Cal Llengua Blog

"how to" put your roomba in "hardware check mode"

the roomba has a hidden feature which is quite cool and that is this weeks “pt’s how-to”: the roomba “hardware check” mode. in this mode you can test all the functions as well as have a bit of fun. now be careful, the Roomba will not stop when it hits something and behave normally and thus violate the 3 rules.

 

string theory, or a 10 mile run in central park

what is is this? a image of an string, the smallest "thing" in our universe? nope, it's a 10 mile run in nyc's central park.

that said--while i was running, i was thinking about the playlists i listen to and how i thought it would be cool to publish them, have folks see and hear what i listen to, see the maps, etc...the new version of itunes allows part of that, so i'll post up my latest playlist here for running, it's all science and physics stuff, so it's likely to not be a popular playlist, but for the science geeks, it's a good collection of audiobooks.