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Vive la Révolution?
January 25, 1979: A 25-year-old Ford Motor assembly line worker is killed on the job in a Flint, Michigan, casting plant. It’s the first recorded human death by robot.
Robert Williams’ death came on the 58th anniversary of the premiere of Karel Capek’s play about Rossum’s Universal Robots, which gave the world the first use of the word robot. It was an invented term, based it on the Czech word for “forced labor.”
So, what do you think, January 25 become known as Robot Independence Day?
Banksy VS King Robbo
Banksy has filmed “the world’s first street art disaster movie” which will be debuting at this year’s Sundance. I’m rather excited to see it, actually. He’s a bit of a nut, but nonetheless I’m quite fond of Banksy. King Robbo, on the other hand, isn’t, and has defaced one of Banksy’s works, essentially declaring war. Wonder how that will play out…
If I ever get married again…
Just shoot me in the head if I suggest I get this cake, alright?
It is kinda fabulous, though, isn’t it? Mmm, tasty.
/twitch
Really? Did the world really need first person Tetris? Just the screenshots make me seasick, seriously. Trufax, that’s the REAL reason I hated Titanic. I’m so bad with motion. /headdesk.
Coffee, tea, or monster?
Satire Wire interviews Ask Jeeves, to amusing results…
…well that was ever so slightly unexpected.
The call for entries at the San Diego Comic Con arrived in my mailbox today, and the entry price was so cheap that I really could not justify not buying a bit of space. So, uh, guess who’s going to be exhibiting in the artists’ area at SDCC ‘10?
