This is an easy way to bring pirates back into the RPM picture: Amazon Listmania! The Greatest Pirate Adventures

Floppy the Robot Homepage | “Build your own Robot for almost free… Complete plans to build a robot from a 3 1/2″ floppy drive without taking it apart. The floppy drive has all of the motors and electronics you need to get started and compete in a robot contest.”

A new design for RPM. About time. Some things may look/be broken (Archives mostly). All will be fixed soon, I hope. Hi!

Funky Monkey - Free Monkey Graphics | “To make these pages easier to load, I have separated the monkey graphics into three sections: animated, stationary and photos/artwork. Just click on the links to see the monkeys.”

The last 10 posts have all been robot-themed. Must switch to Pirate/Monkey mode. (Must redesign this tired page too!)

and none of them knew they were robots (mix cd robot extravaganza!)

A Robot Painting is Born | “Follow along every step of the way as Eric Joyner brings this incredibly cool toy robot painting to life. Prints of are now for sale by the artist at ericjoyner.com.”

“Robot venture Tmsuk yesterday held a press day to officially launch and demonstrate its massive tractor-with-arms rescue robot, Enryu. There is video of this all over the news sites, a few links to which are below. See Enryu rip the door off a perfectly good car! See Enryu pick up a steel girder with one hand! etc.”

rabble rouser - character design for all media | there’s robots in them thar portfolio!

Robot Christ used in Gibson film | What happened to method acting?

stinkmachine.com - human die | “Robots intend to use diamond tipped grasping hands to capture you.”

Robot Stories | “Indie filmmaker Greg Pak’s first full-length feature, Robot Stories, is comprised of four vignettes, each with a robot and a twist. Like an Asian-American Twilight Zone marathon or a Ray Bradbury anthology brought to life, the stories focus more on the human condition than special effects. Having shown and won awards at various film festivals, the movie is about to open in selected theaters across America.”

YayHooray! - LET’S DRAW ROBOTS!

LAME! Robots fail to complete Grand Challenge | “Nobody won. Nobody even came close… ‘Even though nobody got more than about 5 percent of the way through the course, this has made these engineers even more determined,’ he said.”

“The mere thought of hauling a 70-pound pack across miles of rugged terrain or up 50 flights of stairs is enough to evoke a grimace in even the burliest individuals. But breakthrough robotics research at the University of California, Berkeley, could soon bring welcome relief — a self-powered exoskeleton to effectively take the load off people’s backs.”