Sideswipe: January 18: Low maintenance pet
17 Jan, 2021 04:00 PM
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A pretend pet. Photo / Supplied For those who aren t fully ready to take care of a pet, this adorable and only mildly creepy headless robot pet will make the perfect companion, giving the solace and attention you seek, but without the commitment of picking up poop. Petit Qoobo calmly rests in your space as you go about your day-to-day life. Its tail is able to wag 80 different ways in reaction to your voice or touch if it gets startled by loud sounds it will frantically swish its tail. The robot cushion even has a little heartbeat for a sense of closeness as you keep it close to you. It is deliberately headless because its creators want you to view the pet in a way you resonate with. Some may see a cat, while others envision a dog or rabbit.
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Author and publisher Storm Constantine, 64, died January 14, 2021 following a long illness. She was best known as the author of the Wraeththu series, and as the publisher of Immanion Press, founded in 2003, which published her own work and that of other authors including Tanith Lee, Michael Moorcock, and Brian Stableford.
Born October 12, 1956 in Stafford, England, Constantine attended art school in the 1970s, and worked in the music business in the ’80s and ’90s, managing bands. Storm Constantine was initially a pseudonym, but she legally adopted the name in the 1980s.
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Maccabi holds off Baskonia
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