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OK, those of you with Roombas...
I have a hardwood floor. I have one 4'X6' rug in the whole apartment. I want something that will eat the dust bunnies and massive amounts of hair I shed (I swear, I'm secretly my own pet). Something that will make my floors less icky.
But it seems if I want the one that mops the floor (the Scooba?) I would first have to have a DIFFERENT one that swept/vacuumed.
So...what is the best Roomba for me? I don't want to spend more than I need to...(and there seem to be about 80billion models on the website, from $129 to $500!)
Me? I'm waiting for a "Flexible Frank" model.
I've decided that app server architectures are something I need to learn as much as possible about. Given that I'm stumped by the Alfresco install, does anyone have any suggestions about a good place to start learning about app servers in general?
I've heard good things about Glassfish for hosting Ruby on Rails applications running under JRuby. Otherwise, I got nothing.
You can revive NiCad Batteries by Zapping them with an Arc Welder.
Please don't try that with your Li-Ion batteries, though.
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I don't have a Roomba, meara, but I've researched them, and yeah, you do need separate ones for vacuuming and mopping, if you want both tasks.
DIY Roomba battery replacement: HOW TO - iRobot dead cell battery fix
Obviously, I don't want to pay for anything. This morning I took apart the battery pack in the Dirt Dog vacuum cleaner. After about 30 minutes of cutting, sawing, and taping I had a battery pack that was performing like a new one. Now instead of getting 10 minutes of lousy vacuuming I get over a hour of powerful cleaning. This saved about $60 which is the cost of buying a new replacement pack from iRobot.
It would probably cost me as much (more if you count ripped out hair) to fix the battery as to replace it.
After posting that, I discovered the guy was talking about replacing a single bad cell in the battery pack, which I suppose is where all the savings comes in (as opposed to replacing the entire pack).
Of course, soldering would be required. (One of these days I'll be good at that.)
