"These 3 bears sit in a prominent position and watch our developer’s every move. When things are good we have a green bear gently glowing and purring, when changes are being processed a yellow bear joins the party, and if the build gets broken the growling evil red bear makes an appearance." - Casey Muller

"We hooked up an analogue meter like those used in many industries for decades, fed it some different input and ended up with a literal desktop dashboard that measures average website response time." - Casey Muller

Bears purr? - Dan Hsiao

Until I followed the link to Last.fm I really did think you were describing the quality control system at Friendfeed, and I was impressed. - Michael Muller

FriendFeed's setup is significantly less ambient. - Casey Muller