Robots – Geeky Musings from a Nerdy Girl

RIP hitchBOT

Last evening, as I sat down to work on the post I had intended to write for today, the Mysterious Mr. C delivered some terrible news: hitchBOT, the adorable hitchhiking robot from Canada that I featured in Saturday’s “Nerd Alert” had been damaged beyond repair by some guy in Philadelphia. (In fact, now that videoContinue reading “RIP hitchBOT”

BattleBots

The Mysterious Mr. C and I have been pretty good at going through all of the season finales that we had saved on our DVR (though we still have to watch the final two episodes of iZombie), and as such, I was starting to wonder what would be on our schedule this summer! To beContinue reading “BattleBots”

Robogenesis

I was a huge fan of Daniel H. Wilson’s Robopocalypse, so when I saw that his sequel, Robogenesis, was available in paperback, I immediately snatched it off the shelf at Barnes&Noble (I like my series to match, both in cover design and type – I know, nerd!). And while I quickly worked my way throughContinue reading “Robogenesis”

Ex Machina

Warning: There are some spoilers in this, so proceed at your own risk! This past weekend, the Mysterious Mr. C and I joined our friends M and P for a good old-fashioned double date – dinner and a movie. The meal was dim sum, and the film was Alex Garland’s Ex Machina. Though the sci-fiContinue reading “Ex Machina”

CHAPPiE

I don’t know about the rest of you, but I am often struck by the fact that paid movie reviewers typically love the movies that I can’t quite get into, and revile the movies that I adore. Of course, everyone is entitled to his or her own opinions, but this has more or less beenContinue reading “CHAPPiE”