March 29, 2009

There were 2 posts published on March 29, 2009 (this is page 1 of 1).

Wind-up Bird

It’s lyrics ain’t Shakespeare but this song is still strangely catchy.

Wind-up Bird (YouTube)
Pink Grease

I can’t take it anymore
You keep on dancing in my nowhere
I am the preacher, the preacher’s son
You keep on landing in my nowhere

You are the wind-up, wind-up bird
You keep on sounding in my nowhere
You are the cancer, cancer girl
You keep on landing in my nowhere

But now my cat is dead
my cat is dead, gone down the well
Yeah, now my cat is dead
gone down the well
my cat is dead
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Roombas tend tomatoes

classbuildingthegarden_thumbpngI was running our Roomba vacuum around today for the first time in a while and noticing its battery is on its last legs. This has been the first real issue with our robotic friend since we’ve had it. I’m contemplating whether to buy a new battery or consider an upgrade to a newer model.

On a related note, a fellow Roomba fan alerted me to this interesting MIT project that uses souped-up Roombas to tend tomato plants. I thought it was an artificial intelligence milestone for the Roomba just to dock itself, but these Roombas not only do that but they also pick specific tomatoes on command. Amazing! Watch them in action here.

Now if I could just get mine to overwater my plants so that I don’t have to.