Thwart Antivirus-Crippling Malware by Changing File Extensions [Annoyances]

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Certain annoying types of malware stop your antivirus program from running (stopping you from removing the malware). If it’s of the less intelligent variety, you can outsmart the virus by changing your antivirus apps’ file extension to something besides .exe. More »
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The Best Improvements in Ubuntu 10.04 Lucid Lynx [Operating Systems]

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Ubuntu 10.04 is out today, and there are quite a few improvements in “Lucid Lynx,” a long-term support release. What’s worth checking out, beyond the geeky guts? A pretty nifty social manager, a great music store, faster boot-ups, and more. More »
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The Cleverest Ways to Use Dropbox That You’re Not Using [Dropbox]

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Free utility Dropbox is great at syncing files between computers, but it has a lot more potential than just that. Here’s a handful of clever ways you can use Dropbox that you may not have thought of. More »
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Armchair Travel: The Michelberger Hotel, Berlin

I traveled to Germany in 2007 and really fell in love with the city of Berlin. Discovering the Michelberger Hotel, which just opened in 2008, in my online peregrinations has really whetted my appetite to go back. They are obviously gunning for a major cool factor, but that’s okay, because they’ve squarely hit the mark. And [...] [...]

Proof!

Got the display glitches working. Needed a 30ms delay between packets in multi packet DIC messages. Here is gmPOD hardware that I have working:And some videos.. Taken with my phone. So the quality is nasty bad..Video 1  Video 2 Video 3It really wo… [...]