For anyone who noticed that the last week or so this website was slow, my apologies. It turns out the culprit is a plug-in for Twitter called Twitter Tools, and after deactivating it, load times are practically back to normal.
Seen on Twitter: Cyclops
March 28, 2008 By Leave a Comment
Recent exchange on Twitter:
- hotdogsladies: Remember: there’s no “I” in cyclops.
- dmoren: Wait. I’m pretty sure there’s one ‘i’ in cyclops, right?
- hotdogsladies: You’re close, @dmoren — there are 2 “sees.”
- dmoren: That depends: are we talking before or after *SPOILER ALERT* Odysseus pokes the “i” out with a big stick?
Let your plants twitter with you
March 3, 2008 By Leave a Comment
If you’re like me, you’ve tried keeping plants around, but they seem to die after a week or two. It took me a while to figure out that these green things need water. I always forget to water them, though, switching my attention to much more interesting things (i.e. geekier! 
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What if your plants could remind you to water them? And what if they did that by twittering you? They would get my attention, for sure.
Botanicalls has a Do-It-Yourself article on how to make a moisture sensor, hook this up to your computer, and install some software to translate the incoming “I am dry” signal to an actual Twitter message. You need to have some basic soldering skills, and not afraid to hook up something you created to a computer. The components can cost you up to $100, depending on what you have laying around USB and power wise.
It looks really interesting, but unfortunately the plants I have/had are a lot less than 100 dollars, so I’d rather buy a new plant.
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