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Burn bootloader for Arduino Duemilanove w/ Atmega328 using avrdude 5.10

This is using a new Arduino Duemilanove board with a regular Atmega328p, with no bootloader. I wanted to do the BitBang mode, since I didn't want to get or make anything else, and the ArduinoISP, I didn't have access to another Arduino. So I pieced together 3 different guides, I finally got it working. This [...]

I Hate "Micro Receivers"

I recently bought an MX610 mouse. It looked pretty neat with it's 2 notification lights that even work on linux. It even used a freakin' laser. Awesome I thought. It'll be a great replacement for my old worn out Microsoft mouse. The first thing I noticed was the tiny little micro receiver it had. I [...]