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Archive for November, 2006

Cylon Roomba - they do exist

Posted by todbot on November 29th, 2006

With my recent infiltration of the Roomba home world, I was able to capture behind-the-scenes footage of several Roombas as they plan the takeover of humanity. Kevin and Alex were right in Diggnation #71, this is how the first Cylon war begins.

(revver link, youtube link)

Build your own Cylon Roomba.
Learn about how they work in order to reprogram them and avert the Cylon war!

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HackingRoomba.com updates

Posted by todbot on November 28th, 2006

A couple of new things in the Roomba world for me:

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HackingRoomba.com site launch

Posted by todbot on November 12th, 2006

The official accompaniment site for my new book Hacking Roomba is online.

It’s called (surprise) HackingRoomba.com.

Thanks to Judith, Mike, and Ben for all their help getting it out.

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Hacking Roomba now available for pre-order

Posted by todbot on November 10th, 2006

I am thrilled to announce that Hacking Roomba, my book about how to turn your Roomba into your own singing, dancing, art making robot is available for pre-order on Amazon and will be shipping in mid-November, just in time for the holidays!

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