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- Got it, thanks for the clarification. One feature I would like is an option to get a feed of the full posts as opposed to just title and snippet. It would look something like this... http://pipes.yahoo.com/pipes/pipe.run?_id=b18aa9fb0d95e467f0ab2cc288bdf34f&_render=rss That's ...
- Dave, on my blog (http://gravitationalpull.net/wp/), about half of the posts are potentially of interest for techjunk, IMHO. Is there a mechanism to ping or message techjunk for posts potentially worth ...
- I love it! I love the original newsjunk also. Great work, Mr. Winer....
- good stuff, Dave. ;) Is there a search for the site too? That would be good. Also, do we get to know 'who' is choosing/ 'favouring' these stories? (As I see you mentioned that below) If you want ...
- I am not able to figure it out what special is techjunk offering ? I would prefer techmeme.com or smashingfeeds.com
My Chumby is here (Scripting News)
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SteveTomlin 7 months ago with 3 points
As CEO and one of the founders of Chumby (and, yes, Susan Kare is another -- our founders/employees are listed on our site by chronological order of involvement), I wanted to weigh in. First off, delighted to hear you like your chumby -- and even more delighted that, unlike some others, you correctly understand it more as a "vector" than as a "finished product." Chumby is not finished yet. For example we're adding streaming Internet radio and better alarm/event capabilities and will be sending these new feature in a free, over-the-air software update to everyone's chumby. The point is that the chumby will *never* be finished -- that's what we hope makes us an exciting and a new direction for the consumer electronics industry -- we're furiously adding features and capabilities and, now, so is our developer community. We've tried to open it up as much as we can to allow the chumby to be the Firefox of electronics, where the community keeps making it better based upon the community's needs. But we will be out of pre-release, where we are today, and into general release and more ready for prime time in early '08.
BTW, Dave, maybe you didn't notice, unsurprisingly because it's currently sort of hidden functionality, that on most picture-based widgets, including flickr, you can slide pictures forward and back with your finger (the swipe); and with RSS widgets you can swipe up and down to go forward and back in reading a particular post in a feed.
Chumby-on. Again I appreciate the post and am following the comments. -
when are u anticipating delivering to Europe?
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Yeah, and Brazil ! We're getting impatient down here .. especially as exchange rates currently make buying stuff in dollars attractive ;-)
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John Furrier
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I really like you're chumby product -
dave
Chumby is great. i am a big fan of what they are doing. i think that hardware that can be "mashed up", hacked around with, and such is a great thing. i am hoping that companies like Chumby and Bug Labs will shake things up and show people that opening up devices is a good thing.
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Kirk
Didn't Susan Kare work on the Chumby design?
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Yes, a quick search confirms that's right. I updated the post. Thanks..
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And it's awesome that they have Susan on their team. She has the most amazing track record...
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crafterofcode
Sweet! I've got to get me one of those.
Can it easy to configure your Chumby to use NTP for time synchronization out of the box? Since it's running Linux I'm guessing it's possible; I was just wondering if NTP was supported by default. -
I'm not sure the Qube qualifies as a "breakthrough" device..... There must be some reason why Sun has EOL'd them. I predict the same future for the Chumby. It's a rather silly name, and $180 is a tad pricey for it.
Will we see some of the features in other devices? Yes. But I don't think the Chumby is going to have a big impact as it is right now. -
Ken R
The Qube was too damn popular too damn quick, and easy-to-admin Linux Servers were rolling out the door too fast.
Sun EOL as it was competition to its own line, and, didn't a certain large company give them a big infusion of cash behind-the-scenes, while publicly Scott McNealy was bad-mouthing said company? -
oobeeDude
If you're looking for something much cheaper and simpler, you might be in luck in a few months:
http://oobeeData.com
Email me if you'd like to get on the beta test list: oobee (-at-) oobeeData.com -
I wish I could buy one of these here in Europe ! I bought one of the very first Nabaztag because of the interaction between the Internet and a familiar object but its vocabulary is just too limited. The Chumby is the next step. I'm looking forward to your sharing of this new toy, Dave !
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Shame indeed we can't get them overhere in Europe, got a nabaztag / tag which is the successor of the nabaztag, and i like that device unfortunately it hasn't got an LCD screen.
Can the chymby read RFID tags? I haven't got it working yet on the nabaztag, but that functioanality looks promising -
Alistair
I wanna get one and try to install a Webot player on it. Having a Chumby that could remotely access all my music and pictures across all my machines would be amazing! Good writeup; thanks.
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Frank Arrigo
i too love my chumby. i called him LIttleFrankie
i explain how cool it is to people and they just stare at me in disbelief. -
I am in love. I must have one.
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Hmm... I was on the initial list for Chumbys and got my notification of availability but held off. After getting a first hand view via the Dave-Cam, I'm thinking I should pull the trigger. I'm not much of a programmer, which is why I had second thoughts, but... thanks for the quickie vid!
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Hey how about a Chumby without leather. I'm sitting here talking to a vegetarian who might consider one without leather products.
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Gregg
Just two question? What is it for? Why would I buy it? After reading your short review and watching the video I still can't answer those two questions?
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I love my Chumby - chocochumby, and you remined me I've woefully ignored her these past 10 days of meetings. My updates are downloading
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If you really want to geek out on Chumby, you should check out Bunnie's Blog:
http://www.bunniestudios.com/blog/
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How long did it take you guys to receive your Chumby? After reading Dave's post about his, I ordered one myself :)
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You can also see some of the Chumby internals in the following interview with the founders - http://uk.intruders.tv/Andrew-bunnie-Huang-and-...
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I'm in the same situation - just waiting for international release so I can buy one!!
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seabrook
I bought a Chumby for my wife to use as an alarm clock/weather/Google headlines reporter and was delighted at being able to turn on sshd and ssh in from my Linux machine at home. I teach an Intro to UNIX class and Chumby will DEFINITELY be on the topic list in the Spring. I persuaded out Chief Lab Tech to buy one for the college so I won't have to bring in my wife's Chumby for demo purposes.
Congratulations!
Dick S. -
Any more news? I'm looking for a bit information about Chumby.
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