This is a very hard place for a maker, especially when you only use plastic trash in your creations. The reason? enviromental issues aside, consumerism is relatively new and people prefer to keep or fix their stuff before throwing it away. No flea markets, no thrift stores, scarce e-waste on the streets. Toys are made of the cheapest Chinese plastic possible. Buying on Internet? The shipping is more expensive than the components. Radioshack? In your wildest dreams. Arduino and 3D Printers? Wake up, Latino Sunshine AND GET A JOB!
Anyway, everybody in my new Azeri family started to ask to my wife "when will Mamed (everybody calls me Mamed for unknown reasons) show us his creations? You said he's smart, but looks like he doesn't even know how to change the lightbulb of the restroom. And he's fat. Looks like he only thinks about food."
Considering my advanced Azeri language level only allows me to reply that judgement with the words "ice cream" (dondurma), "sandwich" (dönar) and "kebab" (kebab), and keeping in mind that I won't risk my life against the 220v electricity of the restroom, I decided to build a simple robo-dog using the toy gun of my little nephew Nuran and things I found on the street (and that includes an abandoned piano!).
Luckily, I always carry my Dremel rotary tool and some extra nuts and bolts. Because in this city, if you go to a hardware store to buy stuff and the seller finds out you are a foreigner, he will charge you the double (Rookies! In Colombia, we charge foreigners the triple). Ok, no more bad jokes about countries, or Azerbaijan will deport me and Colombia won't accept me back. Let's make some cheap robots!.At your wish
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