CHUMBY

Pictured here is a chumby (on the left)

The Chumby is a smart alarm clock made by Andrew 'bunnie' Huang in the mid to late 2000s. The chumby is essentially a tiny linux kiosk, which offers a platform for running ambient widgets, alongside typical alarm clock functionality, (mostly alarms)

I have big plans for my chumby, which has been zurked. I intend to use my chumby as the heart of a home automation setup, reading me my days tasks off of ticktick, pulling news headlines from the NYT, as well as the weather and the date.

How to Zurk your Chumby

Day one with my chumby