I've always wanted one, so as usual, Amazon got it here in a jiffy. It just arrived today. It's a "set it and forget it" model that goes into a "keep warm" cycle after the rice or veggies are done. The manufacturer website even has recipes for cakes and cornbread that can be made in it, but I got it for the rice and steamed vegetables.
Ages ago when I was a student and lived in the international dorm on campus, most of the Chinese students had rice cookers in their rooms. Theirs were always Hitachi or Ding-A-Ling brand. I don't know why I remember that. Well, decades later here's my rice cooker fresh out of the box.
I faced the Spanish side forward for fun. The image is clickable for greater detail.
Fuenteovejuna did it 
Originally posted by operainchicago:
Also, I was smitten by foreigners. I wouldn't touch an American with a 10 foot pole back then. 😀
Interesting, not the cooker, but that you lived in the international dorm 😆 one more clue about your job :sherlock:
Originally posted by slackwrdave:
I'm not eating anything out of a "Ding-a-Ling". :left: 😀
Oh come on now. It's not so bad once you get used to it. 😀
I've just about to have en extra kitchen at home to get rid of all the things i just have to by. Ice maker, foodprocessorS, potato cleaner, egg cooker, pizza oven, puuuh. The new extra kitchen is from IKEA, but they are delayed with the special desk plate my wife wanted;( It's 2 in the mornig here. Hope your beer was good. Mine were.
I'm Vietnamese and used to live in dormitory. I'm used to use Hitachi cooker. It's quite good and durable. I do love it.