On this episode of Spark: Self-monitoring, interactive magazines, and a Twittering cat door:
- Nora mentions Letters from a Stoic by the Roman philosopher Seneca
- Gus and Penny (who are cats) use a Twittering Cat Door (see their tweets)
- Nicholas Felton on self-monitoring and Daytum.com (full interview)
- Nora and Elizabeth review some of the messy desktop contest entries submitted so far
- Anand Agarwala explains human-computer action, and shows Nora Bumptop (see Anand’s demonstration at TED)
- Nora wonders if online petitions and Facebook groups can change anything
- Tim Devin publishes i left this here for you to read (contribute to Spark’s entry)
This episode features Creative Commons music and sound effects:
- “Wadidyusay?” by Zap Mama
- “Our Slanted Voices“ by DoKashiteru
- “Squirrel Commotion” and “Frogs in Tuxes” by Podington Bear
- “Electron Map” by Chad Crouch
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Merry Christmas, Siamese Cat, just ate through the cord that connects my ipod touch to my mac. So how am I going to download this latest podcast??? More importantly, any Sparky ideas about making cords cat-proof?
I forwarded the twitter car article to some friends and colleagues with daughters. You could definitely adapt this system to teenage girls and use it to keep out the boys that want them…
Ha!
As a 'cat person' I think I can safely say there's no way to cat-proof ANYthing!
Twitter: Perfect for cats who can express themselves in 140 characters or less.
For everyone else: WGAS?
I run wmii3 on linux; effectively NO desktop — never did like depending on the mouse, you konw? although just try
$ cd ; ls
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Well. anyways…
Hey where's those interesting Daytum profiles you guys promised? Like the one of a dog, etc.
love the show!
m