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The HeHe2-ness Holiday Gift Guide 2008
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| Doing some shopping for your technical friends this year? Or just following
| the Golden Rule of Giving? That is, Give Something That You Yourself Would
| Like In Case They Don’t Get Around To Using It. Either way, we’ve shifted
| through a wide range of gifts to come up with suggestions and ideas in hopes
| that we can help you expand your range of gift giving. Yes, a lot of
| peoples’ companies and salaries have been hit this year. If that’s the case,
| as you know, some of the best Linux products are free or very inexpensive.
| So we’ve split up this guide roughly based on price.
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http://hehe2.net/linux-general/the-hehe2-ness-holiday-gift-guide-2008/
Chumby Industries Begins Its World Tour
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| Chumby Industries intended all along to open sales outside the US, but
| electronics standards (and approval procedures) vary from country to country,
| and it's been time consuming. Some international users turned to friends in
| the States or third party shippers, but now, at least in a few countries,
| this is no longer necessary. Chumby is available at select retailers in
| Japan, and a Japanese language Chumby portal was launched last month.
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http://ostatic.com/blog/chumby-industries-begins-its-world-tour
Recent:
Open Source Alarm Clock Transcends the Nightstand
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| Chumby runs a customized Linux distribution, and there are a few ways
| software developers can have some fun with Chumby from recompiling the kernel
| for added peripheral support to widget development (though Adobe Flash Lite
| 3.0 is used to deliver/develop widgets, Chumby has a list of open source
| Flash tools useful in widget development). And of course, since Chumby is
| open, there are projects in the works to offer alternative ways to interact
| with and control the device.
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http://ostatic.com/176172-blog/open-source-alarm-clock-transcends-the-nightstand
Chumby: Fun, Functional, Squishy
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| Chumby, a Linux-embedded WiFi-connected widget-delivering little squishy
| thing, is fun and functional, writes the Chicago Tribune's Eric Benderoff. A
| reader took him to task for recommending a one-trick pony that gives baseball
| scores, challenging him to check out Chumby.
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http://www.linuxinsider.com/rsstory/64369.html
Say hello to my little friend
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| The Chumby runs on Linux and is designed with both software and hardware
| hacking in mind - offering almost unlimited flexibility.
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http://blogs.smh.com.au/gadgetsonthego/archives/2008/06/say_hello_to_my_little_friend.html
Programmers, DIY Types Embrace Soft, Hackable Chumby
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| "The key part of the Chumby's appeal is that it's an embedded-hardware device
| that's open," says Andrew Walton, a seasoned Linux programmer and Chumby
| software hacker who moderates his own Chumby-hacking forum. "Everyone's used
| to open source software, but with open source hardware it's a whole new game.
| When you combine them both, Chumby hackers can literally do anything they
| want."
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http://www.wired.com/gadgets/mods/news/2008/04/chumby_hackers
Chumby Redux
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| Now that George is right about where I want him, I've started to think that
| maybe it's time to add a second Chumby to the family. The problem that I'm
| having more and more with George lately is that he is so useful at what he
| does I don't want to clutter him up with other things, or move him somewhere
| else, or experiment with him. In fact, if I tried to do any of those things,
| I would probably get in trouble with the rest of the family. He belongs in
| the kitchen doing what he is currently doing. His experimental days are
| basically over.
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| I'd like to set up the new Chumby as an office assistant that lives next to
| my computer. Something I can use as a photo viewer, a news/weather/sports
| reader, a webcam viewer, and to just experiment with.
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| I think I'll call her Gracie.
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http://www.linuxjournal.com/content/chumby-redux
Chumby maker nets cutest Series B round ever
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| Chumby Industries, manufacturer of the eponymous huggable touch-screen Wi-Fi
| widget gadget, announced Monday that it has raised $12.5 million in Series B
| venture funding. The lead investor in the round was JK&B Capital, but
| existing investors Avalon Ventures, Masthead Venture Partners, and O'Reilly
| AlphaTech Ventures also contributed.
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http://crave.cnet.com/8301-1_105-9906360-1.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20
Chumby offers widgets of fun and data in miniature
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| At its core, the Chumby is a tiny Linux-based computer stuffed into a soft,
| leather-like case that resembles a beanbag. It uses Wi-Fi to connect to the
| Internet, from which it downloads widgets that deliver specific bits of
| information to its 3.5-inch touchscreen.
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http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/business/silverman/5608240.html
Tinkerer’s Toy
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| The Chumby is Internet-connected, runs on Linux software and is extremely
| hackable. In other words, it is a thoroughly open-source device.
|
| But alpha geeks are a small customer base, and Chumby Industries is betting
| that those early, tinker-mad consumers will transform its product into
| something more compelling to the rest of us. Chumby falls into the emerging
| category of “ambient” devices: instead of presenting information or
| entertainment in response to the endless searching and clicking of the Web,
| these devices serve it up without your lifting a finger. (Other examples
| include the rabbit-shaped Nabaztag, which delivers information aloud, or by
| flashing colors, and the Ambient Orb, which translates information about
| traffic data and so on into a variable glow.) In short, the Chumby model
| attracts people who crave actively creating something that will be enjoyed
| passively.
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http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/22/magazine/22wwln-consumed-t.html?_r=1&ref=magazine&oref=slogin
Related:
Linux-based programmable clock radio arrives
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| The Linux-based Chumby started shipping in limited quantities in November.
| Designed for the bedside, desktop, and kitchen counter, the alarm-clock sized
| Chumby boasts hackable, open source hardware, software, and "outerware"
| (patterns are available for those wishing to dress their chumby in new
| jackets).
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http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS5499660354.html
The Chumby: Fun, Hackable and full of Potential
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| All in all I give the Chumby a big thumbs up. It's fun to use and easy to
| hack so it's perfectly suited to satisfy your inner geek. It's also useful
| and cheap enough that you can convince your non-geek Significant Other to buy
| you one. If the community comes through with a decent package repository and
| tools, I see lots of potential besides just playing Flash widgets. I just
| hope that they can fix the touchscreen's responsiveness when using your
| finger instead of a stylus or the tip of your nail.
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http://lxer.com/module/newswire/view/96965/
Review: Chumby
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| So far it’s a nice piece of gadgetry to have around. I’ve been enjoying
| letting it auto-cycle through a bunch of channels including Woot!, Google
| News, and others, and occasionally I lookup to see what the Panda at the zoo
| is doing, which is always fun. I also find myself occasionally playing one of
| the many Flash-lite based games around, so it’s a key tool for any
| procrastinator. I could also imagine using it as a reminder tool or alarm
| clock and even having it cycle through my pictures on Picasa. The
| possibilities are definitely endless.
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http://www.geek.com/review-chumby/
Linux gadget to replace the clock radio?
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| Chumby, a venture-backed San Diego startup, is readying a
| soft, leather-covered Linux-powered gadget conceived as an
| Internet-era replacement for clock and table radios.
| Expected to ship in "early summer," pending FCC approval,
| the "Chumby" device features open, hackable hardware,
| software, and yes, "outerware" APIs.
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http://linuxdevices.com/news/NS4509751265.html
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