Automation Adventures

I just received an email from Chumby Industries, informing that the Chumby is now shipping to a select group of customers. If you want to buy one, sign up on the store page.
Meanwhile, while you’re waiting for your Chumby to be delivered, or waiting for it to become available, you can play around with the [...]

Of course, after finally breaking down last night and installing Codeweaver’s CrossOver Office to install iTunes, today I see this article in Linux Journal on how to use your iPod with Ubuntu.
The article shows a few options to sync music, and also explains how to sync photos and change the default application that’s opened when [...]

Via Gizmodo I came across the Asus Wl-700gE, a remarkable router.

Built-in 160GB Harddrive
USB 2.0 connections for external hard drive or thumb drives
Efficient heat dissipation via special airflow design
Plug in a USB memory device and use easy file transfer with AUTO COPY
Support for sharing files (also music, video and/or photos!) both within and outside the network [...]

Google has once again launched a new service, called Picasa Web Albums. This is Google’s answer to Flickr and Yahoo! Photo’s, integrated with the Picasa software running on your desktop.
Interestingly enough, this is not touted as Beta, but rather as …
The only limitation (apart from it being invitation-only) is that the storage space is limited [...]