to contribute with ideas, wishes, graphics, code, pyode gurudom and feedback.

Find the latest svn downloads in my trac farm at:

http://relet.net/trac/netkickern

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