usb_set_configuration failed

If you’ve been trying to transfer a GPX file to your GPS unit from a Linux machine, using GPSBabel, and have seen this message:

$> gpsbabel -r -i gpx -f FOO.gpx -o garmin -F usb:
usb_set_configuration failed, probably
because kernel driver ‘garmin_gps’ is
blocking our access to the USB device.
…then don’t despair. Help is here.

Can’t Click Your Waypoints?

If you are using the Marengo GPS Route Planner on Internet Explorer you may have noticed that, since January 8th (or thereabouts), you won’t have been able to click or drag any waypoints you lay down on a route.
This is a result of some incorrect data being updated by Google themselves in a recent update [...]