Month: August 2010

Add more to your Dropbox…

If you\’ve been using Dropbox since the wee early days, you might not have noticed the \”Getting Started\” tab in the web version. Click it, though, and you\’ll likely get another 250 MB of Dropbox space for \”steps\” you\’ve already completed. And if you send any referrals out, and they are completed, both you and […]

Is this the next Borderlands DLC?

From Destructoid: Supposedly, the recently released patch 1.31 for Borderlands — otherwise known as the one that added Steam achievements — contains files that explain, in a considerable amount of detail, what the game\’s next add-on pack will entail. A dude on the Gearbox forums by the name of Legendrew found the score, and proceeded […]

Who Knew that Altimetry was so difficult..?

In aviation, there are actually many different types of altitudes we use, including indicated, true, pressure, density, and absolute. Indicated altitude is exactly what it sounds like: it\’s what is indicated on the altimeter. True altitude is your actual height above sea level, and is also known as Mean Sea Level, or MSL. On a […]

Windows Drivers for Magic Trackpad?

Assuming that you don\’t have a Macintosh, and you want to use the Magic Trackpad on a Windows system.  All you need is the Apple Magic Trackpad Update 1.0 for Windows, from apple\’s site, and a copy of 7-zip. Extract the contents of the exe, then extract the contents of the MSP file inside. There […]

Gratuitous Space Battles | Red Marble Games

Holy Cow…  Gratuitous Space Battles is now available from Red Marble Games, for the Macintosh…. I\’ve played, and purchased the PC version, including DLC…  So hopefully the DLC will soon show up on the Mac Side…. The only drawback seems to be at this point, that it\’s not available via Steam/SteamWorks…  (The Red Marble site, […]