Learning about the wide variety of mulch which is now available to the consumer.
Building a house out of an old 50’s truck. (warning: Comic Sans) Via MeFi.
Another very cute fanless computer debuts. The decTOP is $100 bucks and runs Linux, on eight watts of power. Via LifeHacker.
Don’t you wish you could tighten nuts without carrying around a toolbelt like Schneider from One Day at a Time? Maybe then you could get somewhere with Bonnie Franklin. Well, now you can carry a wrench set in your wallet. Suave.
When Meadow mentions how the state can crush the individual, Tony replies, “New Jersey?” Here’s a map of the US with each state name replaced by a country. California est l’etat.
The Amish love solar power. Even though it seems high tech, they liken it to wind or water power. They’ve traditionally used gas lighting for some nighttime tasks, and using solar-derived electricity instead means increased safety, without having to join the power grid. It reminds me a little of how some third-world countries leapfrogged landbased telephone service and went right to cellphones for everyone: sometimes, being a little behind the curve allows a group to skip a few steps. Listen to the NPR story here.
The adorable PaPeRo mini will ???? and ??? your ???? while you’re ???ing. Or, if you use Google translation, “the Adorable This Each Time actualizes the loading audio conversational function to various equipment.” Okay, I have little idea what this press release actually says. But the PaPeRo Mini is a 25 cm tall version of the PaPeRo, a small cutebot which can blog what it sees over the course of the day, sports speech and facial recognition, and dances. No specifics on what the mini can do, but the press release seems to suggest that at least the audio recognition will be there.
And if you think you’re immune to droid-love, consider the strange connection that develops between soldier and robot. We may need a new “Don’t ask, don’t tell” policy.
Via Communist Robot and Slashdot.
I'm Michael Condouris, and this is my second blog. The first one's Wacky Neighbor. I was born in 1975 in New Jersey. I live in Aberdeen, NJ, with my fiancée Carrie, in our new suburban paradise. We have two pets, a Shih Tzu named Coco and a beagledor named Zoë. I was on Jeopardy once. I lost, though, just like in the Weird Al song.
Besides Smallistry, my interests include robots, space, movies, movies about robots and/or space, and Mexican restaurants. Recently I've also become fond of the Wii and ancient history. I dislike conversations about food, sports, other people's children, and conspiracy theories. I'm ok with talking about the weather though. My hat size is 7 1/4, and I have no sense of smell.
I've pretty much stopped blogging in the last, oh, 6 months or so, because talking about tiny things got a bit stale and life had a habit of getting in the way. So for the time being, the site will live on as a Twitter feed of whatever floats through my head.
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