The Net Monkey

I know you are all going to be jealous, but my Ambient Orb arrived in the mail today.

You’re probably wondering what such a thing does. Well, it is nearly 1:00 AM and I don’t feel like explaining it, so I will provide a link, which explains all you need to know.

http://www.ambientdevices.com/cat/orb/orborder.html

I currently have it set to display a color corresponding to the current temperature outside. It’s about 22 degrees outside, so eventually it will show a blue’ish hue (like the one in the picture you see below) once it synchronizes with its network, which will hopefully be sometime before the return of Christ.

The company which makes the device has an SDK that allows one to create a custom channel. Maybe I can automatically have the orb change color depending on my mood? When I’m upset it will burn fire engine red; or, when I’m sad it’ll glow a somber blue. None-the-less, I should be able to make this thing do something interesting besides display the temperature.

Oh, if you think I spent a ton of money on this thing, you’re mistaken. I got it off eBay: the preferred place to buy used, useless electronics.