holidays
Here at Consumerist we didn't make a cute Holiday Greeting video like the
drunks at Gawker did, so we just ripped this off from Tod at
Hacking Roomba. Because nothing says "Holidays" like a
Roomba in a Santa hat—or something....
—MEGHANN MARCO
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diy
Consumer Reports thinks the
Roomba is a waste of money, so Make Magazine's Blog brings you this thing. Is it a DIY Roomba? A way to get your children to sweep the floor? A way to get you to sweep the floor? We don't know, all we know is, we want one, and Make claims that one can be crafted for less than the cost of a floor-sweeping robot.
—MEGHANN MARCO
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scooba
So much for the Good Housekeeping Seal of Approval,
Consumer Reports says Scooba performs exactly how you think it would. Badly.
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deals
• Buy.com has a
clearance sale running through the 14th. We didn't find any particularly fantastic deals, however, so shop carefully.
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deals
• We're unsure how the NYC transit strike can make us late to work when we work from home, but by god we've managed to do it. In celebration, have a full-blown computer for $250, after multiple rebates.
Slickdeals has the details.
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