Shownotes:
Last Tuesday, I tweeted that I was at Data Robotics seeing something super secret. I’m pleased to be able to share it with you today! In July, they released an SDK, and developers have been hard at work making apps for your Drobo and DroboShare to make it even more useful for your every day life. The first set of apps are now available at drobo.com/droboapps. I’m most excited about three apps in particular. The FireFly Media Server is an open source server for iTunes. Yoics gives you access to your files away from home from any web browser. The third, Time Tamer, was developed by a Drobo employee (on his personal time), but you don’t need a Drobo to use it. If you use Time Machine, you can use Time Tamer to specify exactly how much space Time Machine can take up on your drive. Otherwise, it could wind up taking up the entire drive pretty quickly.
The Plantbot might be a concept, but if it’s real, it’s a pretty cool idea. It has a light sensor and wooden legs. When the sensor detects better light in another part of the house, the legs will carry your house plant to the light. It’s a project built by The Play Coalition
While we were at the TWiT Cottage last week visiting Leo Laporte, we got to meet Marc and Nicole, who do an awesome woodworking show called The Wood Whisperer. Marc created a wood gadget charging station for Leo. You can see it on the set at twitlive.tv.
eCoupled technology is bringing Tesla’s theories about inductive coupling to life.
Thanks to the HP MediaSmart Server for supporting The Brief. To find out where you can order one, click here.
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October 21st, 2008 at 7:13 am
Your 450 show is not downloading automatically with an iTunes refresh.
October 21st, 2008 at 10:49 am
Try again, Ken. It was a timed release, so it should be working by now.
October 21st, 2008 at 10:53 am
At the end of the show, she mentioned “next stop Denver”. Last time she was here (I know she was here I saw the stupid looking blue bear, and nobody would photoshop something that silly looking) I was hoping there was going to be a meetup. I never saw anything. So, this time I thought I would say something… is there going to be some type of meetup of the GIA? Probably something downtown like at Paramount?
October 21st, 2008 at 11:15 am
It’s possible we’ll have a meetup in Denver. We’ll have to see what time we get there. Follow my tweets at http://www.twitter.com/calilewis
October 21st, 2008 at 6:32 pm
Hey Cali & Neal, I love the ending! :)
The Plantbot looks pretty interesting! Although having little chairs walk around my kitchen may scare my guests. :) I’ll have to get one for my house plants!
October 21st, 2008 at 9:49 pm
I second the Denver Meetup Idea!
October 22nd, 2008 at 2:44 am
I like the Drobo Apps. The best one is Yoics. I would love to have HTTP access to my data remotely. However, I dont have a Dromo, using a Seagate 500 Gig external drive hooked up to my Mac. Is there a way to setup such a remote HTTP service on my Mac…?
Thanks.
October 23rd, 2008 at 11:39 am
Hi Cali,
What’s the name of the frame you featured in one of your latest shows? the one that has the web service that you can upload pictures to?
Thanks
Pablo
October 23rd, 2008 at 9:47 pm
Hi Pablo, that’s the CEIVA frame – http://www.ceiva.com/cstore/ct/product.jsp?pid=2147
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