Category Archives: Toys

The Pepsi Challenge, Day 5

Posted on Thursday, April 12, 2012 by micolous

This post is the second part of the series. Day 2 (part 1) is here. So Android has this “accessibility” feature that lets you hang up on a call by tapping the power button. Except what happens if you’re on … Continue reading →

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The Pepsi Challenge, Day 2

Posted on Monday, April 9, 2012 by micolous

(Despite this being named “day 2″, this is the first part.) My normal phone arrangement consists of an iPhone 4 and a Nokia N900. iPhone gets my main SIM card for calls and the majority of my web browsing, N900 … Continue reading →

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Vuzix Wrap 920 VGA on Linux

Posted on Sunday, April 17, 2011 by micolous

The Vuzix Wrap 920 are entry-level VR glasses. (Not to be confused with the 920VR, which has a USB interface that operates differently.) There is a VGA adapter available for them, however I notice that the buttons on the controller … 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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