An enterprising young gentleman from Pittsburgh named Hans Scharler has connected his toaster to Twitter. Now you can get realtime updates of its toasting endeavors on its Twitter page. Hans connected his toaster to an ioBridge module, which allows it to send realitime email updates to its Twitter account whenever toasting starts or stops. He blogs about the project on his site, and has posted a slideshow on Instructables.

This important message from TransportedSF: “Decompress from New Year’s Eve with the TransportedSF bus crew. On Thursday, January 8th, we’ll be having an intimate chill night with musical masterminds Dr. Toast & F’kir. The bus will be tricked out with extra plush cushions and lounge areas. We meet at The Bus Stop Gallery, 135 Dore St, Unit C at 7:30pm for check-in and we return you at 11:30pm. Tickets are $20 and can be purchased through our web site: http://www.transportedsf.com . We hope you can join us!”