Scott ([info]scott_lynch) wrote,
@ 2005-05-20 16:30:00
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Current mood:Writerly
Current music:You know my future wife is a saint, don't you?

Christ, Why Do I Bother? I'm Such a Hack.
You must have seen the Sony Aibo, the robotic dog simulator that becomes your companion from the moment you start interacting with it. Well, allow me to present the Honda Writerbo, the world's first fully-functional robotic author simulator. From the very first moment you start giving it feedback, Writerbo makes you wish you'd fallen in love with a fucking plumber instead.



The Writerbo is a fully autonomous and semi-mobile unit (it moves, but you never see it actually doing so) capable of scattering papers, misplacing books, keeping you awake at odd hours of the night, and making liquor vanish!



The Writerbo gets out of bed at one of two user-selected inconvenient times ('noon' or 'ESPN SportsCenter time') and can also be customized to be shorter, wider, or just less interesting than its back-cover flap photo!




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[info]johnnym77
2005-05-20 09:38 pm UTC (link)
You know, the Apple Stores sell a host of software that does some of the exact same things. Only with less profanity.

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Profanity? - [info]wdomburg, 2005-05-29 07:58 pm UTC (Expand)

[info]lexica510
2005-05-20 10:55 pm UTC (link)
Since you have [info]tnh friended, you may already have seen this, but in case you haven't, it seems apropos: Varieties of insanity known to affect authors.

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(no subject) - [info]scott_lynch, 2005-05-21 04:19 am UTC (Expand)

[info]matociquala
2005-05-21 12:29 am UTC (link)
If anybody wants it. I'm looking to sell a used Writerbo, cheap.

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[info]guipago
2005-05-21 03:03 am UTC (link)
*cackles*
Dedicated to Simon????

I think Simon and I are going to have to fight for this dedication...

:P

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[info]the_red_shoes
2005-05-21 03:13 am UTC (link)
Here via [info]matociquala -- brilliant!

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(no subject) - [info]scott_lynch, 2005-05-21 04:20 am UTC (Expand)
(no subject) - [info]onalark, 2005-05-24 07:36 pm UTC (Expand)

[info]tdj
2005-05-21 03:19 am UTC (link)
As soon as I get home I'm stealing this.

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[info]mikegentry
2005-05-21 08:28 pm UTC (link)
This is beautiful.

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[info]morningfables
2005-05-21 08:57 pm UTC (link)
Genius. Pure genius.

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[info]nick_kaufmann
2005-05-24 05:40 pm UTC (link)
Absolutely brilliant! I'm friending you immediately!

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(Anonymous)
2005-05-24 05:45 pm UTC (link)
It's funny 'cause it's true.

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[info]suricattus
2005-05-24 05:46 pm UTC (link)
Sir! I resent, er, resemble, er, have no memory at all of agreeing to stand as model for this, but want my share of royalties immediately!

Nicely done. Will the prototypes be available to be on a panel by WorldCon?

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[info]qnotku
2005-05-24 05:49 pm UTC (link)
Gracious -- now I understand. The last con I went to was populated by WriterBo's, not the real deal. Makes perfect sense now.

Teri

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[info]eeknight
2005-05-24 05:51 pm UTC (link)
Very good. *applause*

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[info]hoosier_red
2005-05-24 06:22 pm UTC (link)
My God, that explains so much! Bravo, sir!

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[info]onalark
2005-05-24 07:35 pm UTC (link)
This is strictly awesome.

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[info]chickwriter
2005-05-24 11:04 pm UTC (link)
OMG, I loved this!!

Found you via [info]suricattus's LJ. Am friending you.

::currently in the midst of "everything I'm writing sucks" mode::

What, was that a deadline rushing by?

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[info]digitalred93
2005-05-25 01:31 am UTC (link)
Someone shared your link and it definitely made my day. It's nice to know I'm not the only writer who DARES TO SUCK.

Hope you don't mind, I'm "friending" you also!

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[info]las
2005-05-26 12:38 am UTC (link)
This made me laugh harder than anything else this evening. Thanks!

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[info]wikdsushi
2005-05-26 09:29 am UTC (link)
Here via a feed from, um, some guy named Neil. Or something.

Oh. Sweet. Elvis. I'd get my other half one of these, but, I think he'd kill me. And then who would do the writing? (Given that he brought home a six pack tonight, pointed at it, and said, "SHARE," I'm not sure if I should be laughing at the accuracy of the WriterBo, or slightly creeped out.)

*gives you chocolate*

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[info]palmer_kun
2005-05-26 09:33 am UTC (link)
DUDE!!!!!!!!!

YOU MADE IT ONTO GAIMAN'S BLOG.

http://www.neilgaiman.com/journal/2005/05/anansi-boys-question-of-day.asp

*bows down in worship*

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[info]zhasper
2005-05-26 09:36 am UTC (link)
Here via Neil Gaiman'sblog..

Well written sir :)

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[info]melpemone
2005-05-26 09:47 am UTC (link)
Lured here via [info]wikdsushi.

Genius. Is it wrong that in reading this I suddenly feel that my agonising fits of writerly angst make me a real author? Is it schadenfreude to find joy in one's own suffering? I think I'll use this conflicting mood to write an introspective autobiographical short story that I'll despise the minute it's finished.

::adds to memories::

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[info]_inbetween_
2005-05-26 10:02 am UTC (link)
*ggg* I think I'd take the Robodog instead.

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[info]issyadore
2005-05-26 11:06 am UTC (link)
That's fantastic, and if I hadn't just finshed a huge story tonight I'm sure this'd really be quite devastating. wheee

Am friending you.

Cheers.

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i_aldarion
2005-05-26 12:21 pm UTC (link)
Arrived via Mr. Gaiman's blog-- Just wanted to say, thank you for the laugh! I needed it. *g*

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