Wiimba, a Roomba and Wiimote hack

Japanese Longjie0723 modded his robotic vacuum cleaner Roo…
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Starting a New Project

I wasn’t making any progress on the basket weave blanket, and I wasn’t wanting to work on it… so I started a new project! That will help, won’t it? Hehe. Anyways, this is a blanket I’ve started for myself. I think it’s going to be really pretty! I really should be cleaning today, but I think I’m going to sit down with my Tivo remote and my crochet hook instead. Sounds like a lovely way to spend a snowy Saturday afternoon! Maybe I’ll clean up enough stuff to run the Roomba first so I feel l
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The future of mowing, part 98

On Monday, there will be freshly mowed rough on the Members Course at St. James Plantation. That may not seem like huge news, but here’s the rub: The mowing will have been done by a robotic mower. Cue the dramatic music! Another robotic mower? Will we need Arnold as the T-100 once again, to battle these robotic monstrosities? Wait, wait, wait… we’ve got a CGCS in the field who’s been using it. And it sounds pretty good, actually. Conrad Broussard, CGCS, director of agronomy at St. James,
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iRobot 4296 Roomba Scheduler Vacuum $122 at Buy.com

Buy.com has the refurbished iRobot 4296 Roomba Scheduler Vacuum for $122 + $0 shipping = $122 shipped. [BizRate]Includes Roomba vacuum, Scheduling remote, self-charging home base, 2 Scheduling virtual walls, fast charger, removeable battery, cleaning tool and extra brushes and filters
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Twitter Updates for 2008-02-01

Twitter Updates for 2008-02-01 February 1st, 2008 Brainstorm for a geek family sitcom: Everybody Loves Roomba # correction: “MacBook Air Commercial” is actually by French pop singer Yael Naim, not Feist… via Perez Hilton: http://tinyurl.com/ynlejt # About to do intvw on Canada’s Business News Network re MSFT-YHOO # Powered by Twitter Tools. Posted in Notes |
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