diff --git a/.env.example b/.env.example
index 11c26bb..c12eee0 100644
--- a/.env.example
+++ b/.env.example
@@ -4,3 +4,4 @@ TEST_DATABASE_URL=postgres://phoenix-app:s3cR3+@db:5431/phoenix_in_docker_test
 POSTGRES_USER=phoenix-app
 POSTGRES_PASSWORD=s3cR3+
 POSTGRES_PORT=5431
+WOLFRAM_APP_ID=your-app-id
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 97870d8..0474b59 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,12 +1,24 @@
 # Rumbl
 
-create `annotation` model
+Try the OTP counter
 
 ```bash
-$ dc exec app \
-    mix phoenix.gen.model Annotation annotations \
-    body:text \
-    at:integer \
-    user_id:references:users \
-    video_id:references:videos
+$ dc run app \
+    iex -S mix
+iex> alias Rumbl.Counter
+iex> {:ok, c} = Counter.start_link(0)
+iex> Counter.inc(c)
+iex> Counter.inc(c)
+iex> Counter.val(c)
+iex> Counter.dec(c)
+iex> Counter.val(c)
+```
+
+Query Wolfram|Alpha API
+
+```bash
+$ dc run app \
+    iex -S mix
+iex> Rumbl.InfoSys.compute("what is elixir?")
+iex> flush()
 ```
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index 3e89983..85d86af 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ services:
       - APP_PORT=${APP_PORT}
       - DATABASE_URL=${DATABASE_URL}
       - TEST_DATABASE_URL=${TEST_DATABASE_URL}
+      - WOLFRAM_APP_ID=${WOLFRAM_APP_ID}
     depends_on:
       - db
   db:
diff --git a/lib/rumbl.ex b/lib/rumbl.ex
index 448e38f..b846748 100644
--- a/lib/rumbl.ex
+++ b/lib/rumbl.ex
@@ -1,24 +1,16 @@
 defmodule Rumbl do
   use Application
 
-  # See http://elixir-lang.org/docs/stable/elixir/Application.html
-  # for more information on OTP Applications
   def start(_type, _args) do
     import Supervisor.Spec
 
-    # Define workers and child supervisors to be supervised
     children = [
-      # Start the Ecto repository
       supervisor(Rumbl.Repo, []),
-      # Start the endpoint when the application starts
-      supervisor(Rumbl.Endpoint, [])
-      # Start your own worker by calling: Rumbl.Worker.start_link(arg1, arg2, arg3)
-      # worker(Rumbl.Worker, [arg1, arg2, arg3]),
+      supervisor(Rumbl.InfoSys.Supervisor, []),
+      supervisor(Rumbl.Endpoint, []),
     ]
 
-    # See http://elixir-lang.org/docs/stable/elixir/Supervisor.html
-    # for other strategies and supported options
-    opts = [strategy: :one_for_one, name: Rumbl.Supervisor]
+    opts = [strategy: :one_for_all, name: Rumbl.Supervisor]
     Supervisor.start_link(children, opts)
   end
 
diff --git a/lib/rumbl/counter.ex b/lib/rumbl/counter.ex
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..27ac978
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/rumbl/counter.ex
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+defmodule Rumbl.Counter do
+  use GenServer
+
+  def inc(pid), do: GenServer.cast(pid, :inc)
+
+  def dec(pid), do: GenServer.cast(pid, :dec)
+
+  def val(pid) do
+    GenServer.call(pid, :val)
+  end
+
+  def start_link(initial_val) do
+    GenServer.start_link(__MODULE__, initial_val)
+  end
+
+  def init(initial_val) do
+    Process.send_after(self(), :tick, 1000)
+    {:ok, initial_val}
+  end
+
+  def handle_info(:tick, val) when val <= 0, do: raise "boom!"
+
+  def handle_info(:tick, val) do
+    IO.puts("tick #{val}")
+    Process.send_after(self(), :tick, 1000)
+    {:noreply, val - 1}
+  end
+
+  def handle_cast(:inc, val) do
+    {:noreply, val + 1}
+  end
+
+  def handle_cast(:dec, val) do
+    {:noreply, val - 1}
+  end
+
+  def handle_call(:val, _from, val) do
+    {:reply, val, val}
+  end
+end
diff --git a/lib/rumbl/info_sys.ex b/lib/rumbl/info_sys.ex
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0188054
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/rumbl/info_sys.ex
@@ -0,0 +1,71 @@
+defmodule Rumbl.InfoSys do
+  @backends [Rumbl.InfoSys.Wolfram]
+
+  defmodule Result do
+    defstruct score: 0, text: nil, url: nil, backend: nil
+  end
+
+  def start_link(backend, query, query_ref, owner, limit) do
+    backend.start_link(query, query_ref, owner, limit)
+  end
+
+  def compute(query, opts \\ []) do
+    limit = opts[:limit] || 10
+    backends = opts[:backends] || @backends
+
+    backends
+    |> Enum.map(&spawn_query(&1, query, limit))
+    |> await_results(opts)
+    |> Enum.sort(&(&1.score >= &2.score))
+    |> Enum.take(limit)
+  end
+
+  defp spawn_query(backend, query, limit) do
+    query_ref = make_ref()
+    opts = [backend, query, query_ref, self(), limit]
+    {:ok, pid} = Supervisor.start_child(Rumbl.InfoSys.Supervisor, opts)
+    monitor_ref = Process.monitor(pid)
+    {pid, monitor_ref, query_ref}
+  end
+
+  defp await_results(children, opts) do
+    timeout = opts[:timeout] || 5000
+    timer = Process.send_after(self(), :timedout, timeout)
+    results = await_result(children, [], :infinity)
+    cleanup(timer)
+    results
+  end
+
+  defp await_result([head|tail], acc, timeout) do
+    {pid, monitor_ref, query_ref} = head
+
+    receive do
+      {:results, ^query_ref, results} ->
+        Process.demonitor(monitor_ref, [:flush])
+        await_result(tail, results ++ acc, timeout)
+      {:DOWN, ^monitor_ref, :process, ^pid, _reason} ->
+        await_result(tail, acc, timeout)
+      :timedout ->
+        kill(pid, monitor_ref)
+        await_result(tail, acc, 0)
+    end
+  end
+
+  defp await_result([], acc, _) do
+    acc
+  end
+
+  defp kill(pid, ref) do
+    Process.demonitor(ref, [:flush])
+    Process.exit(pid, :kill)
+  end
+
+  defp cleanup(timer) do
+    :erlang.cancel_timer(timer)
+    receive do
+      :timedout -> :ok
+    after
+      0 -> :ok
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/lib/rumbl/info_sys/supervisor.ex b/lib/rumbl/info_sys/supervisor.ex
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a0aebe0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/rumbl/info_sys/supervisor.ex
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+defmodule Rumbl.InfoSys.Supervisor do
+  use Supervisor
+
+  def start_link() do
+    Supervisor.start_link(__MODULE__, [], name: __MODULE__)
+  end
+
+  def init(_opts) do
+    children = [
+      worker(Rumbl.InfoSys, [], restart: :temporary)
+    ]
+
+    supervise(children, strategy: :simple_one_for_one)
+  end
+end
diff --git a/lib/rumbl/info_sys/wolfram.ex b/lib/rumbl/info_sys/wolfram.ex
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e179f7e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/rumbl/info_sys/wolfram.ex
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+defmodule Rumbl.InfoSys.Wolfram do
+  import SweetXml
+  alias Rumbl.InfoSys.Result
+
+  def start_link(query, query_ref, owner, limit) do
+    Task.start_link(__MODULE__, :fetch, [query, query_ref, owner, limit])
+  end
+
+  def fetch(query_str, query_ref, owner, _limit) do
+    query_str
+    |> fetch_xml()
+    |> xpath(~x"/queryresult/pod[contains(@title, 'Result') or contains(@title, 'Definitions')]/subpod/plaintext/text()")
+    |> send_results(query_ref, owner)
+  end
+
+  defp send_results(nil, query_ref, owner) do
+    send(owner, {:results, query_ref, []})
+  end
+
+  defp send_results(answer, query_ref, owner) do
+    results = [%Result{backend: "wolfram", score: 95, text: to_string(answer)}]
+    send(owner, {:results, query_ref, results})
+  end
+
+  defp fetch_xml(query_str) do
+    {:ok, {_, _, body}} = :httpc.request(
+      String.to_char_list("http://api.wolframalpha.com/v2/query" <>
+        "?appid=#{appid()}" <>
+        "&input=#{URI.encode(query_str)}" <>
+        "&format=plaintext")
+    )
+    body
+  end
+
+  defp appid, do: System.get_env("WOLFRAM_APP_ID")
+end
diff --git a/mix.exs b/mix.exs
index 862298d..ca97b76 100644
--- a/mix.exs
+++ b/mix.exs
@@ -52,7 +52,8 @@ defmodule Rumbl.Mixfile do
       {:phoenix_live_reload, "~> 1.0", only: :dev},
       {:gettext, "~> 0.11.0"},
       {:cowboy, "~> 1.0"},
-      {:comeonin, "~> 2.0"}
+      {:comeonin, "~> 2.0"},
+      {:sweet_xml, "~> 0.5.0"}
     ]
   end
 
diff --git a/mix.lock b/mix.lock
index afbf014..2d71e39 100644
--- a/mix.lock
+++ b/mix.lock
@@ -17,4 +17,5 @@
   "poison": {:hex, :poison, "2.2.0", "4763b69a8a77bd77d26f477d196428b741261a761257ff1cf92753a0d4d24a63", [:mix], [], "hexpm", "519bc209e4433961284174c497c8524c001e285b79bdf80212b47a1f898084cc"},
   "poolboy": {:hex, :poolboy, "1.5.2", "392b007a1693a64540cead79830443abf5762f5d30cf50bc95cb2c1aaafa006b", [:rebar3], [], "hexpm", "dad79704ce5440f3d5a3681c8590b9dc25d1a561e8f5a9c995281012860901e3"},
   "postgrex": {:hex, :postgrex, "0.11.2", "139755c1359d3c5c6d6e8b1ea72556d39e2746f61c6ddfb442813c91f53487e8", [:mix], [{:connection, "~> 1.0", [hex: :connection, repo: "hexpm", optional: false]}, {:db_connection, "~> 1.0-rc", [hex: :db_connection, repo: "hexpm", optional: false]}, {:decimal, "~> 1.0", [hex: :decimal, repo: "hexpm", optional: false]}], "hexpm", "3c24cb3cca8e0a73d8f56b7b1db161a94a460891f451247581cdff1e425316ef"},
-  "ranch": {:hex, :ranch, "1.3.2", "e4965a144dc9fbe70e5c077c65e73c57165416a901bd02ea899cfd95aa890986", [:rebar3], [], "hexpm", "6e56493a862433fccc3aca3025c946d6720d8eedf6e3e6fb911952a7071c357f"}}
+  "ranch": {:hex, :ranch, "1.3.2", "e4965a144dc9fbe70e5c077c65e73c57165416a901bd02ea899cfd95aa890986", [:rebar3], [], "hexpm", "6e56493a862433fccc3aca3025c946d6720d8eedf6e3e6fb911952a7071c357f"},
+  "sweet_xml": {:hex, :sweet_xml, "0.5.1", "b7568bba29224cec444a25827fcfa11c8c22886fda8389d0c32cbae3c5bc259f", [:mix], [], "hexpm", "3266dedc5e2e6c6b1c5b8a088504a58980632727803de22a5a276da847ea6947"}}
diff --git a/notes.md b/notes.md
index 7ec0e04..09759cc 100644
--- a/notes.md
+++ b/notes.md
@@ -187,3 +187,14 @@ update dependencies
 $ dc exec app \
     mix deps.update --all
 ```
+
+create `annotation` model
+
+```bash
+$ dc exec app \
+    mix phoenix.gen.model Annotation annotations \
+    body:text \
+    at:integer \
+    user_id:references:users \
+    video_id:references:videos
+```
diff --git a/priv/repo/seeds.exs b/priv/repo/seeds.exs
index 1992493..38b8334 100644
--- a/priv/repo/seeds.exs
+++ b/priv/repo/seeds.exs
@@ -12,8 +12,47 @@
 
 alias Rumbl.Repo
 alias Rumbl.Category
+alias Rumbl.User
+alias Rumbl.Video
 
+# create categories
 categories = ~w(Action Drama Romance Comedy Sci-fi Technology)
 for category <- categories do
-  Repo.get_by(Category, name: category) || Repo.insert!(%Category{name: category})
+  Repo.get_by(Category, name: category) ||
+    Repo.insert!(%Category{name: category})
+end
+
+# create app user
+Repo.get_by(User, username: "rumbl-app") ||
+  Repo.insert!(%User{name: "Rumbl Application", username: "rumbl-app"})
+
+# create wolfram user
+Repo.get_by(User, username: "wolfram") ||
+  Repo.insert!(%User{name: "Wolfram|Alpha API", username: "wolfram"})
+
+# create videos
+videos = [
+  %{
+    url: "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xrIjfIjssLE",
+    title: "Erlang: The Movie",
+    description: "Demo of the Erlang programming language from Ericsson."
+  },
+  %{
+    url: "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lxYFOM3UJzo",
+    title: "Elixir: The Documentary",
+    description: "Explore the origins of Elixir."
+  },
+  %{
+    url: "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u21S_vq5CTw",
+    title: "Phoenix Takes Flight (ElixirConf EU 2015)",
+    description: "Chris McCord's keynote on Phoenix."
+  }
+]
+
+for video_attrs <- videos do
+  changeset = Repo.get_by!(User, username: "rumbl-app")
+  |> Ecto.build_assoc(:videos)
+  |> Video.changeset(video_attrs)
+
+  Repo.get_by(Video, url: video_attrs.url) || Repo.insert!(changeset)
 end
diff --git a/web/channels/video_channel.ex b/web/channels/video_channel.ex
index 370e825..ad9a27c 100644
--- a/web/channels/video_channel.ex
+++ b/web/channels/video_channel.ex
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 defmodule Rumbl.VideoChannel do
+  require Logger
   use Rumbl.Web, :channel
   alias Rumbl.AnnotationView
 
@@ -31,17 +32,33 @@ defmodule Rumbl.VideoChannel do
 
     case Repo.insert(changeset) do
       {:ok, annotation} ->
-        broadcast!(socket, "new_annotation", %{
-          id: annotation.id,
-          user: Rumbl.UserView.render("user.json", %{user: user}),
-          body: annotation.body,
-          at: annotation.at
-        })
-        # broadcast!(socket, "new_annotation", AnnotationView.render("annotation.json", annotation))
+        broadcast_annotation(socket, annotation)
+        Task.start_link(fn -> compute_additional_info(annotation, socket) end)
         {:reply, :ok, socket}
       {:error, changeset} ->
         {:reply, {:error, %{errors: changeset}}, socket}
     end
+  end
+
+  defp broadcast_annotation(socket, annotation) do
+    annotation = Repo.preload(annotation, :user)
+    annotation_json = Phoenix.View.render(AnnotationView, "annotation.json", %{annotation: annotation})
+    broadcast!(socket, "new_annotation", annotation_json)
+  end
 
+  defp compute_additional_info(annotation, socket) do
+    for result <- Rumbl.InfoSys.compute(annotation.body, limit: 1, timeout: 10_000) do
+      attrs = %{url: result.url, body: result.text, at: annotation.at}
+      info_changeset = Repo.get_by(Rumbl.User, username: result.backend)
+      |> build_assoc(:annotations, video_id: annotation.video_id)
+      |> Rumbl.Annotation.changeset(attrs)
+
+      case Repo.insert(info_changeset) do
+        {:ok, info_annotation} -> broadcast_annotation(socket, info_annotation)
+        {:error, _changeset} ->
+          Logger.error("Could not insert annotation: #{inspect(info_changeset)}")
+          :ignore
+      end
+    end
   end
 end
diff --git a/web/controllers/auth.ex b/web/controllers/auth.ex
index 94680af..20690ce 100644
--- a/web/controllers/auth.ex
+++ b/web/controllers/auth.ex
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ defmodule Rumbl.Auth do
     user = repo.get_by(Rumbl.User, username: username)
 
     cond do
-      user && checkpw(password, user.password_hash) ->
+      user && user.password_hash && checkpw(password, user.password_hash) ->
         {:ok, login(conn, user)}
       user ->
         {:error, :unauthorized, conn}