Robosaurus
Slashdot has a discussion about this giant, car-eating entertainment robot. I know I'm usually into friendlier robots, but I bet it would be cool to see Robosaurus in person. (I love that they call it "car-nivorous." I wish I'd written that.)

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This game (if you can call it that) was listed as a USA Today Hotsite this week. They don't explain it, and neither can I, but it's kind of fun to mess around with.

u r special

People who live in the U.K. can get free text message affirmations sent to their cell phones. The example they show on the site says "I believe in me!" but I think it would be funnier if the free text messages were in IM speak, so you could pretend they were compliments from your inner pre-teen.



The other possible result is that if cell phones start sending random daily messages that say stuff like "I luv u," it could totally change the way people feel about their electronics. (And this also makes me think of Kelly's Hello I Love You Keypad.)

D&D

This BBC article asks Whatever happened to Dungeons and Dragons? Well, let me tell you from personal experience: those twelve year old boys who used to play in the basement are now leading D&D groups in hip Soho apartments. Okay, well I only know of one case like that, but I'm sure it's not the only one. The fact is, it's fun to have wild Friday night adventures where you get to battle an ice giant and save a pegasus. Especially when margaritas are involved.

Koolio

When I was in college, we never had anything as cool as Koolio.

	Robot blender

New painting

Most of my robots are on little pieces of paper, but this one is on a 12"x12" canvas. At first it was on a yellow background like the other robot blender I made a while back (go here and scroll down to see it), but on the big canvas the yellow looked terrible. I decided to redo the background into a kitchen with very tacky wallpaper.



I like this robot. I hung him on the wall, and now I feel like he's watching out for me whenever I go into the kitchen. In a way, it's kind of comforting, but I think if I really had appliances that watched me, it would feel like an invasion of privacy. Maybe someday we'll all have futuristic houses with appliances that communicate with us, but I hope they are built to include a privacy option... some button you can press that means "Don't talk to me, any of you! And turn off your damn sensors while you're at it!" Sometimes I don't want my appliances to give me advice or make friendly conversation. Sometimes I just want to be alone.

	I have lots of big ideas

A robot, and some cool photography

I just read this New York Times article about a German photographer named Peter Bialobrzeski who takes futuristic-looking photos of the megacities in Southeast Asia. I like that he mentions Blade Runner as an influence. At his website, click on the photo on the homepage to go to an online gallery that has some really neat stuff. I feel like he went on some magic spaceship ride to the future and brought back a few rolls of film.