HacDC's lab occupancy sensor is now operational.

Key features include:

1. Real-time and historical occupancy data is available for your projects. Perhaps a twitter bot, data visualization heat map or remote occupancy indicator?
2. The underlying architecture demonstrates an approach allowing bidirectional communications between many microcontrollers and many application
3. The Google Calendar "hacdcdoorman@gmail.com" is updated every five minutes with current occupancy data

w00T! hacDC now has an occupancy sensor WITH TWITTER FEED! http://twitter.com/hacdcdoorman. also a google calendar feed for you api enabled. Next I tie all of this into an openambi orb!

--timball

Occupancy Sensor - HacDC Wiki

blacktop basketball.

The BF Coliseum is now open. Be sure to check out the All Daz crew. The best ballers in all of DC. Double Header games are Mon-Thur @6pm. Fridays are the rain/alternate days.

Vendors available.

The Good Man League plays at the Barry Farm Recreational Center:
1230 Sumner Rd., SE
Washington, DC 20020
(202) 645-3896

--timball

TheGoodManLeague.com - Home

This event was to commemorate that on 1/20/09 President G.W. Bush makes like a tree and falls out of the white house.

Shelby from the band frodus did the razzle dazzle.

The evening was tres cool.

--timball

end of an era 1/20/08

co-worker said "I'm in a band come see the gig." I did. they rocked out.

--timball

bottles and cans -- r&r hotel 2/21/08

I gave a talk at roots camp DC on the following things:

nginx. The nginx wiki

varnish

memcached. The memecached wiki

pound

stunnel

Billy's Book

DBpedia

The title of the talk was "Speed Kills: How to make your webpage load in 500ms or less, ask me how!"

The talk consisted of seven yellow note cards and one physical copy of Ajax Security.

--timball

RootsCamp wiki - The password has been reset.

CAP's '07 holiday party rocked the park at fourteenth. The club/restaurant wasn't yet open to the public so it was an intimate evening amongst friends, colleagues, significant others and general do-gooders.

Excellent vittles and fine spirits were enjoyed by all. Happy Holidays!

--timball

CAP x-mas '07

What is the Solar Decathlon?

Twenty teams have been selected by the U.S. Department of Energy to compete in the 2007 Solar Decathlon. (The request for proposals for the 2009 Solar Decathlon will be released during the 2007 event.) The teams, from colleges and universities around the globe, participate in an unparalleled solar competition to design, build, and operate the most attractive and energy-efficient solar-powered home. In fall 2007, the teams transport their solar houses to the National Mall in Washington, D.C., where they form a solar village. The teams compete in 10 contests to determine an overall winner. Using only energy from the sun, the teams generate enough electricity to run a modern household. With an eye on energy efficiency, the students carefully choose the systems, products, and appliances used in their houses.

The decathlon is gonna be on the National Mall October 12 - 20, 2007. It should be awesome.

Department of Energy Solar Decathlon Home Page

The Supreme Court concluded a series of cases yesterday that weaken the protection given to patent holders, making it more difficult to get a patent and easier to challenge existing ones.

Patent experts said one of two cases decided yesterday -- KSR International v. Teleflex-- is the court's furthest-reaching ruling in the field for decades. The decision sends a clear message that the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and lower courts must be more open in considering whether inventions are "obvious," a common ground for denying an application.

obviousitity

--timball

Rulings Weaken Patents' Power - washingtonpost.com

Senator Johnson's (D-SD) office has released some photos of a recovering Senator Johnson.

Senator Tim Johnson

Join thousands of area commuters for a celebration of bicycling as a clean, fun and healthy way to get to work! Meet up with your neighbors at one of 24 pit stops all over the region, ride into the city with experienced commuter convoys and meet your colleagues at Freedom Plaza. Washington Area Bicyclist Association and Commuter Connections invite you to try bicycling to work as an alternative to solo driving. Help the Washington region become a better place to ride.

May 18th is bike to work day! In order to practice I rode my bike into work. The 10-ish mile ride took me slightly less than an hour.

It's cheaper, cleaner and a hellva lot more fun.

--timball

Washington Area Bicyclist Association [WABA]