I went to the midnight Nintendo DSi launch party at GameStop and picked up my black DSi. Less than an hour after picking it up at the store, I bring you these three choice shots taken with the DSi camera and edited using the software embedded in the DSi.
Figure 1: There are many of me, but this one is mine. Or something like that.
Enlarge Photo 
Figure 3: This picture has the lens applied which makes the subject look suave and sophisticated, and a little bit sleepy.
Enlarge Photo 
Figure 4: This is what this page looke like when viewed on the DSi.
Enlarge Photo 
What is this? A mystery. It looks like a meal gone terribly wrong. But is it?
Figure 1: What is this? A plate of delicious vitreous jelly?
Enlarge Photo 
I am vacuuming my bedroom right now. "Well," you say, "not exactly right now because right now you're typing on your computer." No, I am actually vacuuming my bedroom exactly right now as I type this. Or I should say, my bedroom is being vacuumed by my iRobot Roomba 560 vacuum cleaner. Figures 1 through 3 depict debris recovered from my floor by the robot after about four cleaning missions.
I'm very happy with the robot. After using it for six months on tile and thick carpet, I can definitely say that I am impressed with it. When I first got it, I spent more time watching it than I would have spent actually vacumming the floor myself, but now I try to make a point to either be gone when he's working or to do something else productive at the same time.
The other thing about the robot is, it's sort of like a hobby. I spend almost as much time cleaning the iRobot Roomba 560 as I used to spend vacuuming. That's OK, though, because I hardly used to vacuum at all and my floor was kind of dusty, but now I use the Roomba a few times a week at least, so even with all the robot maintenance, I'm only spending as much time as I used to on the subject of vacuuming, but my house is a lot cleaner. Especially under the bed, which I'd be lucky to hit every six months but which gets cleaned every time I vacuum my bedroom with the Roomba. Plus, performing robot maintenance is way cooler than spending time vacuuming.
Figure 4: The accumulation of capillaceous debris near the flexible beater brush bearing.
Enlarge Photo 
Figure 5: The debris has been cleared from one end of the flexible beater brush.
Enlarge Photo 
Figure 6: Heavy debris accumulation on the bristle brush. Try removing the beater brushes from your regular vaccuum cleaner. You can't get them out on many models, but they get just as dirty.
Enlarge Photo 
Figure 7: The bristle brush bearings are a lot easier to clean than the flexible beater brush because these yellow end caps come off. The tangled hair just slips off of the bristle brush in a ring. I wonder why the flexible beater brush doesn't have the same kind of removable end caps.
Enlarge Photo 
Figure 8: All cleaned off. Almost as good as new after six months.
Enlarge Photo Labels: devices, images, unsolicited opinions
My nephew Sean went to Lindy's on 4th Avenue in Tucson, AZ and he performed a feat of spectacular consumption. He ate a 1.5 pound hamburger. The burger consisted of six quarter-pound hamburger patties, six slices of cheese, and a big bun. It was pretty impressive to see him do it. You can judge for yourself.
If you eat the hamburger, they take your picture and put it up on their wall.
Labels: food, movies