Necromancy and the Garmin Nuvi 1390

My father asked me to update the maps on his Garmin Nuvi 1390 on Friday evening.  This did not go so well.  Using Garmin Express, I applied the updates, unplugged it when it said, and it sat there with a black screen saying “Loading maps.” and that was all.  Nothing else.

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AussieBroadband CheckMK Plugin

I’ve recently changed my ISP to AussieBroadband.  Since I’m now working under a quota, I want a way to monitor my quota in CheckMK.  Enter a bit of python.  If you want to use this, you’ll need to adjust the hashbang to suit your actual OMD site, and then pass a parameter which is your username:password to get onto your ABB account.

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