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On the avoidance of being too tired to move, and the iBot

I've had more and more people asking me lately about my symptoms -- just what are they, people wonder. My guts tell me that this is not something to write about, but after 39 years on this planet I've decided that if I have learned anything, it is that Read More...
Posted Saturday, October 24, 2009 10:01 AM by Michael S. Kaplan | 2 Comments

On not discrimniating, and on overheating an iBot

Horrendously, stupendously, tremendously off-topic!!! I do not believe in discrimination. It is I think fairly important to point out this simple fact today. You'll see why in a moment. And you might want to take me to task by the time you're done reading Read More...
Posted Wednesday, October 21, 2009 7:01 AM by Michael S. Kaplan | 6 Comments

It doesn't matter if those folks were gonna screw me since some other folks already did!

Nothing technical, you know the drill.... This blog is not going to be about politics. Well, not really. I'll mention politics a bit but hopefully not enough to rile up the kind of people who get riled by such things. If I'm wrong, I'm gonna ignore the Read More...
Posted Monday, August 31, 2009 7:01 AM by Michael S. Kaplan | 2 Comments

On not getting arrested for rolling under the influence

Very very very very offtopic. I can barely excuse myself for writing it; your reading it is simply unacceptable.... There are always multiple sides to any story. And the subject of this blog is no exception. The issue is the way that drunk driving or Read More...
Posted Monday, August 10, 2009 7:01 AM by Michael S. Kaplan | 2 Comments

No disassemble #5! Redux

This blog has its roots (obviously) in its predecessor ( No disassemble #5! ). In that blog I described the method I had been using to safely transport myself and the iBot all over the country. And by safely I mean safely for the iBot, circumventing many Read More...
Posted Tuesday, July 21, 2009 4:01 AM by Michael S. Kaplan | 2 Comments
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Suddenly the chair looks smarter and I am the one with the control issues

Just about every day I learn new things about the iBot. Mostly it is just consequences stuff, like when I think through logically how it works I understand why this new understanding is something that just logically makes sense. And of course each day, Read More...
Posted Wednesday, July 08, 2009 7:01 AM by Michael S. Kaplan | 3 Comments
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Confessions of an iBot riding fool....

The following story is entirely¹ true. The iBot naturally raises questions in people's minds, questions beyond those that are answered in Google^H^H^H^H^H^HBing² searches. Like what happens if someone crashes into me? Or if I crash in to someone/something? Read More...
Posted Thursday, July 02, 2009 7:01 AM by Michael S. Kaplan | 3 Comments
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No disassemble Number 5!

Very very offtopic!!! The question I got recently was simple enough: Michael, I googled iBot air travel and found your blog. So you actually flew with your iBot and they didn't dismantle it?? My husband got one last summer, and has been driving back and Read More...
Posted Thursday, June 11, 2009 7:01 AM by Michael S. Kaplan | 0 Comments
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Almost winning an award can be pretty damn stressful!

A few days ago, and I'm really pleased about this, the Keyboard Layout Creator was up for a Microsoft Engineering Excellence award. It was funny, at the ceremony I was talking to one if the staff people, mentioning that we were up for an award and asking Read More...
Posted Thursday, June 04, 2009 7:01 AM by Michael S. Kaplan | 1 Comments
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After calling the airline, iBOT a ticket to Vegas!

It recently occurred to me that I don't need to keep continuing the I SCOOT to iBOT blog series under that name, since I have a category now. :-) I mean, it has been a while since I have had any real comparisons or contrasts with the scooter. Although Read More...
Posted Thursday, January 08, 2009 12:01 AM by Michael S. Kaplan | 3 Comments
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Trapped in Redmond, the iBOT won't get me to the top of Capitol Hill

A couple of days ago, I went out with the iBOT into the still uncleared snowed-over sidewalks. It was a test -- I had some Christmas day plans (a bunch of Seattle orphans sans travel plans all heading to Amy's places the top of Capitol Hill for Jumbalaya Read More...
Posted Thursday, December 25, 2008 3:16 PM by Michael S. Kaplan | 0 Comments
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From I SCOOT to IBOT, #10 of ??: The good, the bad, and the ugly (IN THAT ORDER)

YAIB -- yet another IBOT blog -- feel free to ignore if they aren't your thing... Prior blogs in the series here and here and here and here and here and here and here and here and here . This blog is going to be about the good, the bad, and the ugly . Read More...
Posted Saturday, December 20, 2008 12:01 AM by Michael S. Kaplan | 9 Comments

From I SCOOT to IBOT, #9 of ??: You're not stoned if you see me in Seattle at a 50 degree or a 130 degree angle

YIAB -- yet another IBOT blog -- feel free to ignore if they aren't your thing... Prior blogs in the series here and here and here and here and here and here and here and here . Yesterday was an interesting day. We had a morale event, an Argosy lunch Read More...
Posted Friday, December 12, 2008 7:31 AM by Michael S. Kaplan | 4 Comments

From I SCOOT to IBOT, #8 of ?? (On redefining the ideal kissing height)

Yet another IBOT blog -- feel free to ignore if they aren't your thing... Prior blogs in the series here and here and here and here and here and here and here . I have given many reasons that that I feel the iBOT has really changed not just my life but Read More...
Posted Wednesday, December 03, 2008 6:01 PM by Michael S. Kaplan | 10 Comments

From I SCOOT to IBOT, #7 of ?? (Unintended movement of the joystick will result in unintended movement of the product)

Prior blogs in the series here and here and here and here and here and here . There has been a question about the steering of the IBOT that I have been trying to explain. I have kind of given up. Though I do notice some information in the instruction Read More...
Posted Tuesday, December 02, 2008 2:31 PM by Michael S. Kaplan | 4 Comments
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