Coffee Joulies, the Kickstarter Project

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  Due to the fact that my wife has had a lot of time on her hands lately, she discovered this kickstarter project last week called Coffee Joulies. The video above is from their Kickstarter project page. The concept is cool - or hot, I should probably say: > Coffee Joulies work with your coffee to achieve two goals. First, they absorb extra thermal energy in your coffee when it’s served too hot, cooling it down to a drinkable temperature three times faster than normal. Next, they release that stored energy back into your coffee keeping it in the right temperature range twice as long.

> This amazing feat of thermodynamics happens thanks to a special non-toxic material sealed within the polished stainless steel shell. This material is designed to melt at 140 degrees Fahrenheit, and absorbs a lot of energy as it melts. This is how Joulies cool your coffee down three times faster than normal. Once it reaches this temperature, the special material begins to solidify again, releasing the energy it stored when it melted. This is how Joulies keep your coffee warm twice as long. > When we first spotted the project, it was on it's first day. If I remember correctly, approximately $2000 had been contributed. As of this writing, they've raised $88,197. It is now April 6. The project doesn't end until May 2. I predict this project could be as big as some of the other big Kickstarter projects.

WWDC Sells Out In 10 Hours

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As an Apple iOS Developer, I received my email from Apple this morning just like everyone else. Because I happened to be watching Twitter, I saw that WWDC had been announced and conference passes were on sale for about an hour previous. How long did Google I/O take to sell out? How about RIM's Developer conference? Oh right, there isn't one. WebOS? Again, there isn't one I'm aware of. Yes, Apple is doomed because Android is so much of a juggernaut that all of the developers are sure to switch to it, despite the fact that developers are coming to realize that Android users don't want to pay for apps. Come back in 12 months and tell me how that's working out for you.

Trivial Mac App Store Observation

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A few weeks ago, on our anniversary no less, I did this. As a surprise for Steffanie when she got home from the hospital, my family had came to the rescue and bought her a new 15.4" MacBook Pro. Monday night while she was in the NCCU, I turned on her old Mac along with her new Mac and using a spare Firewire 800 cable with Migration Assistant, I moved all of her data over to her new machine. It worked wonderfully. This was my first time using Migration Assistant, not ever having fully trusted it before, I usually manually copied over any data when moving to new machines. Everything worked great. Fast forwarding two days, Steff was home and using her MacBook Pro. She launched Twitterrific for the first time but the Mac App Store login prompt popped up. Not having ever logged into the MAS on this machine, it needed to verify her identity before allowing Twitterrific, a MAS purchased app, to launch. I wasn't aware it would do this, but it makes sense diving the DRM attached to these apps. It surprised me but I thought it was neat.

Day 5 Mid Day: Even Better

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Let's go for a walkThe pain lessens and worsens every few hours around the time her meds wear off and it's time for more. She woke up early this morning at 6:30 and has been up since, with a brief nap around lunchtime. She's moving around even more now and has a little more flexibility in her arms. It is very hard for her to raise her arms above shoulder length because of the nature of how that pulls & stretches the back of her neck (the wound). She's going to attempt to take a shower for the first time since Sunday this afternoon, after we walk down to our apartment lobby to pick up a package. I offered to do it but she insists on coming too (I think she's beginning to want to get out of the apartment some). She is disappointed that they're calling for this possible snow/cold weather this weekend because it means she wont be able to get outside any. Her stomach was upset last night, all night long, but cleared up this morning around mid-morning. She's starting to use her new MacBook Pro now and even managed to type out a post of her own yesterday afternoon. When the pain doesn't have her in bed clutching a pillow, she's getting back to her regular self. Her sense of humor is back. Her appetite is back. She's watching TV and using her iDevices regularly now. Oh, and we scheduled her follow-up appointment with the wonderful Dr. Weingart. She gets her staples out next Thursday. Oh, and she kicked me out of the apartment this morning long enough to scavenge the barren wasteland that is the shelves of northern Virginia stores that sell iPad 2's for long enough for me to acquire one of my own.