Perhaps I'm getting spoiled, but I've gotten used to some basic features in any application I used nowadays and I'm really surprised by any new application that doesn't have these: Automatic, in-place upgrades: why make the user work so hard to see your hard work? Dock to systray :  no app is so...

Awesome. Twitter meets INSTEON in the strangest combination of technology to-date. Check out the particulars here:  http://www.vimeo.com/1025711?pg=embed&sec=1025711 If you thought that was strange, check out this:  SIP for Light Bulbs Using SIP to Support Communication with Networked  ...

Great set of videos on how folks use their Chumby over at YouTube.  I'm still working out how to hack together a simple intercom system using my Chumby and Windows Live Messenger.  In the meantime, I'm going to use a text based system via Twitter .  Very easy to do and amazingly useful...

I finally broke down and purchased a Chumby in basic black. It was a tough decision .... I mean, it runs embedded Linux after all :O.. I managed to rationalize it to myself by saying I needed a new alarm clock. Not entirely true since my current alarm clock is just fine but I guess we all have our own...