The way the Winbot, which I borrowed for a week, works is that it attaches itself to a window, like a tick, and then scuttles back and forth, its brain somehow mapping the window's dimensions and remembering the area it has already covered.
Behind a large glass window, like an aquarium display, a spring was burbling in a rocky cave interior.
Then, about 200 men walk the route wearing half- to full-metre-tall paper bishop hats, lit from within by candles and cut with intricate, stained glass window-like designs featuring Saint Nicholas.
Where we once used the same baubles and tree lights year in and year out which inevitably stopped working as soon as they were taken out of storage we now theme trees to suit our moods or to follow fashions, taking a page from store window displays like Ms. McCartney's and decked-out hotel foyers.
For instance, if a citizen is concerned that the cameras might be able to look into a second-floor window or something like that, a request can be made, and we have the software that actually pixelates that window, so there is no way that you can even see that.
That opened a small, Skype-like window in the browser with shots from cameras facing forward and down.
For sensors expected to last months or a year on batteries, though, such as those used in security applications like window openings and motion detection, Bluetooth Smart is developing into a competitor to other low-power radios.
Like the kebab in the window, processors could sell what they like as long as their packaging shows the factories - the snapshots of giant, quivering piles of the contents, without pictures of salads, breadcrumb coatings and barbecues.
The new compose window, popping out of the bottom of the screen, feels almost like a chat window, meant to suit users who fire off short messages as opposed to those who crank out 1, 000 words in a first message.
Soon after that "fix" Fenelon went to lower his window and it fell like a stone into the door.
The controller looked like a window-mounted air conditioner and could be programmed to run machines in different sequences without rewiring all those cabinets, a huge time-saver.
Apparently, this new filter adds the ability to whiten teeth, widen eyes, soften skin and even overlay a rainy day window or magazine-like layouts to shots.
But it looks like a window of opportunity for a typical favorable season rally to next spring, with still enough questions to keep volatility high and investors nervous.
Instead of a vertically aligned wall of posts, profile pages are dominated by a large image that fills the window completely -- like Facebook's cover photos taken to their logical extreme.
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Eric Joyce - who quit as an aide to former Defence Secretary Bob Ainsworth last year in a row over strategy in Afghanistan - is also standing, as is Caroline Flint, who resigned as Europe minister last year and accused Gordon Brown of treating women like "window dressing".
Obviously, that's the premiere feature of the new release, but the software has also been retooled to mesh more with the look and feel of the OS -- there's even a cover flow-like contact window -- and a new pop-out call control bar that can be moved anywhere on the screen or be kept open while in another program.
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Afterwards they tried to make the death look like part of a failed burglary, breaking the window in Miss Kercher's room to look like forced entry.
When paired with 4K content, the picture looks more like a living window than a TV set.
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Typically, the inspector will uncover many items that you can easily fix yourself, like a broken window latch or a clogged bathroom drain.
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Instead, we mostly content ourselves with grudging and sardonic references to the silly side of gentrification, along with a few all-purpose explanations, like broken-window policing.
The plaster of the window sill was flaking, like dried skin.
For example, "The French Window" at first looks like a sunlit interior, with a view looking out into a verdant garden and a woman--Marthe--sewing in the foreground.
Most recently, Marc Jacobs engaged Takashi Murakami, Richard Prince and Stephen Sprouse to work with the Vuitton monogram for things like bags, window displays and art installations.
The window is crafted to look like it has been put together by Germany's Federal Office for Information Security (BKI) and its society for prosecution of copyright infringement (GVU).
Unfortunately, that didn't appear to be the case as there were occasional moments where the tablet seemed to slightly hesitate before executing actions -- things like dual-window view for multitasking or simple app launches.
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"It's amazing just looking out the window -- a bit like sitting in the front seat in Knight Rider, " he added, referring to the 1982 TV series starring David Hasselhoff and a sci-fi car.
Walking through the door is like opening the window on an advent calendar: the walls are painted a vivid raspberry, and wintry draughts are kept at bay by thick red curtains across stone doorways.
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