Lights Left On? A Virtual Valet Can Check

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Whirlpool Personal Valet

Whirlpool Personal Valet 08/16/2004 09:49 AM

So I don't quite understand it, but apparently Whirlpool is offering up a new "Personal Valet," with a desiccated, tuxedoed servant who will spring out each morning, having been ushered back into life after a misty morning reconstitutional. The tottering personal mummy will shamble - ably - to a low-cost parking lot, where it will fetch your automobile, discern again which strange glyphs activate the cooling breeze that keeps its perpetually-rotting flesh adhered to his bones, and deliver your oil-carriage to your doorstep before plodding back inside the Whirlpool to be dehydrated until you arrive home from work to find it waiting for you, motionless, silhouetted in the driveway by the light of the setting sun.

Or it... what? It steams your clothes? Oh, that sucks.

Read - Product Page [Family-Studio via GadgetryBlog]

Ex-valet withdraws Charles story

Ex-valet withdraws Charles story 06/12/2004 09:55 PM
An ex-royal valet withdraws a claim he had seen the Prince of Wales in an unspecified incident with a servant.

High Tech Meets Valet Parking

High Tech Meets Valet Parking 06/05/2005 11:47 PM

L ow-tech valet parking gets high-tech treatment: Parking cars ain't what it used to be.

While paparazzi save their flashbulbs for celebrities, every car that's valet parked at the Pechanga Resort & Casino on the edge of Southern California's urban sprawl is automatically photographed from six angles.

The name of the valet is electronically recorded both when the car goes into the garage and when it comes out. The license plate is electronically recorded, too, and placed in a databank that will let supervisors know every time that car arrives at the casino.

Bankers Exchange Helps Customers
Understand Check 21 Legislation - Public
Service Campaign Explains What Must Be
Done Now Regarding The Check 21 Act

Bankers Exchange Helps Customers
Understand Check 21 Legislation - Public
Service Campaign Explains What Must Be
Done Now Regarding The Check 21 Act 09/13/2004 03:01 AM
The Banker’s Exchange, one of the nation’s leaders in providing new and used bank equipment, today announced the launch of a public service campaign aimed at helping customers understand Check 21 Legislation. Banker’s Exchange unveiled the first in a series of public service announcements to be posted online explaining what must be done now and what can wait regarding the Check 21 Act. [PRWEB Sep 13, 2004]

Adesso's Cameras: Mini? Check. Assy?
Check.

Adesso's Cameras: Mini? Check. Assy?
Check. 07/22/2004 08:19 PM

Kyocera isn't the only camera company taking hot fashion tips from Apple's iPod mini. Adesso has a new line of new cameras that seem to match, at least superficially, the green, pink, and blue colors of the mini. However, in an interesting break from Kyocera's form, the Adesso cameras seem to be exceptionally, well, crappy, with the high end model rolling in with a 1.3-megapixel sensor. I guess hoping for an LCD on the back of these is asking too much, huh? I think this is one time when following the 'smaller is better' ethic is probably a misstep.

Even worse? They're not even out. (Thanks, Justin!)

Read - Product Page [Adesso]

Related
Kyocera Releases iPod mini-Matching Cameras [Gizmodo]

gum, check. household cleaning product,
check.

gum, check. household cleaning product,
check. 04/12/2004 04:46 PM
MacGyverisms

Check 21 becomes law, allows electronic
check settlements

Check 21 becomes law, allows electronic
check settlements 11/03/2003 06:00 PM
President Bush signed into law the Check 21 bill, which allows banks to substitute images for paper checks, allowing them to save billions of dollars and speed up check processing.

Fun? Check. Interesting? Check.
Something other than Mario o

Fun? Check. Interesting? Check.
Something other than Mario o 08/28/2004 10:00 PM
TechTree Aug 29 2004 2:39AM GMT

Fact Check Reality Check

Fact Check Reality Check 01/03/2005 02:18 PM
Ooh I like this, about time fact checking got a reality check. Jason Kottke satirizes anal retentive blogger fact checking...

Virtual PC 7 The first major update to
Virtual PC since Microsoft bought the
emulation program from Connectix

Virtual PC 7 The first major update to
Virtual PC since Microsoft bought the
emulation program from Connectix 01/03/2005 07:57 PM
MacWorld Jan 3 2005 11:05PM GMT

The Virtual Mobile Virtual Network
Operator From 7-Eleven

The Virtual Mobile Virtual Network
Operator From 7-Eleven 04/27/2004 05:27 PM
Mobile virtual network operators (MVNOs) are nothing new. Virgin, both in the UK and the US, has been quite successful creating their own mobile phone carrier, despite not having a network of their own, but simply handling the branding and management, while leaving all the technology issues to a network operator partner. So far, most MVNOs seem to be targeting the youth market (often with "pre-paid plans"), and considering just how lucrative that market seems these days, it's no surprise that plenty of others want into the market. However, operating the whole MVNO is probably a lot of work, so now we're getting to the point where you have virtual MVNOs (VMVNOs) who will do all the work for a company, and simply slap their brand on the final product. That seems to be what's happening with convenience store 7-Eleven, who has announced plans to sell pre-paid mobile phones and service under the "Speak Out" brand - though, all the work appears to be done by Ztar Mobile. Other retailers are quickly expected to follow. Wal-Mart is at the top of the list, with Costco and Home Depot also apparently considering their own mobile phone offerings. The idea is to target younger users, or those with bad credit histories, who can simply pick up a phone at the store, and use it until their minutes run out, at which point they can top it up again - back at the store, of course.

HotFix Watch: Stop error message when
you install Virtual PC Additions and SMS
client components on a Windows NT
4.0-based virtual machine

HotFix Watch: Stop error message when
you install Virtual PC Additions and SMS
client components on a Windows NT
4.0-based virtual machine 09/08/2004 07:55 PM

Virtual Universe 0.49 (Virtual World
Server)

Virtual Universe 0.49 (Virtual World
Server) 08/15/2004 09:31 PM
A platform independent 3D virtual reality environment.

Virtual Universe 0.39 (Virtual World
Server)

Virtual Universe 0.39 (Virtual World
Server) 12/02/2003 03:47 PM
A platform independent 3D virtual reality environment.

Virtual Universe 0.42 (Virtual World
Server)

Virtual Universe 0.42 (Virtual World
Server) 01/28/2004 06:54 AM
A platform independent 3D virtual reality environment.

Virtual Universe 0.38 (Virtual World
Server)

Virtual Universe 0.38 (Virtual World
Server) 11/02/2003 10:51 AM
A platform independent 3D virtual reality environment.

Virtual machine shootout: Virtual PC vs.
VMware

Virtual machine shootout: Virtual PC vs.
VMware 08/01/2004 11:39 PM
Ever wondered which virtual machine product was right for your needs? Ars puts VMware and Virtual PC through their paces to determine which VM gives you more bang for the buck.

Virtual Universe 0.46 (Virtual World
Server)

Virtual Universe 0.46 (Virtual World
Server) 06/26/2004 04:00 PM
A platform independent 3D virtual reality environment.

"Peter Ludlow is not just a computer
gaming enthusiast. He's also a
philosophy professor, with an abiding
interest in the relationship between the
real and the virtual worlds. So when the
world's most successful virtual-reality
game, the Sims, launched an ..."

"Peter Ludlow is not just a computer
gaming enthusiast. He's also a
philosophy professor, with an abiding
interest in the relationship between the
real and the virtual worlds. So when the
world's most successful virtual-reality
game, the Sims, launched an ..." 01/17/2004 11:07 PM

Lights? Not quite

Lights? Not quite 12/28/2004 09:09 AM
USA Today Dec 28 2004 1:19PM GMT

Think Blinky Lights

Think Blinky Lights 12/08/2003 03:38 PM
It's that time of year I usually fire up xsnow on my sparc console and stare at the swirling...

Where Was FERC When the Lights Went Out?

Where Was FERC When the Lights Went Out? 08/06/2004 09:40 AM

SF Chronicle: Death Star' trader admits manipulating California market. The Enron Corp. energy trader who devised the notorious "Death Star'' scheme to bill California for fictitious electricity pleaded guilty in a San Francisco court to a federal fraud charge and admitted plotting to manipulate the market during the state's energy crisis.

Who else should be indicted? An e-mail correspondent this morning points to one of the worst offenders in this scandal: the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, where inaction in the face of utter sleaze is a way of life. Instead of helping California and the other states that got screwed by the bandits at Enron and other energy companies, FERC has consistently stiffed the victims, offering a tidbit here and there but essentially doing nothing serious. FERC keeps insisting that it's on the case. We'll need some actual evidence one of these days.

and those bright lights

and those bright lights 04/01/2005 02:42 PM
Just after 9 Wednesday morning, we said goodbye to Felix The Bear. He left us peacefully and quietly, surrounded by...

Last One Out, Turn Off the Lights...

Last One Out, Turn Off the Lights... 06/11/2004 04:05 PM

Gateway to consolidate Midwestern facilities: With this, Gateway is leaving Sioux Falls completely. This is too bad, as Gateway is a child of South Dakota.

Gateway will close its Sioux Falls, S.D., facility this month, as part of its plan to return to profitability.

Here's a statistic for you: in the last four years, Gateway has reduced their workforce by 91%, from 24,000 workers worldwide in 2000 to just 2,000 workers after this latest round of layoffs.

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Bryght lights

Bryght lights 09/01/2004 12:02 PM

Roland Tanglao reports......

If you haven't already, go check out our new venture, Bryght.

What is Bryght? Bryght is all of the following:

1. "The Salesforce.com of community content"
2. Content Management System + Community Blogging System + Email + DNS + Domain Name Registration + much more (see our features page for more details)
3. A hosted website service for communities, corporations, organizations and individuals built using the open source Drupal system.

What is the relationship between Bryght and StreamLine? None, other than the fact that I work on both :-) !

Seriously, StreamLine continues to resell Blogware blogs to individuals and Bryght is focused solely on hosted Drupal sites (with domains, email and DNS as well).

Why Blogware blogs? Because Blogware is still the best individual hosted blog service out there.
Why Bryght? Because Bryght is the best hosted website service for communities.

Too many Christmas lights?

Too many Christmas lights? 12/10/2003 07:56 PM
Is there such a thing as too many Christmas lights? I love seeing lavish displays of lights at Christmas time. Some folks like a few old-fashioned Christmas lights and some like to deck the halls in a blaze of glory (this one boasts 700,000 lights). And how much does it cost to run a fabulous display?

Texting lights up Glasto

Texting lights up Glasto 06/26/2004 02:20 PM
Techzonez Jun 26 2004 5:12PM GMT

Campaigns rev up as soon as lights go
down (USATODAY.com)

Campaigns rev up as soon as lights go
down (USATODAY.com) 09/03/2004 06:49 AM
USATODAY.com - The general election campaign roared to life Thursday night less than an hour after President Bush's acceptance speech here at the Republican convention. Bush was to head for the crucial state of Pennsylvania shortly after the balloons dropped in Madison Square Garden, and Democrat John Kerry held a midnight rally in Ohio.

Show lights up Paralympics

Show lights up Paralympics 09/17/2004 06:21 PM
The XII Paralympics begins in Athens, after a spectacular opening ceremony.

Lights, camera, technology

Lights, camera, technology 04/19/2004 07:07 PM
CNET Apr 19 2004 11:15PM GMT

Red traffic lights in Naples

Red traffic lights in Naples 06/05/2004 03:58 AM

I heard from one of our hosts last night that when driving in Naples, "there are three kinds of red lights. Some you must stop at or you will die. Some provide advice to be careful. Others are merely decoration." Seriously though, I have never seen so many drivers completely ignore traffic lights in my life.

Bright Lights Seen in Sky Over 5 States

Bright Lights Seen in Sky Over 5 States 07/10/2004 06:15 AM
Free Internet Press Jul 10 2004 10:12AM GMT

EV-DO lights up mobile data

EV-DO lights up mobile data 08/02/2004 08:00 AM
The light at the end of the tunnel to 3G mobile data services in the U.S. is getting brighter as technology that builds on Code Division Multiple Access networks comes into view.

Lights in Plague Park

Lights in Plague Park 12/02/2003 01:26 AM
Plague Park has a rather unusual collection of lights hanging from a tree. In the darkness they look like...

Turn off the lights when you leave.

Turn off the lights when you leave. 07/24/2004 06:16 PM
The end of the light bulb? E. Fred Schubert, a professor at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute "claims to have invented a 99-percent efficient reflector that promises to speed the replacement of light bulbs with LEDs." According to researchers, this could happen within the next five years. The current prototype is bankrolled by the ARPA and The National Science Foundation "recently award Schubert's team a $210,000 grant to create in three years a commercial version of his patented omnidirectional reflector."

"Schubert claimed that lighting accounts for 25 percent of U.S. electrical energy consumption. Since white LEDs emit more light per dollar and generate less unwanted heat, they are potentially a major energy saver." (see EE Times link)

Meanwhile, some of the oldtimers seem to be pretty refractory.

The Truth of Neon Lights

The Truth of Neon Lights 12/02/2003 02:01 AM
She's turning 30. And I mean, turning. Walking, one street fades like a dawn fog and without a signpost or a lamplight she strides into Next, and 24 hours - towards a café she isn't sure is really as open...

Control TiVo, Lights With Your PSP

Control TiVo, Lights With Your PSP 04/19/2005 08:47 AM

Myriad hacks are emerging for the PSP as eager tweakers have their way with the black box. Add to the list the ability to control your home automation system (and TiVo) wirelessly. Liquidice explains:

I now have the ability to turn my lights on and off. [I] have full control (Play, Stop, Pause, Menu) of my DVD player, TIVO, and High Def TV, all wirelessly from my PSP. ... I put an image map on [some] graphics and created some HTML pages which are hosted on my WACI NX server. The links are crafted so that when the PSP highlights and clicks on a spot on the image map, it instructs the WACI NX server to send an IR signal to my A/V equipment or triggers it's relays to cut power on the lights.

While he doesn't have step-by-step instructions, he explains his methodologies pretty clearly, and mentions that an official Sony web browser for the PSP will make things much simpler.

(#gizmodo frequenter AMIB points out (with some sass, it's noted) that the PSP isn't so spectacular in this feat because all the heavy lifting is handled by the home automation web server. A valid point, by way of saying any device or code that can make a GET request to a web server can accomplish the same thing.)

P SP Home Control 1.0 [psphacks via PVRblog ]

More Northern Lights photos

More Northern Lights photos 12/30/2003 12:09 AM
OK, I thought my pictures were pretty cool albeit a little dark and grainy, but check out these photos over at Yahoo....

Sun Lights Up U.K. Servers, Desktops

Sun Lights Up U.K. Servers, Desktops 12/08/2003 10:33 AM
Systems vendor's low-cost office software line makes more headway against rivals as the company signs Britain's Office of Government Commerce to a five-year deal.
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