Pretty sure I’m supposed to see this as a positive, but whenever a service I rely on decides to forgo a consistent source of revenue designed to fund continuing development in favour of something that on the surface appears much less lucrative and much more unpredictable, my reaction generally ranges from skeptical to nervous. That’s […]
Category Archives: gadgets
Humanwash, An Automatic Shower Scrubber For People Who Have Trouble Doing It Themselves
Badly written linked article aside, I like this idea a lot. I know quite a few people who would probably really appreciate having access to something like it. Man creates ‘human car wash’ shower tool that will wash body for you Watch the latest video at foxnews.com The innovative machine, dubbed the “Humanwash,” is installed with […]
Phone Red Or Yellow? Goodbye, Scammy Fellow
I’m not sure how effective any of this will be since plenty of online spam still makes it through all of our blocking technology and into the hands of people willing to respond to it in volumes large enough for sending it to remain worthwhile, but I’m willing to wait and see. I’ll at least […]
Greetings From A Restaurant
Greetings from the Jack Astors in which I am day drinking on this unexpectedly beautiful Tuesday afternoon. Seriously, what a great day this is. It’s sunny and pleasant at the end of November just days after a dumping of snow. Hooray for climate change… Or something. I forgot how much I liked the chicken fingers […]
Cut It Out With The Cord Cutting
Maybe this is one of those old man things, but I really don’t understand cord cutting. If you’re trying to save money and all you ever use your TV for is the odd movie or something here and there then perhaps it makes sense to ditch cable and just pay $10 a month for Netflix […]
Everybody Needs Good Speakeroos
I like the little song in the Volkswagen commercials. It’s bouncy, it’s catchy, it’s fun to sing along to…especially when you actually know the words. I wasn’t sure if I was going deaf, there was too much background noise, I always caught it from a distance or some combination of the three, but for a […]
When Did It Become Such A Chore Not To Call 911 With Your Arse?
OPP detachment gets almost 2,000 accidental 911 calls, urges people to stop butt-dialling Officers had to respond to 1,965 accidental calls due to carelessness with phones, police say Clearly this is a thing that happens because just look at those numbers, but I can’t figure out how. I got my first cell phone in the […]
People Still Use An Iron Lung?
Of course this had to go up at the top, even though I’m being serious here. But come on! I read a fascinating article about iron lungs, and the few people left who still use them. I had heard a bit about them, but I had no idea about all these intricacies. First off, I […]
A Couple More Songs That AI Had A Hand In
Carin reminded me of this other AI created song from a few years ago. It’s no “You Can’t Take My Door”, but that’s a pretty high bar. The main difference between the two is that the AI didn’t write the lyrics in this case, but it did determine how the music should sound based on […]
I’m Glad Facial Recognition Is The Future Of Security, Because It Sure Doesn’t Look Like The Present
Boing Boing notes this tweet. So, I was wondering why the battery on my laptop was running down every time I left it at home.Turns out the kids have been using my election leaflets to get through the facial recognition lock…I’m not sure whether to be proud by the wit or concerned by the sneakiness? […]
