Life Robotic

By cab, by bus, by train — we ventured to Portland and back again. The Stumptown Comics Fest was aces, Steve (LJ) got a sweet new gig (lips sealed), we got a tour of Dark Horse, scoped the new Oni Press HQ, saw many comrades and enjoyed the hospitality of the family Jones. Steve talks […]

Sorry I’m behind on replying to comments, but I would like some input from anyone willing to offer it. Presently I have commenting active here on Life Robotic, and on the LiveJournal which syndicates my posts, user: robotgirl. Clearly, it would make more sense to keep all comments together and I’m leaning towards closing comments […]

While avoiding the task at hand I discovered Cute Plush, a livejournal community for “handmade plush softies.” While posters vary in degree of skill and originality, two caught my attention off the bat:

Kristin Tercek (LJ) has a collection of gloomy characters done in a SD-esque style, my favourite being the gimp (pictured above). Other notable […]

My charming 4GB black iPod nano1 arrived Wednesday afternoon and I’m absolutely smitten! I knew it was small, but to actually see it and hold it — there are no words for the tactile experience. Despite it’s size and weight (or lack thereof), it would seem the wee nano will be able to handle […]

Pigs may not fly, but Junku’s cats sure do. This Tokyo based flickrer has a fabulous photo set of his cats leaping into the air, bouncing off walls and making wild grabs. If you’re feeling cranky or down, I highly recommend viewing the set as a slideshow while playing some goofy music.

The preliminary sketch for the design was done some months ago but it wasn’t until recently that Steve (LJ) and I pulled it out and started planning the actual execution. It looks like it’ll be a tight job, but I’m hopeful I can have the limited edition run of 10 completed before we head down […]

Friend and foe warned me, months in advance, but I assumed their wisdom was nothing more than a Blink 182 lyric; Nobody likes you when you’re 23. In a few months time, after I had forgotten about the warnings, the prophecy rang true! Time and time again I was dismissed, disrespected, and accumulating an impressive […]

Personal archive: Listing of photoshop brushes to download and install from the 100×100 brushes community. Intended use is for LiveJournal icons which run a maximum size of 100 by 100 pixels.

Grungy wall textures
Dreamy space textures
Soft pixelated fading edges
Flourishes around small frames
Dirty flourishes around box frames
More dirty, flourishy box frames
General whirling flourishes

I escaped the East, returning to my downtown hideaway in Vancouver last Friday. After a series of unfortunate events, such as the near demise of my uncle, I’ve become very backed-up with e-mails to reply to and have a folder of saved links to archive here or delete. If you’re waiting on a reply from […]

The lovely and talented Jocelyn, AKA Mister + Kisa’s photographer, has opened her tee-shop: Minties! Appealing to my recent obsession with super-soft tees, all Minties shirts are printed on American Apparel blanks and feature a variety of sass-mouth designs. I see the Devil’s Ether and perhaps a Narwhal in my future.
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If you’re anything like me you have technologically-deprived gas-attendant friends who occasionally need to mooch a mix CD from your library. More often than not, it will be a quick jobby with no fancy print-out labels for the bulk off-the-spindle CD that’s about to be thrown into a bag or pocket, lacking all manner of […]

Recently I discovered Miwa Shirow’s DOGS, downloading scanlations of available stories from here. The art is hot, the stories are entertaining, but it’s the character Naoto that’s really caught my attention. As someone with more than a couple nasty scars it’s nice to see a heroine with a big X scar across her chest who’s […]

Haggis had to be put down this morning after the tumor in her bladder started causing continuous discomfort and pain. She was roughly 13 years old and had a good life after being adopted by my aunt and grandmother, who gave her lots of love and spoiled her with little soft toys. That’s all I […]

My captors have abandoned me for the time being but, with Canadian flights being backed up, I suspect an escape attempt would be futile. I have endured this long, surely I can manage another week or so. Surely I can. Until escape is possible I will continue to consume all manner of media and allow […]

It’s definitely not my favourite drink, and was especially too strong for an afternoon lunch with mum, but when she pointed out the Jacques Cousteau on the martini list at Deco it felt like God’s Will. Drinking that martini was my destiny, and who was I to fight it?
Ingredients:
3 oz Van Gogh or Skyy Vodka
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I’m completely enamored with the current Dr. Pepper advertising campaign in Japan. They’ve introduced a line of stylish robotgirl characters, dubbed the Peppy 5, to adorn cans and other packaging for my favourite carbonated beverage. Though I cannot confirm the artist, there is a striking resemblance to Feebee’s works.
If anyone is able to translate […]

I left my Vancouver home at 9:30 AM (local) and arrived at my Halifax home around 5:30 AM (local) the next day. That’s not how it was supposed to pan out, but when we attempted to land in Halifax… well, it just wasn’t going to happen in that fog. My flight was diverted to Moncton, […]

If you can’t quite master the art of dining with chopsticks, our Clothespin Chopsticks are just the answer. They’re spring-loaded like a clothespin, which makes them exceptionally easy to use. Consider them chopsticks with training wheels.
A quick google image search (see here) reveals these handy cheat-chops are available in a range of colours for […]