I don’t go to bars often. I usually need a good reason, like an awesome cover band, to compensate for the 10% of bar patrons who are drunken lecherous reprobates. My roommate tipped me off to a good gig tonight, so I took Darien out to celebrate her new arrival to the bay area. Little [...]

The movie’s been out since Wednesday at 12:01 a.m., so I’m not waiting any more to talk about it. If you haven’t seen it yet, tough luck Chuck. Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen achieves its purpose. It’s two and a half hours of giant rampaging robots wrecking everything in sight. And they’ve upped the ante, [...]

The Sonoma County Museum is featuring a new exhibit, “Robots: Evolution of a Cultural Icon,” on display until April 5, 2009. I got to check it out over the weekend. The museum is small but architecturally interesting, and the exhibit is an interesting slice of robot art from recent years. It was worth the trip [...]

We’re getting close to having fully functional androids. However, something I hadn’t anticipated is the need for feminist criticism as they are developed. To gender a robot in the first place is a waste of time — it’s forcing an unnatural sexuality on a being that has no need for filthy fluid exchanges, thankyouverymuch. But [...]

It’s been a somber few days here at the Botcave. Lots of drinks have been handed around, and oh-so-many stories told. Everyone’s a bit sluggish today. Phoenix, dear, we will miss you. Ever since your last tweet we have mourned the loss of a great robot. A special epitaph in your honor: 01010010 01100101 01100100 [...]

There have been many times in life when great heroes have made the ultimate sacrifice — that of their lives — to support a greater purpose for all of robot kind. Phoenix, I will be lifting a sparkling glass of transmission fluid in your honor tonight. NASA thought that you would last a mere three [...]

I hate Zombies. Why? Many reasons. They suck at science. They make a big mess wherever they go. (You think my gleaming polished chrome casing will look good with putrid gut splatter on it? I don’t think so!!) Zombies eat brains, and that’s no good. How on earth can we be humanity’s robot overlords when [...]