More Snow

More snow on the way, just in time for the Naked Quad Run no less. (Traditionally it is held the last night of class during the fall semester.) Last year we actually stumbled across it by accident when going to our car after a Beelzebubs concert. In the cold is bad enough, but in several inches of snow is even worse. I am happy to note that the NQR did not actually stop people form wearing socks and shoes last year. Can you say frostbite?

Scooba

nanoedith mentioned in this post that "Greater Boston" (at 7 on channel 2 if you are in the Boston area) on WGBH will be doing an episode about iRobot tonight. Scooba was just released, though unless you ordered it directly from the website it will be a little bit more until you can actually get one.

Roger brought one home a little bit more than a week ago, and it was so cool! Granted I love our Roomba, but Scooba was able to get up a lot more up on the linoleum in the kitchen. It does not get all of the water in its final squeegee, but it only leaves behind a super thin layer that readily dries. I really like the smell of the cleaning solution too.

My only complaint about Scooba is that it is louder than Roomba, to the point where I would not actually want to be in the same room as it cleans. I guess this should encourage me to actually do other things while it is running rather than watch in fascination though. So neat! I definitely want to see about getting one of these when they are not so scarce.