W00T! Okay, not actually fun, and not terminal as in deathly. I’m talking about the Terminal Emulator that comes with every Linux distribution. It’s similar to the Command Prompt, for all those Windows users who have seen that. As much as I prefer to never use it, sometimes I do. It appears every time I […]
So I just got an email from my phone service provider. I’m not going to name names, but they operate as virtual monopolies whether you live in the US or Canada, so they’re all about as horrible and I despise them all about as much. Except Telus. Fuck Telus. I hate them the most. And […]
I’ve made another video on Go!Animate. This one is split into two parts because it was too long. Meh. This one was actually scripted out in my mind beforehand, and it’s a lot more complex than the first two videos. But I’m quite pleased with the results. UPDATE (October 27, 2019) GoAnimate got bought by […]
So I’ve made another animation over at Go!Animate. After exhausting all of the possible female Anime characters in the last videos I did, I switched to another set. I also caved in and gave the site $18 so I could even make more than another minute of video and have access to more characters, sets, […]
I am not the world’s biggest Anime fan. But I’m not going to sit here and tell you that the art form is devoid of good things. I just don’t like all the squeaky voices and crying girls. The many, many, many crying girls. But before I turn this into a “WTF, Japan?” rant, allow […]
I’m not much of a fan of silent autocorrect. That is to say, I like spellcheck and all, but I don’t like the silent and automatic bullshit that has crept into word processors and other software over the years because most people are either too lazy or too stupid to use the tools on their […]
The other day I was creating configuration files for my Amiga emulator. You see, the Amiga emulator is rather complex. Not only must you select which disk image or images you’d like your emulated system to run, but you must also choose which version of the Kickstart rom, which chipset, which RAM configuration, which CPU, […]
Since 2008 when I started commissioning fembot comics from some great artists, I’ve collected many images and sketches related to those projects. I was digging through my archives recently and found some nice artwork that I think others might like to see. So here’s my version of scraping the barrel to release stuff that was […]
I imagine some suit at Microsoft sneering this line after emasculating poor Microsoft Security Essentials for Christmas laughs late last year. This info is a little old now, but since I’m on a “write about Microsoft products” kick on this here crappy blog, I thought I’d mention it anyway. According to a computer lab filled […]
Have I made fun of Microsoft Bob before on this blog? I don’t believe I have. Well, if you’ve ever heard about MS Bob before, you probably didn’t hear anything good. Read that link above to find out what the fuck was going on. To this day, I don’t think anyone really knows why the […]
I’ve been having a delightful time playing old PC video games on my Windows 98 laptop. As described below, it’s a fairly new cheap laptop that runs Lubuntu as its OS and runs Windows 98 in Virtualbox. So I decided to fill up the massive 10GB hard drive I gave it in VB by installing […]
If you were to redefine clusterfuck, how would you go about doing it? About three weeks ago, EA – The Worst Company in America – released a long awaited sequel to one of the best-loved video games of all time. Now, you may already know what SimCity is, and you may have already heard about […]
With Microsoft Works 4.5 for Windows 95!
Since I run my shiny new (old) Windows 98 installation inside VirtualBox, there are some things that just don’t work. Like I mentioned below, Midi is one of them. But a lot of DOS functionality seems to be broken too. I’ve noticed that whenever a DOS window opens, my screen goes black and all I […]
Okay, I’m 15 years late in celebrating this operating system. And I think I can only celebrate anything Microsoft or Windows at all because it fills a particular niche for me. This is odd for me to like Windows 98 so much, because it was Windows 95 and Windows 98 that taught me to hate […]
I like to try out different operating systems. This is mainly because I am a geek. I like to see what some group of developers has done with a kernel and a desktop environment and a software ecosystem. Linux is a good example of this. I should actually say GNU-Linux. Technically (those of you who […]
I’ve recently been playing around with a new-ish distro called Bodhi Linux. It’s a light-weight distro, and since I’m a cheap bastard who likes to spend not much money on underpowered hardware, I like to get the most I can out of my OS. That’s why I use primarily Xubuntu and Lubuntu, and even Puppy […]
I’ve mentioned before on this blog that I loves me some old stragety video games. I particularly like Age of Empires and Age of Empires II, as they hit my history geek sweet spot in just the right way. So I was delighted to learn at the end of 2012 that an unofficial expansion pack […]
Let’s get something out of the way right off the bat. If you’re a fan of classic Sab, then no doubt you’re scratching your head and saying to yourself in an outlandish mock cockney accent “Oi sure don’t wumembah dis one, gubbnah!” And to that I say “of course not! You damned fool! Have you […]
Oh how cute, Robotman’s going to bore the fuck out of you by talking about Linux again! Yes, This is a story about a Linux distribution called “Puppy Linux“. I’m not much of a 1337 H4XXÁ˜R when it comes to Linux, so I pretty much stick to distros that I can install and use with […]
The title of this blog post is brought to you by automated means. I’m grumpy and cranky and listening to Italian disco songs from the late 70s and early 80s. I work for people who are crooked liars. But now I’m bringing you down. Sorry about that. Anyway, there is absolutely no reason for me […]
Go ahead and listen to this song right now. Watch the video if you want. That Rob Halford is one entertaining dude. My favourite singer, by the way. He even edges out Dan McCafferty for that honour. But I digest digress. I’m not even going to pretend that this post is about that song you’re […]
Well, I tried to give Linux Mint another try. This time I tried Linux Mint 13 with Cinnamon, 32 Bit. And I tried it on a computer that I’ve never tried to install Mint on before. The live DVD wouldn’t even boot. So as not to make the downloading and burning of that ISO a […]
Cue scientifical music. That’s better. This post is the first post written on my “writing laptop” since I dun reformatted the hard drive since I dun got me a rootkit on it. See below for the horrid, treacherous details of that. Sordid? Yeah, add sordid to that list of adjectives too. Am I making any […]
I really tried to like you, Mint. I really like your philosophy, and the fact that you’re moving away from the clone-Appleâ„¢ policies of Ubuntu. So I was disappointed when I first tried installing you back in 2008. The “Fluxbox” version I booted with a Live CD on my laptop looked so damn seductive, and […]
I am very sad right now because my beloved cat Lisa AKA Shitty Kitty died today. She was my little grey sidekick. She was 20 years old, and up until a couple of months ago, she still bounced around and played like a little kitten. She loved me more than she loved anything or anyone, […]
You think I’d be leery of installing any software on a Sony branded disc after the horribly unethical way that the Sony rootkit scandal went down years ago. But I was a fool. The long story short: I installed Blu-Ray writing software from Sony on my Windows XP laptop, and that software installed something called […]
I meant to post this post a while ago. Back when the details were fresh in my memory. So please excuse me if they are fuzzy or wrong. This last Spring, I had two of my computers die on me – within 5 days of each other. That fucking sucked. One of those computers was […]
I don’t really have any deep reason for posting this song… other than the fact that I was listening to it as I rode the bus home today. It made me think of my girlfriend (the song, not the bus) and it put a smile on my face. I wish I was with my beautiful […]
You will never see any approved spam comments on this here blog. Spam comments are so damn easy to spot, it’s like I’ve set up the ultimate filter for them. The ultimate filter I says! Here’s how it works. You see the content of this blog? You see how it is composed? It’s mainly stupid […]
No, no holy shoutings! Donkeys not withstanding! Ass! This post has nothing to do with Palm Sunday. Nor does it have anything to do with the band Chicago, who has fast become one of my very favorite bands ever, as long as I pretend they broke up in 1974. No, this is about an old […]
I complain about my job a lot on this blog. My job is very stressful, mostly because I work with so many stupid people. And please don’t think I’m trying to get laughs, I want to say right now this isn’t a funny post. I’m serious when I say this. I work with some of […]
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I’m digging very much the groovy sounds made pre-1975 by this formerly fine band. And I think it’s a crying shame that their earlier reputation for making adventurous, jazz-influenced rock has been sullied and beaten and eventually run over by a fleet of fucking limousines by none other than the exact same band in the […]
Yesterday on Reddit, I saw a post titled “How to install Internet Explorer 6, 7, and 8 in Linux”. Why would anyone want to do such a thing? Seriously? Okay, do something fun… look down at the very next blog post on this very site. Okay. All in good fun. Ha ha. I made this […]
Or some bastardized mishmash of Windows 3.1 and Windows 95 and Windows 98? Actually it’s my writing laptop with a definite oldschool look that gives me a chuckle every time I use it. For the record, this is Xubuntu 12.04. It all started when I was bored and upgrading from Xubuntu 10.04 to 12.04. Contrary […]
(or “I have had it with these motherfucking migraines on this motherfucking plane (of existence)) (or “I have had it with these monkey-fighting snakes on this Monday to Friday plane“) So, if you’ve read my crappy blog at all… and God, why would you? Anyway, if you have, then you have no doubt read all […]
Oh, joy. Oh, happiness and wonderment, etc. Et-Cetera. Robotman is blogging again! Aren’t we all lucky! I’ll tell you something, Buster, I’m pretty fucking lucky. I no longer have to get up so damn early to get to work early and get home late because I leave work late because of traffic because of construction […]
I’m addicted to commissioning fembot comics. Is that such a bad thing? I’m not going to answer that. Speaking of fembot comics, here’s another one! Drawn and inked by Predator, coloured by Kanel Kitch, and lettered by Robotman…. Future F.A.I.T. A fun and cheesy homage and parody of 1950s sci-fi movies, featuring 5 different covers […]
I have another mini-comic to share, this time starring the lovely Ashley George. This one shows the moment she is first activated at S.A.S.S. headquarters – and what she decides to do. Thanks again to A.B.Lust for making this one so sexy.
Because I enjoyed the experience of making and reading SASS so much, I commissioned a 2-page mini-comic for Sarina Valentina. A.B.Lust did some more awesome artwork for me, and I love the way it turned out. This shows Sarina’s badass side. Enjoy!
A new fembot comic has arrived! This one is catered to my relatively new sexual interest in shemales, and, well, the title is self explanatory. I must thank the superb artist A.B.Lust for drawing, inking and colouring this comic. Copyright 2011 by Robotman and A.B.Lust. Without further ado, here it is!
Bah. I was gonna blog. I used to blog. Now I just work. Bah. So what’s changed in Robotman’s life recently? I have had all hope beaten out of me, for one thing. But do not despair! I’m only talking about my job. I’ve got plenty of hope outside of my shitty job of being […]
Wow! This is a neat blog! Some of it’s funny and some of it makes sense! And it’s all about me and the silly things I like! Yes, it’s been a very long while since I’ve updated this blog. Not to put too fine a point on things, but that’s because I have virtually no […]
As little work as possible, that is. I’ve been really busy this weekend with more Mikeification of more Jimi Hendrix. The process shouldn’t have taken three weeks. It doesn’t take more than about an hour to do an album. But I have zero time during the week to get fun stuff like this done, so […]
The Mikeification of Jimmy Hendrix continues apace. Begin the thawing of Jim Nabors! Yeah… something like that. I have a long weekend! Hooray! I booked Friday off! Hooray! I have a fucking cold! Hooray! And I have a fever too. When I get fevers, I get a stupid amount of stuff done. I’ve read volumes […]
No, not this guy… No, not even this guy… THIS guy. This blog post is about the late great Jimi Hendrix, and his awesome talent with the Play-Doh Mop-Top play set. Man, no one could use that thing like he did. Just kidding. This was his tool of choice: Yikes! It’s VERY SCAAAAARY in German!!! […]
I am rather talented when it comes to Mikeifying music, I must say. What is Mikeifying, I hear you ask? Well, Mikeification is the process of me using Cool Edit to adjust the audio properties of songs that I put onto my iPod. Basically, I makes the tunes sounds more gooder. The tricks I use […]
Well break out the fucking pointy party hats and such because Calgary is getting some nice weather again. We’re not breaking any records, I’m sure, but this is the kind of weather we usually get in July and August. And it will be here for a week. And it’s probably the reason why I was […]
Here’s another nerdy story for you all! Gather around the glow of the CRT, it’s time to get geeky! I recently got a DVD from Jolly Old England (that’s what the country is officially called, I think) because it’s so obscure I couldn’t get it here in Canada. The video is this: Made by these […]