Monthly Archives: July 2010

Why you SHOULDN’T make an App for marketing your business

Posted on Wednesday, July 21, 2010 by micolous

It seems that it’s all the rage these days to make iPhone applications for everything, because apparently they’re exceedingly popular and everyone wants to get on the gravy train. But looking at the reality of it all, it’s a foolish … Continue reading →

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Xbox 360 Big Button: Round 2

Posted on Sunday, July 18, 2010 by micolous

So, time for round 2 with the Big Button controllers. I covered this stuff a bit yesturday. I’ve since updated the driver so that it treats the directional buttons on the big button controllers as the X and Y axes. … Continue reading →

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Xbox 360 “Big Button” IR Receiver

Posted on Sunday, July 18, 2010 by micolous

I found some kernel patches around for the Xbox 360 “Big Button” controllers (USB Device ID: 045e:a101). These are bundled with the game Scene It? Box Office Smash. These are written by James Mastros (not me). At the moment, the … Continue reading →

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