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"Murphy was an optimist!"

Today’s linkbait September 28, 2007 1:35 pm

Posted by Doug McCaughan in : Blog, Daily Life, Music
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How to tell your friends have quit reading your blog. Ahem. And Knoxville’s Youngest Blogger (personally I think he had a better time than his post implies).

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It hurts to sleep in September 28, 2007 9:02 am

Posted by Doug McCaughan in : Daily Life, Of Being Dad
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I failed to get up at 3:30am this morning. I allowed myself until 5:30am. I cannot believe the difference those 2 hours make! I feel like I’ve lost the day. Of course, I feel rested so I suppose that counts for something.

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I want to work for iRobot! September 28, 2007 8:02 am

Posted by Doug McCaughan in : Daily Life, House, Of Interest, Robotics, Technology
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Since a child, I’ve had a fascination with lasers and robots. My path steered away from those. iRobot rocks! iRobot will bring us closer to the Jetsons much sooner than I could have hoped. They have now introduced the Looj gutter-cleaning robot! What a great reason to put guttering on the house!

Makezine explains that iRobot is also accepting applications to beta test their next robot which will have a web camera built into it allowing people on the Internet to control your robot and speak to you. It’s iRobot meets Nabaztag meets Childrenview meets Camstreams.

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Making your vote count September 28, 2007 6:54 am

Posted by Doug McCaughan in : Politics, Touchy Subjects
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This just turned my stomach! Democracy?! Wondering how crazy laws come into existence? The video explains how Texas legislatures play a game on the floor to allow a single person to vote 2, 3 4, or more times. I particularly like the one guy who stands up to vote for two other people only to have the guy in front of him take his vote.

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