Comments on: glowing, gushing followup on my merely positive roomba review http://tieguy.org/blog/2007/09/25/glowing-gushing-followup-on-my-merely-positive-roomba-review/ Ramblings on law school in New York, free software, and the spaces in between. Thu, 21 Aug 2008 23:29:29 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Luis http://tieguy.org/blog/2007/09/25/glowing-gushing-followup-on-my-merely-positive-roomba-review/#comment-25110 Luis Fri, 05 Oct 2007 12:38:55 +0000 http://tieguy.org/blog/2007/09/25/glowing-gushing-followup-on-my-merely-positive-roomba-review/#comment-25110 "I am not an early adopter... it is on my stylefeed"... I hope you wrote that fully cognizant of the irony there :) “I am not an early adopter… it is on my stylefeed”… I hope you wrote that fully cognizant of the irony there :)

]]> By: Rekha Murthy http://tieguy.org/blog/2007/09/25/glowing-gushing-followup-on-my-merely-positive-roomba-review/#comment-25109 Rekha Murthy Fri, 05 Oct 2007 12:20:00 +0000 http://tieguy.org/blog/2007/09/25/glowing-gushing-followup-on-my-merely-positive-roomba-review/#comment-25109 Lars, that's an interesting point. Luis, thank you for such a practical series of gushes. I am not an early adopter, and I depend on people like you to test things out. It's now on my Stylefeed. Lars, that’s an interesting point. Luis, thank you for such a practical series of gushes. I am not an early adopter, and I depend on people like you to test things out. It’s now on my Stylefeed.

]]> By: Lars Wirzenius http://tieguy.org/blog/2007/09/25/glowing-gushing-followup-on-my-merely-positive-roomba-review/#comment-25039 Lars Wirzenius Fri, 28 Sep 2007 20:11:46 +0000 http://tieguy.org/blog/2007/09/25/glowing-gushing-followup-on-my-merely-positive-roomba-review/#comment-25039 Actually, the fact that my Roomba requires picking up stuff from the floor has had an even bigger impact on cleanliness than the vacuuming process itself. I now habitually keep the floor clean of things (cables, pens, socks, computers, whatever) just to make running the Roomba is easier. I'm lazy, and in this case works out to my advantage: it's easier to keep things continually tidy than doing a sweep before vacuuming. (I still do a sweep, and lift a few chairs and such off the floor, but it takes very little time or effort.) Actually, the fact that my Roomba requires picking up stuff from the floor has had an even bigger impact on cleanliness than the vacuuming process itself. I now habitually keep the floor clean of things (cables, pens, socks, computers, whatever) just to make running the Roomba is easier.

I’m lazy, and in this case works out to my advantage: it’s easier to keep things continually tidy than doing a sweep before vacuuming. (I still do a sweep, and lift a few chairs and such off the floor, but it takes very little time or effort.)

]]> By: Irregular Verbiage » Blog Archive » Robot Butler http://tieguy.org/blog/2007/09/25/glowing-gushing-followup-on-my-merely-positive-roomba-review/#comment-25034 Irregular Verbiage » Blog Archive » Robot Butler Wed, 26 Sep 2007 20:53:12 +0000 http://tieguy.org/blog/2007/09/25/glowing-gushing-followup-on-my-merely-positive-roomba-review/#comment-25034 [...] If I can’t have a robot butler then I want a Roomba 530 (Luis should be on commission). [...] [...] If I can’t have a robot butler then I want a Roomba 530 (Luis should be on commission). [...]

]]> By: Scott Dodson http://tieguy.org/blog/2007/09/25/glowing-gushing-followup-on-my-merely-positive-roomba-review/#comment-25031 Scott Dodson Wed, 26 Sep 2007 15:03:13 +0000 http://tieguy.org/blog/2007/09/25/glowing-gushing-followup-on-my-merely-positive-roomba-review/#comment-25031 My last roomba died within days of your last post due to eating a cord. It seems to have stripped the brush gears so they no longer move. Guess I'll get a new one since it seems to have improved. My last roomba died within days of your last post due to eating a cord. It seems to have stripped the brush gears so they no longer move.

Guess I’ll get a new one since it seems to have improved.

]]> By: jbz http://tieguy.org/blog/2007/09/25/glowing-gushing-followup-on-my-merely-positive-roomba-review/#comment-25019 jbz Tue, 25 Sep 2007 22:01:19 +0000 http://tieguy.org/blog/2007/09/25/glowing-gushing-followup-on-my-merely-positive-roomba-review/#comment-25019 Aw, man, Luis, I was all set to compliment you on the cat, you lying bastard. Aw, man, Luis, I was all set to compliment you on the cat, you lying bastard.

]]> By: Luis http://tieguy.org/blog/2007/09/25/glowing-gushing-followup-on-my-merely-positive-roomba-review/#comment-25015 Luis Tue, 25 Sep 2007 16:11:20 +0000 http://tieguy.org/blog/2007/09/25/glowing-gushing-followup-on-my-merely-positive-roomba-review/#comment-25015 Matt: almost without fail now (much better than the old one), but I have a fairly simple apartment, so YMMV on that issue. Matt: almost without fail now (much better than the old one), but I have a fairly simple apartment, so YMMV on that issue.

]]> By: Matthew Miller http://tieguy.org/blog/2007/09/25/glowing-gushing-followup-on-my-merely-positive-roomba-review/#comment-25014 Matthew Miller Tue, 25 Sep 2007 16:02:23 +0000 http://tieguy.org/blog/2007/09/25/glowing-gushing-followup-on-my-merely-positive-roomba-review/#comment-25014 So, can the current version really find its own way back to its base for charging? The one we had a while ago couldn't, which made the timer feature even more useless. (Now, if only it could actually empty itself.) So, can the current version really find its own way back to its base for charging? The one we had a while ago couldn’t, which made the timer feature even more useless.

(Now, if only it could actually empty itself.)

]]> By: Luis http://tieguy.org/blog/2007/09/25/glowing-gushing-followup-on-my-merely-positive-roomba-review/#comment-25013 Luis Tue, 25 Sep 2007 14:38:48 +0000 http://tieguy.org/blog/2007/09/25/glowing-gushing-followup-on-my-merely-positive-roomba-review/#comment-25013 Nermal: not mine, see the attribution link below. Chris: If they don't get you a robot for Christmas, your loved ones will be the first against the wall when the robot revolution comes. So, ya know... plan appropriately. Nermal: not mine, see the attribution link below.
Chris: If they don’t get you a robot for Christmas, your loved ones will be the first against the wall when the robot revolution comes. So, ya know… plan appropriately.

]]> By: Chris Cunningham http://tieguy.org/blog/2007/09/25/glowing-gushing-followup-on-my-merely-positive-roomba-review/#comment-25012 Chris Cunningham Tue, 25 Sep 2007 14:32:14 +0000 http://tieguy.org/blog/2007/09/25/glowing-gushing-followup-on-my-merely-positive-roomba-review/#comment-25012 I've been determined to get a Roomba for about six months now. It's rapidly approaching Christmas. If I ask my loved ones for a robot for Christmas, that's okay, right? I mean, it's the 21st century, there's nothing wrong with this, surely? - Chris I’ve been determined to get a Roomba for about six months now. It’s rapidly approaching Christmas. If I ask my loved ones for a robot for Christmas, that’s okay, right? I mean, it’s the 21st century, there’s nothing wrong with this, surely?

- Chris

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