(I think I’m becoming more cynical and sardonic. Sorry about that. Might be time to read more Dave Barry.)

Spider Robots Take Over the Earth

Someone must’ve sent me this link, to a piece about a rideable spider-robot, named Stompy, being designed and built locally.

I couldn’t resist clicking on the link. But imagine how let-down I felt when the article revealed that the robot is, in fact, only a hexapod (like an insect). A spider robot has 8 legs, not 6. Talk about bait-and-switch, eh?

War, Peace, and Paradise

Last month, my friend and fellow artist Lawrence Strauss posted a succinct post on his blog pointing out how important it is to wrestle with one’s world-view. (Includes a Star Trek reference to Gene Roddenberry’s vision.)

Yes, I’m on Pinterest.

After seeing Facebook posts by Sharon Cathcart, Julie Carobini, Pamela Slim, and probably a few others mentioning Pinterest… (Charlotte Abel also has a Pinterest profile, and I thought I remembered her mentioning it on Facebook, but as it turns out, she didn’t.) After seeing a barrage of Facebook posts mentioning Pinterest, a (male) friend of mine finally suggested that I should probably get a Pinterest profile. So I did… tentatively.

Pinterest, in case you haven’t heard of it before, is a new social media site. Primarily dominated by the fairer sex, it consists of a collection of virtual pinboards, on which you can pin whatever you find interesting. I already have several pinboards: