From NYT Magazine: Domesticating The (Electronic) Help.

HISTORY OF ROBOTS IN THE VICTORIAN ERA | “Here is the most extensive collection of images and information on Victorian-era robots to be found in the whole World Wide Web. Read illustrated accounts of the world’s first robot, the Steam Man, created in 1865! Subsequent automatons such as the Electric Man and the Automatic Man are also profiled. The most comprehensive section, with more than 20 pages, concerns the mechanical man known as Boilerplate–described as ‘charming’ by U.S. News and World Report and declared ‘cool’ by NASA!”

Common-place: Talk of the Past: The Sea in Me Blood | “Exactly when did pirates get to be so funny?”

Robot Science and Technology magazine

Monkeys Terrorize India Workers, Tourists | “In a capital city where cows roam the streets and elephants plod along in the bus lanes, it’s no surprise to find government buildings overrun with monkeys.” Bad monkeys!

Pirate Attacks Increase Worldwide | “BANGKOK: Sea pirate attacks worldwide have climbed to a 12-year high with the number of violent incidents increasing.” Bad pirates!