Are you a Roomba rogue, too? Greg Hughes sent us a gift certificate to the Sharper Image a few weeks ago. It was a housewarming gesture, so I figured I'd get something for the house instead of something geeky – but wound up getting something geeky for the house: a Roomba. Yes, we're now the proud parents of a Roomba Discovery, which is currently sleeping in its corner cradle. Roomba owners should know its beeps and chrips by heart, but within a minute of removing our Roomba from its cardboard chambers, it was giving our hardwood office floor a good dusting. “Go Roomba, go!” This yet-to-be-named robotic pet is not going to do any industrial-strength sucking around here, although preliminary sweeps have already been somewhat effective.

Roomba Discovery is leading the way into the next generation of Roombas. With more advancements and improvements, Roomba Discovery features dirt detect, a self-charging Home Base(TM) and an Advanced Power System that make this the finest robotic floor vac on the planet. And there's still a lot of planet left to clean.

If nothing else, our dogs finally have something else to play with.