Tremendousnews. Guidos. Assbrellas! Movies. Toledo Mayoral Candidate Ben Konop Heckled at Press Conference ( Saturday Night Live - Gilly. Washing machine Twitters when clothes are done | Technology | Lo. With Twitter, Ryan Rose gets short messages about what his friends are cooking for dinner, the latest updates from blogs and home improvement tips from the Home Depot. Oh, and now his washing machine tweets when a load of clothes is done. The TiVo senior programmer from San Jose spent a week modifying his 25-year-old washing machine to send a message to Twitter when his laundry is ready.
Rose, 35, admits his less-than-reliable memory has been to blame for the mildewed clothes that have piled up after he's left a load sitting in his machine too long. But no more, thanks to Twitter text message alerts to his cellphone from his hacked washer, which he dubbed PiMPY3WASH. After some attention last week from various blogs, Rose's washing machine now has 152 followers on Twitter -- meaning every time he does laundry, 152 people hear about it. One subscriber to PiMPY's laundry feed is Whirlpool's Twitter account. The washing machine isn't Rose's first compelling hack. -- Mark Milian. Features :: Top 5 Funniest Magazine Covers: Presidents & Vic.