[vox] Re: [vox-tech] email notification tool -- MOVED TO VOX

[Ken Bloom]

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A fact that very few of us city (?) folk are aware of is that the flag =20
on the mailbox isn't used to indicate when you have recieved mail. It's =20
to indicate to the postman that there's mail to be picked up - on the =20
off chance that he doesn't have anything to deliver to you, he'll see =20
the flag and stop anyway to pick up the outgoing mail that is hidden =20
within the mailbox.

On 2004.01.05 15:33, Jonathan Stickel wrote:
> Back in my undergrad days at RPI (a well-known nerdy engineering =20
> school in NY), I knew someone who did something like this.  He had =20
> mailbox flag (taken off a authentic old school mailbox) attached to a =20
> stepper motor attached to the side of his monitor.  When he got new =20
> mail, the flag would raise up.  When he read it all, it would go back =20
> down.  :)
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> Jonathan
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> Dave Margolis wrote:
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>> On Mon, 5 Jan 2004, dylan wrote:
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>>> as ridiculous as this might sound -- i would like to put an LED in =20
>>> the hand
>>> of a small figurine that lights up when i have email -- i would be =20
>>> sending
>>> serial commands via shell scripts to a Basic Stamp in order to =20
>>> toggle the
>>> LED..... i know pretty dorky...  :)
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>> I don't think that sounds dorky - sounds like a cool idea (but maybe =20
>> I'm a
>> big dork).  Please post how you did it (and maybe some pictures) if/=20
>> when
>> you get it working.
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>> Dave
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