There is such a thing as "Too connected"

[patgund]

College Tests Laundry E-Mail Notification
"Carnegie Mellon University is testing a Web-based system that sends e-mail to students when their laundry is done and allows them to log on to an Internet site to check the status of machines."

Comments

[caprine.livejournal.com]

Right, because internet-accessible soda machines just aren't geeky enough.

[farmount.livejournal.com]

On a similar yet different note, does anyone know where the website for the drink-mixing machine is that was created by Mudd geeks? I seem to recall it was a UNIX system which was hooked up to various alcohols and mixers and you could log on and order a drink, and by the time you got down to the lounge it was already dispensed in a plastic cup for you.

Now that's putting technology to work for college students!