Laundry Time

Doing laundry is never fun, and sometimes trying to find a free machine can feel like banging your head against a wall. Wouldn't it be great if there was a central location you could go to that showed the status of every washing machine and dryer on campus?

Well, my friends, there is. And it's been right in front of your eyes the entire time.

http://chapman.edu/laundryview

Laundryview is a neat little flash application that not only will show you the status of all of the machines on campus, but if you set up an account through Laundryview, you can even get email reminders when your machine is finished, or when your favorite machine becomes available. Even better, Laundryview will also show you statistics about when the most popular time to do laundry is, and give you suggestions about how to maximize your washing efficiency.

There are two caveats, however. First, Laundryview does NOT show you which machines are broken, so it may show more available machines than there really are. Secondly, and I think this is more of a bug than a feature, you MUST access it through the link above. If you go to laundryview.com, it will show you a demo location, and not let you access the Chapman section even if you use the link above afterward. In fact, you will be locked out of the Chapman section until your browsing session ends (usually when you quit the browser). I don't know why it does this, and it certainly can be irritating.

Oh, and kids, you CAN try this one at home.