Old News
10-03-10
WOW! Our third Box Of Electronic
Junk! I'll be doing a write-up and picking the next
victim... I mean recipient :) this week.
09-19-10
As of September 11th - thanks to Kevin P. - I am the
very proud owner of a Capsela - Access Software
Robotic Workshop building set. I
haven't had a chance to update the Personality page yet,
but I will have that done within the week.
09-01-10
I found a t-shirt on the internet (sent to me by the designer) that
you guys are going to LOVE! It is entered in a contest, and for it
to be printed and sold, it needs your votes to win. Please go to
this web site and cast your vote. I looked at
the other shirts in the contest and I can honestly say that this
one is head and shoulders above the rest!
07-14-10
I received my second TGIMBOEJ box in the mail today. I'm still
sorting through it and already I can't wait for my next! :) You
can check it out here.
06-14-10
WOW! Three boxes of flashlights from three different donators in
the past week! I just wish you guys could see my gf's face when
these things arrive. Keep 'em coming. In the mean time, you can
check the newest additions out
here.
06-03-10
I have redone the robots photos, going from low quality GIF files
to a higher quality PNG file. Since I now have over 100 robots, I
have also added a page displaying the collection as images instead
of text. the text version is sill available by a link on the main
collection page. I noticed that the pages are not displaying the
text the same on every page, so I will be working on those as time
allows.
05-19-10
After several emails, it has come to my attention that certain
pages are not being display properly on Microsoft-based software.
Since I do not use or endorse any of the bloated, bug-ridden,
over-priced, unstable software that comes from that company, these
pages were designed on an
Ubuntu Linux
system and originally tested on the
Mozilla Firefox
browser, and now on the
Google Chrome
browser. These are the only two that I can guarantee to display these
pages as I have designed them. I have tried to make them as IE
compatible as possible, but... If you come across a page that IE
cannot handle, please let me know and I will try to fix it.
05-05-10
O...M...G! Thanks to a donation, I am now the proud owner of
a Hubotics Hubot robot!
04-16-10
Have you ever wanted your own French Maid or Butler? Then head
on over to
this page here to see about ordering your own custom-designed
handmade pieces.
03-30-10
I am so pleased to announce the latest addition to our
extended RoboFamily - Rovio!
03-11-10
We've added several new Robotic Owner's Manuals -
especially the elusive Tekno Kitty. Also, thanks to an
anonymous benefactor, my girlfriend has numerous new
flashlights added to her Collectors Page... check it out. And
while you're there, don't forget to sign her GuestBook!
02-28-10
The makers of the Spykee robot, Erector/Meccano, have finally
released the Source Code for the firmware. You can download it
from their web site here.
02-08-10
WooHoo! After quite a while, I finally have a new robot to add
to my collection! I guess when you have over a hundred robots,
findin new ones to add gets difficult...
01-09-10
There are now 84 flashlights in my GFs
Little Tikes
collection. Check it out!
01-01-10
I have updated my GFs Little
Tikes page with new flashlights (thanks to both Dan and Al) and
larger, higher quality images.
12-12-09
It was reported to me that the
Guest Book
was not working. I believe that I have correct the problem, so if
you haven't done so yet, now would be the perfect time to let your
comments be heard!
12-09-09
Here is wishing all of you a very Merry
Christmas (notice I didn't say 'Happy
Holidays') and a Happy New Year!
11-12-09
Ok...Nothing is more reliable than a search engine hosted on my own
server. The script that I am using indexes my entire site, so now
no matter what you are looking for, if it is on my site, you can
find it. The Search link is at the top of every page.
11-11-09
It seems as if the search engine that I was relying on for my site
was reporting, falsely, that there were no results found for 90% of
my pages. Rather that risk losing vistors due to this inaccuracy, I
have decided to remove that feature until I can find a reliable
search engine to use.
10-30-09
As of today, going on the advise of mortormow on the Google
Webmaster Central Help Forum, in an effort to increase the Google
ranking of this site, there will no longer be a main intro page.
This page will now serve as the doorway to the entire site. Maybe
this will help drive visitors to this wonderful web site! ;)
10-21-09
Added manuals to almost all of the computers in the
Computer Division
10-18-09
I have added an Opinion Page where I
plan on showcasing my various Rants.
10-14-09
I've updated a couple of the computer descriptions and added my
newly acquired Atari 800XL. You will also notice I've added a
Search Bar as well Search pages to both the Robot and Computer
Division. I've uploaded a sitemap to Google's webcrawler, but they
only seem to have about 250 pages out of the 1,600 on my site.
Until they get around to crawling the rest, I wouldn't rely on the
search results too heavily. If you search for something and you
don't see what you're looking for, email me.
09-24-09
We are now proud to present, thanks to bigfunstoys,
the only online instruction manual (to my knowledge) for the
Worlds of Wonder Julie doll.
09-16-09
Today marks the historic acquisition of our 100th robot!
09-16-09
You may be wondering why there are balloons floating all over
your page. Or if you have JavaScript disabled, you're probably
just wondering what on earth I am babbling about. In any event
there is a simple answer - There are now ONE HUNDRED
robots in my own personal collection! Please, please... There
is no need for applause... Well, if you insist! : )
08-19-09
Today was a fantastic Thrift Store Day! We found a Teddy Ruxpin, a
Grubby, a nighttime outfit for Teddy, a Lullaby book and tape set
for Teddy (come to think of it, maybe it was Teddy's day!), a new
Pumpkin flashlight for
Elevyn and a Commodore 1520 printer/plotter - all at different
stores in different cities! I'll add photos as soon as I can.
08-17-09
I would just like to welcome the newest member
of our family to Robots And Computers.
07-30-09
I felt bad for you Robot guys, so I added several more manuals to
the site, bringing the total to over 150! Enjoy...
07-28-09
Don't want you thinking that we've abandonded ship around here! I
haven't been doing much on the Robot side of the moon, but over on
the Computer side, I've been quite a little busy beaver! I've added
several new systems and updated a few of the regulars. Check 'em
out...
05-21-09
Now online - my Tesla Coil page
05-20-09
Just so you don't think we've been sitting around doing nothing, I am
happy to announce that we are at 45 system in the
Computer Division. Also, I will be adding
a new page here soon - a place for me to publish articles and opinions that
I have written, most of which were published in local newspapers.
04-16-09
I have removed the dead links on the Personality pages promising
manuals that I haven't found yet. I've also added a few new
systems to the Computer Division.
03-02-09
This website is now completely run and maintained using
Ubuntu Linux. Even if
you've never used Linux before, I highly recommend you give it a try.
02-03-09
If for some reason you have a remote laying around without anything to
use it with, maybe you don't know what robot to look for. Now you can
look it up on the Remote Controls page and
cross reference it to it's associated robot.
01-28-09
For those of you who haven't noticed, I've given the site a new look. Let
me know what you think of it - good or bad...
01-17-09
Again, nothing that you as a reader will notice, but I have completely
rewritten the Little Tikes
page using PHP with a single function call for each cell. Even if you can't
appreciate the full impact of that feat, it makes my life a WHOLE
lot simpler when I need to add to or rearrange the cells on that page!