I just bought a robot! A very primitive one, that at best vacuums the floor, but it is still a robot. No more manual vacuuming. (And despite this the vacuuming gets done.)

Its bad points include

• It is rather noisy
• It is slow
• It hits walls rather hard, occasionally leaving a mark. (I would not get one of these for a place I owned. But no one ever washed a rental car etc.)
• It is moderately expensive
• It doesn’t actually vacuum that well

Its good points include

• It is incredibly cool. A robot! That vacuums! (Sort of!)

I think the good points outweigh the bad points, don’t you?

On another note, Nomy Arpaly informs me that has a philosophy song in the March 2002 edition of Utilitas. Unfortunately it seems to be (a) not online and (b) under copyright. But if you can get Utilitas through work, you should.