Hello Kitty Desktop Vacuum

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Aaron's Web Vacuum v2.35f

Aaron's Web Vacuum v2.35f 06/06/2004 08:13 AM
Aaron's WebVacuum is a program that downloads files from web sites. The user selects the file types that he wants downloaded, and the program automatically saves them to the hard drive. Excellent for downloading all the pictures from a page of thumbnails, or all of the mp3 files listed on a web page. [Shareware $15.00 20 days 1.43 MB]

USB-powered vacuum

USB-powered vacuum 02/10/2004 02:41 AM
Occasionally there's a USB-powered gadget that makes perfect sense, like this mini-vacuum cleaner for keeping your computer clean and tidy. Though we're almost disappointed whenever...

Deep Vacuum 1.0

Deep Vacuum 1.0 06/21/2004 05:11 PM
Download utility based on wget.

400,000 Vacuum Bots by 2006?

400,000 Vacuum Bots by 2006? 11/11/2003 01:16 AM
CNN has an article touting Hitachi's vacuum robot. Yeah, yeah, "big deal" I said to myself. But, what was really interesting to me; was that in the article it states that a UN study says that the vacuum cleaner robot sales are to soar to over 400k units by 2006. I'm aware that this has been reported before and also again back in the past, but when the numbers hit me... Wow! But, me without a robot vacuum company and in 2006 there'll be sales of 400k vacuum robots! That really... [no... I refrain]. Despite their high price tag, (well, actually the price of at least one isn't so bad) it appears that people love their home vacuum bots, and time is getting scarce. There could be also be as many as 125k lawn-mower bots, and up to 1.5 million robot toys like Sony's AIBO robotic dog in just a couple years. Wow, big numbers, I know, but still the magnatitude finally hit me and I guess I was a little stunned, and maybe it WAS a little surprising to me. Is it just me? I guess it's time for me to dust off my vacuum bot designs and get on the bandwagon - there's money to be made and time's a wastin.

Goodbye vacuum, hello robot!

Goodbye vacuum, hello robot! 11/10/2003 11:38 PM
CNN Nov 10 2003 4:55AM ET

Political vacuum 'a danger'

Political vacuum 'a danger' 07/06/2004 03:04 AM
Former US senator George Mitchell, who helped broker the 1998 accord, warns of the dangers of a political vacuum.

Robots That Serve Beyond The Vacuum

Robots That Serve Beyond The Vacuum 06/01/2004 01:03 AM

iRobot's Non-Vacuum Robot

iRobot's Non-Vacuum Robot 04/07/2005 12:44 PM

Roomba is making something that isn't a vacuum, to be introduced this year:

"It's going to happen this year. You'll see something new from iRobot that's not a vacuum," said Colin Angle, chief executive and co-founder of iRobot. "We're pretty excited about it."

The new robot likely will leverage technology from the Roomba for a task like mopping floors or cleaning bathrooms, says Neena Buck, an analyst with Strategy Analytics.

Anyone heard anything more specific than this? (Thanks, ionstram!)

Industry Shorts - Nexus: IRobot Getting Ready To Unveil Newest Aid For Dirty Households [RoboticsTrends]

Here Kitty, Kitty

Here Kitty, Kitty 04/26/2004 10:22 AM
There's more than one way to skin a cat, according to Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist. He admitted in a 1989 book, Tra nsplant, that he routinely adopted shelter cats under false pretenses so he could sharp en his surgical skills. (04-26)

Here, Kitty kitty...

Here, Kitty kitty... 01/05/2005 09:10 AM
If you have a cat, you'll recognize many of these immediately. Although some of them are availiable in a book< /a>, many of these have only appeared in the comic so far. Luckily, someone with far more spare time than I have has collected them for our enjoyment.

E-Kitty

E-Kitty 02/13/2004 10:45 AM
First Post

hello, kitty, again

hello, kitty, again 05/14/2004 10:37 PM
JANE PINCKARD -- The market for cute is, apparently, bottomless, especially in Japan. Are there really that many female teenagers? Or do the adults there also have a cute fetish? These are questions for another time - but for now, while it won't support your limited edition Hello Kitty Dreamcast,...

Here, kitty, kitty...

Here, kitty, kitty... 04/22/2004 09:12 AM
Here, kitty, kitty. Help control the pet population... buy a Sportka.

Here Kitty, Kitty, Kitty, Kitty

Here Kitty, Kitty, Kitty, Kitty 08/06/2004 04:39 AM
Although its claims have not been verified by a scientic review process, a company says it has successfully cloned two kittens from its CEO's pet cat. If you have around $50,000, it will clone your beloved pet, too.

Samsung's VC-RP30W Robotic Vacuum

Samsung's VC-RP30W Robotic Vacuum 12/02/2003 12:23 AM
Several News agencies such as MobileMag have declared: Samsung Unveils High-tech Robot Vacuum Cleaner Samsung's robotic vacuum cleaner, identified as VC-RP30W, vacuums your house the smart way: it makes a 3D map and knows which areas of your house needs cleaning. This is contrary to a recent article that says mapping less is better. This is also contrary to popular robotic vacuums that just bounce around your house unwittingly with hopes of eventually vacuuming all the floor. This robot is no dummy. The battery life lasts about 50 minutes a charge and when the battery gets low, it goes back automatically to the charging station for a recharge. You can program it to your desired start times to start when you're away, and you can even monitor the vacuum from work doing its work with an internet connection and its internal camera. With all this robotic intelligence and obvious great design and crafting, you can guess why there's no mention of price or availability yet, but with camera, internet connection, charging station, etc, I don't expect it to be as cheap as a Roomba but at least it's got to be some kind of world's first great vacuum cleaning robot for Samsung!

$5 Hand Held Shark Vacuum

$5 Hand Held Shark Vacuum 04/28/2004 08:56 AM
You know, for $4.99, this Euro-Pro EP031 Mini Turbo Shark hand vacuum might not clean out every steeze, or crevist, but I bet it provides at least a fiver-worth of suck, which, let me tell you, can be a surprising amount. Read [Amazon]...

Stanley Pastel Vacuum Bottles

Stanley Pastel Vacuum Bottles 04/13/2005 08:57 AM

Evincing the fondest memories of finding a crushed peanut butter and mostly jelly sandwich had smeared into my soccer gear, five minutes before practice, (true story, sadly) Stanley has released a set of pastel colored steel vacuum bottles for soccer mom's and Easter bunnies alike. The new bottles are available in light blue, pink and violet for roughly $40, but I've always been a Thermos< /a> man myself.

Product Page [Stanley via CoolHunting]

Hoover Recalls Vacuum Cleaners

Hoover Recalls Vacuum Cleaners 04/14/2005 03:23 PM
CBS News Apr 14 2005 5:48PM GMT

New Electrolux Trilobite 2.0 Vacuum
Robot

New Electrolux Trilobite 2.0 Vacuum
Robot 05/29/2004 04:50 PM

New Elextrolux Trilobite 2.0 Vacuum
Robot

New Elextrolux Trilobite 2.0 Vacuum
Robot 05/29/2004 06:00 PM
Slashdot May 29 2004 9:27PM GMT

Hello Kitty Headlamps

Hello Kitty Headlamps 04/21/2004 08:45 AM
For just ¥4,179, these Hello Kitty replacement headlamps put our favorite kawaii kitten into the halo of blinding light she's always deserved. [Thanks, Remo] Look - Fullsize Image Read - Sanrio Store...

Hello Kitty Guitar

Hello Kitty Guitar 09/01/2004 09:36 AM

Although this Hello Kitty guitar is about four times the price of what I'd actually want to pay for it... hey, Hello Kitty guitar! The Fernandez-made electric has a built-in speaker and amplifier so you can plug a headphone right in and start writing your ode to ultimate adorability. And while the polka dot version is shown here, there is apparently a matching sparkly pink version the guy selling these can get a hold of. Now we're talking something worth $400.

What acolyte of rock wouldn't be proud to walk through a smokey club with a matching pink gig bag? None I would prefer to rock to, that's for sure.

Read - Hello Kitty Electric Guitar - RARE!! [Hunkabutta]

Hello Kitty, Goodbye God

Hello Kitty, Goodbye God 02/01/2005 09:01 PM
"Cats are not advisable as pets or companions for Christians ... While the animal itself may be unaware of this tragic condition, it serves only its true master -- Satan."

A very kitty Christmas

A very kitty Christmas 12/26/2003 12:39 AM

Dilsey enjoyed the Christmas tree this year. (8 words)

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Hello Kitty Robot

Hello Kitty Robot 07/12/2004 08:52 AM

I know that Sanrio's Hello Kitty is sort of hackneyed, but it's hard not to appreciate the sheer force of an entity that has for thirty years been the centerpiece of a full-on marketing onslaught -- especially one so free from use or meaning. Hello Kitty is marketing Zen, or maybe the lightless black hole of product development. If you gaze into Hello Kitty, Hello Kitty gazes also into you.

So to celebrate three decades of soul-sucking kawaii frenzy, Sanrio has developed, among other products, a $3,700 Hello Kitty Robot. I know! Come inside to find out the details, and we'll giggle and clap and jump together.

Hello Kitty says, "Hello Blosxom"

Hello Kitty says, "Hello Blosxom" 12/17/2004 06:28 PM
Hello Kitty has a blog. Ms. Kitty blogs (in Japanese, of course), moblogs, links to her friends, writes of her latest jewelry likes and dislikes, and so on--just like any other blogger worth their salt ;-).

As if that weren't enough, Jo i Ito pinged me when he noticed that the blog, a joint Sanrio/NTT Data project, is running on Blosxom. Take a gander at the RSS output at http://diary.hello kitty.ne.jp/blog/index.rss:

<xml version="1.0"?>
<!-- name="generator" content="blosxom/2.0" -->
<DOCTYPE rss PUBLIC "-//Netscape Communications//DTD RSS 0.91//EN" 
"http://my.netscape.com/publish/formats/rss-0.91.dtd">

Is Hello Kitty a Copycat?

Is Hello Kitty a Copycat? 09/12/2004 11:51 PM
Xeni Jardin: A blogger who describes himself as an "extraordinary ordinary guy in Japan" says this on the 30th anniversary of Hello Kitty:

"Kitty's design was just a crib from ... Musti, created by the Belgian animator/director Ray Goossens (1924-1998) [Ed note: she's the center figure in the BoingBoing graphic at left]. Musti was started as an animation series on TV in 1968, and its picture books were also published. I read some of that books and loved it in my childhood. Although it is evident to everybody that Kitty was an imitation of Musti, Sanrio, the publisher of Hello Kitty have not touched on it. It is said that the total copyright fee for Hello Kitty reaches around 15 billion yen (13.7 million USD) per year, and Sanrio got 23.7 billion yen (21.6 million USD) gross sales in second quarter of 2004. I wonder why they don't feel shady about hiding the fact."

I'm no Hello Kitty historian, and that's news to me. Is it true? Link to post. This guy has a cool blog. His post about Japanese "jinxes" was also interesting.

On a related note, don't miss the image of "Hello Kitty De Milo" in this news story, which is, like, so obviously a total ripoff of some Greek art dude. Link (Thanks, Brian)

Update: OMG! This is turning into one big plushy piracy clusterfuck! BoingBoing reader Eva says, "See my response on Hello Kitty vs Musti here. Basically, I think Musti is in turn a rip off of the Dutch rabbit Miffy, which was published more than a decade before Musti." Link

"iPod Kitty"

"iPod Kitty" 12/19/2004 02:51 PM

Hello Kitty accessories for PS2

Hello Kitty accessories for PS2 05/15/2004 04:27 AM
For sale: Hello Kitty memory cards for the PlayStation 2. Li nk (via Gizmodo)

Tungsten Grinder With Vacuum For
Automatic Arc Welding

Tungsten Grinder With Vacuum For
Automatic Arc Welding 04/11/2005 04:03 AM
The Diamond Ground Products Model DGP-3-V2 grinding system provides precision ground arc welding electrodes cut to length with high quality, consistent tip geometry for automatic arc welding. Available optional vacuum system provides the user with dust evacuation and storage. [PRWEB Apr 11, 2005]

Dyson's Tiny DC12 Powerhouse Vacuum

Dyson's Tiny DC12 Powerhouse Vacuum 05/26/2004 10:40 AM
Dyson revealed a new vacuum cleaner yesterday, the DC12, which is making a good claim to be the world's smallest vacuum cleaner. With dimensions that would keep it inside an 8 by 10 by 12-inch cube, the tiny vacuum also...

Phil Baker and the Robot Vacuum
Challenge

Phil Baker and the Robot Vacuum
Challenge 07/16/2004 08:46 AM

In an amazing bit of promotion for iRobot (the company, not the travesty), one of the new Roomba Discoveries has written a comparison review for San Diego Source, putting an Electrolux Trilobite and columnist Phil Baker in an head-to-head deathmatch to answer the home automation question of our time: Can an $1,800 euro-robot clean floors more effectively than a technology columnist? Surprisingly, while Phil Baker is almost $1,500 cheaper than the Trilobite (at $250), his performance stands up fairly compared to the more expensive model, although he does have a tendency to leak some dust out of his waste pan when picked up. Score one for the journos!
Read - Robotic vacuums not yet substitute for human touch [SDDT]

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Two Timing Roomba Discovery Reviews [Gizmodo]
Roo mba Discovery [Gizmodo]

Panasonic B-flat Vacuum Tube CQ-EX5500D

Panasonic B-flat Vacuum Tube CQ-EX5500D 05/21/2004 08:31 AM
The Panasonic B-flat Tube CQ-EX5500D claims to be the world's first car receiver with a built-in vacuum tube, a claim I have very little trouble believing. The golden double-high unit also plays MP3s (from CD-R) and has built-in amplification of...

Dyson DC11 Telescope Vacuum Shipping in
U.S.

Dyson DC11 Telescope Vacuum Shipping in
U.S. 06/07/2004 10:22 AM

I don't know when they hit U.S. retail channels, exactly, but it looks like the Dyson DC11 'Telescope' vacuum is now available in the U.S. Amazon has it for $500. The idea behind Dyson vacuums is that a bagless 'cyclone' section continually provides suction separate from the filter and collection so that collected dust and dirt doesn't clog up the airflow. Guess it is the DC11 I've been seeing on bus stops and not the DC08. Also, I have no idea if they're any good -- I just like them because they're yellow.
Read - Product Page [Dyson]
Read [Amazon]

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Dyson's Tiny DC12 Powerhouse Vacuum [Gizmodo]
Dyson DC06 Robotic UltraVac [Gizmodo]

Some Fear Power Vacuum as C.I.A. Loses
Its 2 Top Leaders

Some Fear Power Vacuum as C.I.A. Loses
Its 2 Top Leaders 06/04/2004 10:05 PM
George J. Tenet and James L. Pavitt have steered the nation's covert war on terrorism since the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks.

Australian Robot Vacuum Contender:
Floorbotics

Australian Robot Vacuum Contender:
Floorbotics 06/09/2004 10:57 AM

Uh oh! Are the robotic vacuum cleaner wars about to get hotter? Can Australian newcomer Floorbotics de-throne the champion Electrolux Trilobite? Can anyone afford a $1k robot vacuum? Does anybody care? Will the larger industrial version called the IVAC teach the others how to overthrow their meat-clad masters? Are you going to eat that hot dog? Can I have it?
Read [I4U]

Related

Trilobite Vs. Roomba: The Mystery Revealed [Gizmodo]

SMC Introduces the ZQ to its Family of
Compact Vacuum Generator Modules

SMC Introduces the ZQ to its Family of
Compact Vacuum Generator Modules 06/26/2004 03:01 AM
SMC Corporation, the world’s largest manufacturer of pneumatic automation products has announced the release of the ZQ Compact Vacuum Generator & Control Module. Each full-function vacuum module is only 10mm wide, yet comes with a built-in vacuum venturi, 30 suction filter with replaceable element, long-life solenoid valves, and a digital vacuum switch. ZQ manifolds also come standard with One-touchTM tube fittings for easy air supply and pilot exhaust connections. [PRWEB Jun 26, 2004]

Al Qaeda Members Appear to Fill Power
Vacuum -NYT (Reuters)

Al Qaeda Members Appear to Fill Power
Vacuum -NYT (Reuters) 08/09/2004 11:57 PM
Reuters - A new generation of al Qaeda operatives appears to be filling a vacuum created when leaders were killed or captured, the New York Times said on Tuesday, citing interviews with two senior intelligence officials.

Kitty Spangles Solitaire 1.0

Kitty Spangles Solitaire 1.0 03/22/2005 04:35 PM
The prettiest Solitaire for the Mac, featuring beautiful animated backgrounds and a stylish cat girl!
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Hello Kitty Desktop Vacuum

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