My First Real Robot

I was skeptical at first, but it does an amazing job -my iRobot vacuum. It's an amazing little thing about the size of an oversized Frisbee. It whirls around bouncing gently off furniture and anything else that gets in its way. It some remember where its been and seems to know where to go. I have had the pet dogs and my kids have had numerous toy robots, but this one is the first serious one, that really works and gets something done and affordable. What's next? A robot that cuts the lawn. I believe there is one I could buy. What I really need right now - is one that will rake my fall leaves.

I can definitely relate to this article in the New York Times by By DAVID BROOKS Published: October 26, 2007. I've been outsourcing my brain for years. I'm sure my Treo can remember more phone numbers, passwords, addresses, and friends last names than I could ever remember. I'm waiting for the day I can plug a USB cord into my brain and transfer info back into it.

The Outsourced Brain - New York Times

GEEK of the WEEK . . . Randy Pausch

Move over Bill Gates and Steve Jobs, my new Geek Idol is Randy Pausch. An amazing man and inspiration to all (not just Geeks).

"Randy Pausch Has Months to Live, but Inspires Others With Lecture on Living Life to the Fullest"
from ABC News: Dying Professor's Lecture of a Lifetime

From ABC's Good Morning America Show:
Randy Pausch, a 46-year-old computer-science professor at Carnegie Mellon University, has terminal cancer and expects to live for just a few more months. This week, he said goodbye to his students and the Pittsburgh college with one last lecture called "How to Live Your Childhood Dreams," on his life's journey and the lessons he's learned Randy Pausch, a 46-year-old computer-science professor at Carnegie Mellon University, has terminal cancer and expects to live for just a few more months.
This week, he said goodbye to his students and the Pittsburgh college with one last lecture called "How to Live Your Childhood Dreams," on his life's journey and the lessons he's learned.

And check out his Virtual World Builder tool for kids ALICE at http://www.alice.org/ . His proudest achievement - the ultimate "head fake" making a game out of learning how to program a virtual world.

Smile! You're on the Internet! :-)
And some people think text messaging is a new thing. It has actualy come full circle, because in the old days of the internet people used text symbols and short phrases to save a few bits of into. Oh the old days of the CIS and when AOL was America Online with a big fat modem hooked up between your phone and your computer :-)

Here's a great article on the old fashion text messaging . . .
Smile! You're on the Internet! :-)

Growing up Geek

My youngest daughter Geeking out with my favorite Glasses . . . . she is a wonderful geek. Watch for her upcoming music video The Singing Lil GeekGirl.

My Lil GeekGirl daughter geeking out with GeekGeer Cap and Glasses. . .

Order yours today, not many left.

How Many Millionaire Geeks do you know? The dotcom bust, may have busted the market in the late 90's, but there seems to still be plenty of wealth built with the ongoing development of new geek gadgets and services. I wonder if there was a study of where the majority of wealth has come from in the past ten years if it came more from Geek/Tech businesses or Real Estate? But then the Real Estate boom & Financial services investment boom may have all been a result of computers and the internet. Check out this article in the NYT about a few Geek millionaires who don't feel rich. . . In Silicon Valley, Millionaires Who Don’t Feel Rich - New York Times

I love PowerPoint. It is a standard of business communication today. The University of Chicago has made it part of thier requirement for applying to the University. I think I'll apply. Finally a school recognizes the importance of PPT. Do You?

Read about it here:

School Adds PowerPoint to Application - washingtonpost.com

Get Me The Geeks!, How Tricky Technology Is Giving Rise To The Geeks - CBS News