Lio by Mark Tatulli for March 08, 2021

Marvin would consider that “Awful”

The onomatopoeia here is almost-but-not-quite that of the would-be world-conquering robots from the old Roger Ramjet cartoons.

buzz-click-hmn We Are The Solenoid Robots buzz click hmmmnn

Hopefully, that is Dilbert’s janitor.

I’m hoping for the sake of the guy from the recycling center that the metal used is lightweight!

Gort Klaatu barada nikto.

New lithium rechargeable batteries usually fix performance problems, unless he wants to spend more and go with a plutonium power system.

Back to the drawing board.

if your robot just blew a fuse, Lio, you could’ve gone to the hardware store for a new one

Forgot to plug it in overnight?

Well, he did do the “kick it and see if that works” first…

As I read this, it seemed familiar. A check of the copyright shows 2007, so looks like Tatulli is on vacation again.

That’s what you get buying something at Fry’s Electronics before it closed down.

For a moment, I thought I was having BAD deja vu. I’ve been playing catch-up with Lio and reading the ones from 2007 and this is a rerun from almost exactly 14 years ago (3/5/2007 to be precise), and I’m reading them at the same pace as the current ones. So today, I read the current(ly-posted) one and also the one for 3/8/2007.

Must be based on Apple Hardware – first time something breaks it’s off to the trash bin.

Maybe with a little tweaking it could open twist off bottle cans.