Post robot saturday
Last night I went over to the Mattress Factory to see my robot. Jill didn't come because she had a tiring and mud-splattered day, which was okay, but I should get better at trying to put together a posse for these things in advance.

The robot needed a few minor tweaks when I arrived. The stabilization rod we added did help a lot, but it's not perfect. Also, I don't think the helpful gnomes who did the set up really knew what they were doing. That said, if I ever have a future life as an artist, I think interactive installations are not a bad idea. You get to watch people try to figure out your thing. An observation: we had attached an autoharp to our robot as one of the noise generation units. No one actually knows how to play an autoharp. Here's a hint: just pressing the buttons doesn't do anything! You have to strum it and press the buttons.

I saw Rose and Kevin there, who were on my team. Rose had another robot as well, since she was at the Brew Works Robot 250 class. She also has a garden installation down the street in the garden at moxi DaDA. I might go over there this evening to check it out.

We all went over to the other Mattress Factory building (1414). I ran into David Holstius, mastermind of the "We Are Survival Machines" zombies vs. robots gigapan project. It was about two million degrees in 1414, so eventually I went back to the main lobby to check on the robot. Then I swung by the Warhol to see the video installation of "We Are Survival Machines".

I am very tall as a zombie.

Today I've been lounging around reading comics on the porch.

In other news, I didn't get a 3G iPhone. I did upgrade to the 2.0 software and bricked my phone for a couple of hours while Apple's servers unclogged themselves. I have since downloaded several applications. So far my life remains unchanged. Anyone have any favorites?