“In this video a single Corynactis viridis polyp (about 8mm in diameter) is seen capturing and digesting tiny plankton as they flow past in the current. As the tentacles capture food, they retract towards the animal’s mouth, located at the center of the polyp. The mouth is likewise transformable; capable of extending, expanding, and enveloping food items.”
from Corynactis viridis
So there’s a small hardware project I’m playing with for drop.io. A telepresence robot to help me throughout my day while I work from my home office, considering I’m 1,584 miles from HQ.
Short story, long… it’s a netbook on top of a iRobot Create platform.
At any rate, what does this have to do with Jolicloud? It’s the OS that’s running on the netbook! I’m using that as a platform. It’s very netbook friendly and behaves kind of like an iPhone, where you have a simple interface where you can “add apps” and they are part of your “in your face” UI experience.
Of course, with early adopting, there’s always bugs… and this one is no exception. There are lots of really annoying issues with Jolicloud right now, but I’m sure they’ll get taken care of. Lots of password prompts and system nuances, that are results of retrofitting their UI on top of the popular Ubuntu Linux distribution.
Either way, give it a try… also check out Moblin, which is another netbook focused Linux distribution.
Part Plant, Part Animal… amazing creature that actually produces chlorophyll…
Image: Nicholas E. Curtis and Ray Martinez
view140
To ring in the new year, John Robinson Jr. and I are launching a super simple side project that we’ve been putting together…
view140 is a image search for Twitter, with a nice interface…
Want to see what other people posted about the New Year?
What about their favorite pizza?
Or just browse through most of the pictures…
The code is incredibly simple and it’s part of my recovery on my addiction to brain crack!
As part of my 2010 adventure into improving my cooking skills… I have acquired (through presents) 4 new books:
With this wonderful set, I’m going to attempt to hone my skills… and start diving into a realm which I love to eat, but have no concept of how to cook… Indian…
Wish me luck!
What a year!
It started out with a bang… we adopted our second pup, Bentley the Regal Beagle…
Did lots of planning for a large event, which took place on July 11, 2009. I married the love of my life, Becca Anne.
Learned a lot about cooking…
Sold all of my DVD’s… got rid of them while people still believe in physical media :)
Launched version 2.0 of the drop.io API…
Got my first passport!
Started to become more giving with my resources… donating lots of clothes, food, and money… enabling entrepreneurs in underdeveloped countries… and joining Big Brothers Big Sisters…
Enough about the stuff from this year, which I would say is pretty damn successful…
What’s to come for 2010?
And last but not least…
Groupon
Groupon is a unique new startup that’s getting a ton of press, recently for valuation at $250MM.
The idea is a combination of woot and time sharing… There’s a daily deal for a percentage off it’s regular price from a local retailer. If you like the deal, you can pledge to buy it. The deal only works though, if a certain (pre-determined) number of people pledge to buy it as well. Once there’s enough people, the deal goes through and everyone gets the Groupon.
Good stuff!
