MG Marketing » gadgets/hack http://mg-mk.com/en Online Marketing Agency Mon, 20 Apr 2026 18:01:12 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 en hourly 1 All the Fitbit activity badges http://mg-mk.com/en/all-the-fitbit-activity-badges/ http://mg-mk.com/en/all-the-fitbit-activity-badges/#comments Mon, 21 Oct 2019 03:06:09 +0000 admin http://mg-mk.com/en/all-the-fitbit-activity-badges/ Fitbit has discontinued their Fitbit One step trackers, which seems like a good opportunity to step back and reflect on wearing one for the last decade or so. I’ve enjoyed using Fitbit trackers, but the One devices seemed like they broke down way too often.

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]]> http://mg-mk.com/en/bluetooth-garage-door-opener/feed/ 0 The heart of a computer is now the network connection http://mg-mk.com/en/the-heart-of-a-computer-is-now-the-network-connection/ http://mg-mk.com/en/the-heart-of-a-computer-is-now-the-network-connection/#comments Mon, 01 Jul 2013 00:27:19 +0000 admin http://mg-mk.com/en/the-heart-of-a-computer-is-now-the-network-connection/ Back in the 90s, the heart of a computer was the CPU. The faster the CPU, the better the computer was–you could do more, and the speed of the CPU directly affected your productivity. People upgraded their computers or bought new ones whenever they could to take advantage of faster CPU speeds.

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]]> http://mg-mk.com/en/linux-usb-device-driver-info/feed/ 0 Reverse engineering a Windows USB driver http://mg-mk.com/en/reverse-engineering-a-windows-usb-driver/ http://mg-mk.com/en/reverse-engineering-a-windows-usb-driver/#comments Mon, 13 May 2013 06:35:54 +0000 admin http://mg-mk.com/en/reverse-engineering-a-windows-usb-driver/ For a while, I was really into reverse-engineering USB drivers. Don’t ask why. The heart wants what the heart wants

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]]> http://mg-mk.com/en/reverse-engineering-a-windows-usb-driver/feed/ 0 Announcing the winners of the Kinect contest http://mg-mk.com/en/announcing-the-winners-of-the-kinect-contest/ http://mg-mk.com/en/announcing-the-winners-of-the-kinect-contest/#comments Sat, 29 Jan 2011 22:42:25 +0000 admin http://mg-mk.com/en/announcing-the-winners-of-the-kinect-contest/ When the Kinect launched, Adafruit Industries ran a contest for the first person who released open-source code to extract video and depth from the Kinect. Adafruit also ended up donating to the EFF after the contest was over

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