Thursday, March 30, 2006
A RoomBud costume for the iRobot PackBot? The Roomba and possibly the Scooba but the PackBot? With so much news about the PackBots lately we have received some emails saying we should make a RoomBud cover for the PackBot. Their is a history of tanks and airplanes having faces on them so why not the PackBots? Well if anyone out there has a PackBot and would like a RoomBud cover for it, give us a yell and we'll make one for you.
If a plane can be dressed up, why not a PackBot!!!
If a plane can be dressed up, why not a PackBot!!!
Monday, March 20, 2006
It's spring and the RoomBugs are coming
Since spring has sprung, we have RoomBug RoomBud costumes are in the works. We have heard from more than a few Roomba owners that they want to turn their Roombas into bugs. Why? Well they sort of look like bugs. Hmmm. Considering that the people over at iRobot modelled the workings of their robots after bugs, it does sort of make sense. Sooo... the first RoomBug costume out will be Lucky the Ladybug. Pictures coming soon.
Later
The myRoomBud crew
Since spring has sprung, we have RoomBug RoomBud costumes are in the works. We have heard from more than a few Roomba owners that they want to turn their Roombas into bugs. Why? Well they sort of look like bugs. Hmmm. Considering that the people over at iRobot modelled the workings of their robots after bugs, it does sort of make sense. Sooo... the first RoomBug costume out will be Lucky the Ladybug. Pictures coming soon.
Later
The myRoomBud crew
Friday, March 17, 2006
Roomba Frogger - way cool - play it hereSo we saw the articles about Phillip Torrone and Limor Fried playing Roomba Frogger and thought that was really funny except we really didn't know what frogger was until our Dad told us it was a video game he used to play when he was a kid. He also showed us a frogger game with Roobit the Frog RoomBud as the little frog running across the street. I wonder if this is why so many people have been buy Roobit lately?
Monday, March 13, 2006
Sunday Paper - Front page business section - big pictures - life is good
So the article starts out like this:
"Griffin is six years old, and he's already COO of a company that's raked in thousands of dollars in revenue. So, what are you doing with your life?"
Last week we had Tom Spoth and Jon Hill from the Lowell Sun newspaper come to the myRoomBud factory for an interview. We had a great time talking about the company and they asked some great questions. If you have a chance to see the real newspaper, there are some nice big pictures of us in it. Thanks Tom and Jon!
Full article http://www.lowellsun.com/business/ci_3595099
As we hit 100 RoomBud costumes, we are closing in on having 100% ( well actually just 0.007% ) of the iRobot Roombas not have to run around Naked!
So the article starts out like this:
"Griffin is six years old, and he's already COO of a company that's raked in thousands of dollars in revenue. So, what are you doing with your life?"
Last week we had Tom Spoth and Jon Hill from the Lowell Sun newspaper come to the myRoomBud factory for an interview. We had a great time talking about the company and they asked some great questions. If you have a chance to see the real newspaper, there are some nice big pictures of us in it. Thanks Tom and Jon!
Full article http://www.lowellsun.com/business/ci_3595099
As we hit 100 RoomBud costumes, we are closing in on having 100% ( well actually just 0.007% ) of the iRobot Roombas not have to run around Naked!
Wednesday, March 08, 2006
RoomBette La French Maid showing some Roomba cleavage has been spotted doing here daily duties. The latest RoomBud costume sports a black cover with a white apron trimmed with shirred white lace. Very chic. Please note that this RoomBud is rated PG-13. Proof of age of your Roomba is recommended for allowing your Roomba to wear the RoomBette RoomBud costume. (Un)Official Roomba birth certificates are available on the myRoomBud.com web site.
Monday, March 06, 2006
Blogs about RoomBuds just want to make me sing!!!
blog blog blog blog - blog blog blog blog - sung like a real viking (if you have to ask, go watch Monty Python).
Wow! Just this week we had hundreds of blogs refer to the RoomBud costumes. With just one blog Making Light, there were 54 comments made just with the statement "Costumes for your Roomba and a link to the myRoomBud.com site and over 1000 people jump to the check out the RoomBuds from the blog. Blogs about Tivos, cocker spanials, comic books, ... you name it and someone is refering to the Roomba costumes.
We also had two articles in the Boston Globe business section and were interviewed by the Lowell Sun for an article this week as well. Looks like iRobot is starting to see a whole business grow up around the Roomba just like all those add on products for the Apple iPod. Even the MIT Technology Review is mentioning the RoomBud costumes in their interview with Helen Greiner. Quoted from the article "What's more, many owners swear by their Roombas -- they've bought units for other family members, written gushing product reviews on shopping sites, formed fan clubs, complete with message boards, and even decorated their Roombas as pets." <-- That's us!!!
blog blog blog blog - blog blog blog blog - sung like a real viking (if you have to ask, go watch Monty Python).
Wow! Just this week we had hundreds of blogs refer to the RoomBud costumes. With just one blog Making Light, there were 54 comments made just with the statement "Costumes for your Roomba and a link to the myRoomBud.com site and over 1000 people jump to the check out the RoomBuds from the blog. Blogs about Tivos, cocker spanials, comic books, ... you name it and someone is refering to the Roomba costumes.
We also had two articles in the Boston Globe business section and were interviewed by the Lowell Sun for an article this week as well. Looks like iRobot is starting to see a whole business grow up around the Roomba just like all those add on products for the Apple iPod. Even the MIT Technology Review is mentioning the RoomBud costumes in their interview with Helen Greiner. Quoted from the article "What's more, many owners swear by their Roombas -- they've bought units for other family members, written gushing product reviews on shopping sites, formed fan clubs, complete with message boards, and even decorated their Roombas as pets." <-- That's us!!!
Friday, March 03, 2006
iRobot rocks! Last week we the myRoomBud crew visited iRobot, Thanks Sharon. We met Helen Greiner and Colin Angle. They were really nice. They even brought us soda and cookies. Ms. Greiner talked to us about how iRobot started and how she became interested in robots. We saw some people working with the Roombas, checked out the big robot Gator cart, and were able to see some of the PackBots running around. Griffin asked if Santa Claus could bring him a PackBot for Christmas. We then talked a bit about our RoomBud costumes for the Roombas with the marketing person, Thanks Nancy! At the end, we heard the iRobot historian, she's a professional story teller, tell us the real story behind iRobot, Thanks Laura. Did you know that the first Roomba (sort of) was made from Legos and a bottle brush?
