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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February 5, 2008 2.7 million gallons of sewage dumped into waters near San Francisco Yahoo pulls plug on subscription music service Newspaper buyouts may have been unaffordably leveraged Huzzah for Craig Ferguson The late-night host from Scotland has become an American citizen. The coverage on his own show last night was actually kind of moving in a patriotic way. For as much hassle as a lot of Americans give to immigrants, it’s a really neat way to see that there are still thousa
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In the past few weeks I’ve gotten three new toys! I have a Roomba! I loves it muchly. The hardwood floors in my apartment have been driving me crazy. I’m used to carpet which doesn’t show the daily grit and cat hair as easily. And after 6 or… Read and post comments | Send to a friend
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In the past few weeks I’ve gotten three new toys! Roomba! I have a Roomba!  I loves it muchly.  The hardwood floors in my apartment have been driving me crazy.  I’m used to carpet which doesn’t show the daily grit and cat hair as easily.  And after 6 or so months, I had had it.  So I watched Woot for about a month and picked up an older version for a lot less than a new one.  Plus it came with an extra set of brushes, the special pet brushes and 2 virtual walls.  It’s a lot bigg
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Yeah, DS-controlled bots aren’t exactly a new thing, but engineering students from France have taken the whole thing to a new level. They have managed to program a Pekee Robot (an open, modular, Roomba-like bot) that can now be fully controlled through the DS. The wireless link of the platform is used to communicate with the bot, which can be controlled using the touch-screen, motion sensors, D-pad and even through voice commands. It also has a target mode similar to the one in Super Mario 64
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Having a vacuum cleaners in every household is really a big help when it come to clean our house. I have been thinking about buying new one because my old one is broken. I found this website called wize.com has all kinds of different vacuums cleaners. It is affordable and great products and their review is excellent compared to buy very cheap one that only use once or twice that it. I would prepared to buy the reasonable price that you know it will last forever. The options you have when it come
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At the Massachusetts Technology Leadership Council’s Open Source Cluster organizing committee meeting several weeks ago we were discussing what type of event to have next. We’ve had big meetings with presentations by IBM, Oracle, JBoss, Fidelity, OLPC, etc. This time we talked about starting a frequent get-together where people can come and schmooze, demo their latest to each other, look at new “toys”, etc. This would be much more informal but with lots going on. The criteria we came up with
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Scam Identity Theft Calls to Cell Phones Tout Expiring Auto Warranty, Coming from 408-587-2116 and 623-238-6228 2/7/2008 - Summary: People across the country are reporting telephone calls coming from the numbers (623) 238-6228 and (408) 587-2116. These calls claim that your car warranty is expiring, but they are really scam artists trying to steal your personal information and identity. So if the number appearing on your cellphone screen is either (623) 238-6228 or (408) 587-2116,
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