Belkin WeMo: Control home electronics from your smart phone

L: OMG I want this!
E: Now you never need to look up from your smart phone to interact with the environment.
L: I was thinking it would be helpful for things like “did I forget to turn off the espresso machine again…”
E: Yeah…
L: Also, it is a $50 gadget that can replace a perfectly good $2.99 lamp timer! Who wouldn’t want that!
E: You can integrate it with your social media. Annoy your facebook friends with “Eric turned on the lamp! Eric turned off the lamp!” updates. It’s better than Farmville!

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The Latte Over Innsmouth

December 24, 2012

The Latte Over Innsmouth, a photo by lauralemay on Flickr. I was making really nice latte hearts and leaves for a little while there, but then I forgot how and now I’m back to pouring multi-tentacled monster fetuses.

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Fruit of Mystery

October 28, 2012

I have a big yard. So big, in fact, that after 15 years living here I am still finding fruit trees lurking in the underbrush. Up in the area we call “the meadow” there are a handful of really old pear trees. We get small pears every other year or so, but the fruit disappears [...]

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What I’m Doing This Weekend

September 23, 2012

canning tomatoes, a photo by lauralemay on Flickr. Putting tomatoes into jars. Lots of tomatoes. Lots of jars.

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Guess what I did this Weekend?

September 6, 2012

Guess what I did this weekend?, a photo by lauralemay on Flickr. Guess what I’m doing next weekend?

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