Sleep... not... possible...

I went to sleep last night at the not-unreasonable hour of 10 pm. I woke up three hours later and could not fall asleep.

What I probably should have done was get up and putter around, and wait for those signals the body sends, indicating a willingness to again fall into the arms of Morpheus. I didn't. Instead, I tossed and turned for a while, then watched some TV, then tossed and turned some more. I finally drifted off at around 5:30 am.

Blarg.

The boys have the store pretty much under control. In any event, I'll probably go there in a couple of hours.

In the meantime, I need to develop a good head of steam in the "resolved-to-throw-out-stuff" direction.

Cheers...

Now that's applied technology!

From a comment on the O'Reilly Make blog:

The Flo Control Project uses a webcam to do facial recognition as authentication to open a cat door for the family cat. If the cat has something in its mouth or some other animal approaches the door, it does not open. If the cat approaches with nothing in its mouth, then the door unlocks. (emphasis mine)

Wow. We could use one of those around here! (Then again, the door doesn't exactly open automatically for the cat, and few kills make it past the threshold, but I've still had the fun of stepping on offerings as I leave the house in the dark!)

Cheers...