Open Wine Bottle Without Corkscrew

We're on vacation in Cancun and the hotel room was missing a corkscrew. I called room service and while waiting I found this video. It really works. Be careful, after the cork is sticking out a bit, try to pull it out.

I made the mistake of going all the way until the cork popped out. I had to then search for "removing red wine from fabric" and learned that club soda really works.

Housekeeping never showed up with that corkscrew...

Organic Black Beans

With salsa, garlic, and a tomato mixed in. Steamed green beans on the side.

Nice video summary of the MaiTai Kite Camp 2011

2011 MaiTai Highlights from Susi Mai on Vimeo.

I didn't make the video, but it brings back great memories....

Foscam Night Vision

Daytime shot.

The Foscam FI8905W is an inexpensive outdoor IP camera with night vision.  These shots were taken vi the Sensr.net site.  You can learn how to use this Foscam with Sensr.net, (a cloud based IP camera monitoring service) by reading How To Configure a Foscam FI8905w.  The drawback to this camera is that the colors are slightly off when viewing it in the daytime.

Pitch dark shot.

Blush Yogurt Camera

The Blush Organic Yogurt shop around the corner from the Sensr.net office in Burlingame now has a camera. This is a D-Link DCS-930L, which is pretty easy to setup.

Miami Beach Camera

We had a nice trip to Miami Beach over Spring Break.  I took a DCS-932L with me and set it up near the water.  One of the fun clips I found was this one.  Ah, fond memories!

Gestures for Gmail

I've blogged about gestures before.  Here's the latest news from the Gmail team where they are integrating gestures with gmail.



These guys seem to announce really cool stuff at the beginning of April.  Go Google!