New work!

I'm back from vacation and will be introducing new bots soon! Dr. Scholl is almost ready to join the orphanage as soon as his electrical system is online (his eyes light up blue when scanning for defective parts in sick robots)  This should be done later today or tomorrow.  

Thanks for visiting!

Brian 

Adopt-a-bot Founder

Thanks for all the support at the first day of Manayunk!  Many orphaned robots found new homes today and I am sure more will tomorrow.  I am in the middle of updating my page and moving it to a new site where you will be able to adopt on the spot when you see new bots posted.  This will begin around July 10th as I will be unavailable for a week or two.  Until then, you can look back at some of the bots (and other items) that have been adopted in the past.  

Flickr - http://www.flickr.com/photos/adopt-a-bot/

Most pictures of bots past and present

Deviant Art - http://adoptabot.deviantart.com/

Etsy - http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=7137141

Home of new site - under construction

Boxheart - http://www.boxheart.org/nn/artists/Available_Works/marshall_availworks.htm

Gallery where I often take work

More bots a coming...

Hello, 

Well, I finally got a deviant art site up and running - http://adoptabot.deviantart.com/.  So we will see how that goes.  So far, lots of comments, favorites and watchers!  Thanks to all of you.  I will be back in the lab today working on more bots so check for new posts tonight.  I don't know when I will start telling their stories on the blog, but hopefully I can get to that soon too.  

Hello, everyone!!!  I discovered why my hit total on flickr went crazy.  I made it onto the Make magazine blog!  Thanks to the person responsible for this!  Well, back to the "laboratory" to recycle more junk.   

Wow, I have really slacked on the robot updates. We have so many new arrivals. I will try to feature at least one new robot a day while I am off.

I tore my achilles!!!

Well, let's catch up on a few things. First, 9 days ago, on April 24, 2009 I was playing in the third game of a semifinal volleyball match and heard a loud snap. Not much pain followed, but fast forward one week and I just had surgery to repair a 95% torn achilles. For those of you that don't know much about me, I am 38 years old and relatively active. The first night after surgery was horrible, but lucky for me I have a wife that was very sympathetic to my situation. Neither of us got much sleep that first night as that was the most pain I have ever experienced. The pain block was the worst part. They actually stuck me 3 times with pain block (guess I have stubborn nerves) so it took a LONG time for it to wear off. As it wears off, parts of my foot were numb and other parts were in pain. It is very uncomfortable and for me hard to deal with. I was much happier once the block completely wore off and there was just pain (about 24 hours for me, but I would think less in most cases.) Another thing that did not help was that they wrote out my prescription for one 5mg percoset every six hours. A nurse from the surgery center called to check up on me the next day and informed me that I could take 1 or 2 tablets every 4 hours as needed. Needless to say I feel better now... Sunday night (about 30 hours post op) I started to feel even better. I actually discovered that the least painful way for me to get any sleep was to stick a pillow or two between my legs and sleep on my side. I wouldn't recommend this for long periods of time as I don't know that it provides the best drainage, but I was actually able to sleep for two+ hours at time. (I have never really been able to sleep on my back even when healthy.)
By the way, my doctor took the route of an open cast with ace bandages to hold it on instead of a full cast. He says this will be on for two weeks and then it will be booted up.

This brings us up to date on the whole achilles thing. I will continue to post more about my rehab here as well as talk about new robots and upcoming events.

Speaking of upcoming events. The Manayunk arts festival in Philadelphia is just around the corner! Of course with my achilles situation I don't know how things will play out, but it provides a stong incentive for me to get better quickly. Also helping to provide some incentive is the ticket I purchased to Costa Rica 2-3 days before the achilles snap. I leave the day after Manayunk on my trip. My original hope was to be bodyboarding and playing volleyball all week. Now, I am just hoping that I can walk without my boot! We will see, but 8 weeks seems doable. I will probably wear it on the flight to try to keep swelling down. Of course seeing my friends do all this stuff without me will be pure torture, but maybe I can channel those thoughts into warming up properly in the future.

Metro is your man when it comes to the complete home makeover! Jackhammer legs let him make short work on demolition day. Installing the electrical system is a breeze when you have a built in voltmeter. His oil can head ensures that doors will not squeak for a long time.
Metro recently had his arms converted from screw drivers to wrenches to help him in his quest to build the first convertible homes. His latest line of homes are built on rollers and can be modified by simply unbolting rooms to rearrange them. Hungry? Slide the kitchen over so you can just roll out of bed to satisfy that craving for a midnight snack. Kids too noisy? Move their room to the other side of the house.