A few days ago, somebody asked me why Gill suddenly disappeared. I had no idea, but as if on cue, she’s back. And to answer her question, my Canada Day consisted of sunshine, a few drinks, baseball, music and food with Carin and a couple of our friends. My Hometown Where I grew up you …
Monthly Archives: July 2014
I Steal Pets
I’m going to let this stand on its own, because aside from the obvious joke about how it’s a lost Rebecca Black song, I’m supposed to analyze it how, exactly? I Steal Pets – Rachel Bloom Oh, and have fun walking around all day with that chorus lodged in your brain.
Introducing The OCR Ring, A Fancy New Blindness Product That Might Actually Be Worth A Crap
Unlike that horrible EchoSense thing that Carin tore apart the other day, these text scanning ring people seem to be on the right track when it comes to developing a product that the blind population actually needs and may want to use. The prototype FingerReader fits like a ring on a user’s index finger, equipped …
If You Really Want The Kid To Feel At Home, Don’t Forget To Pack Some Extra Bubble Wrap
Listen, everyone. We need to have a talk. I’m not here to tell you what you can and can’t do with your money. Most of you have probably earned it in a reasonably ethical manner and should therefore have the right to spend it as you so choose. But just so you know, if you …
Here’s Your Sign…And Here’s Your Sign…And Here’s Your Sign…And Here And Here And Here And…
God, these court things take forever. I sure hope they get to my hearing soon. Man, I’m so bored. Seriously, how am I supposed to pass all this time? This sucks. Hey wait…did I bring my paint pen? …Yeah, I did! Sweet! Time to go to work! Francisco Canseco had been in court on April …
Man’s Best DD
Sometimes I’m not sure what’s worse. Is it an idiot trying to come up with a good excuse for something, or an ever so slightly resourceful idiot paying just enough attention to his surroundings trying to come up with a good excuse for something? Uh-oh. I think that cop just found the dog I left …
How To Write A Hit Song
If I had a nickel for every time I’ve uttered the phrase “I wish I could write just one hit song,” I probably wouldn’t need to write one, come to think of it. This is a good thing, because I’m really not all that musically talented, to be honest with you. But thanks to Brett …
What’s The Sense Of EchoSense?
I heard about this about a week and a half ago, and meant to blog about it that weekend. That didn’t happen. All I knew about it when I saw it on Twitter was it was some kind of revolutionary device for the blind, going to increase our independence. It was being madly retweeted over …
KNFB Reader For iPhone Is A Thing
Remember back when the makers of the KNFB Reader said it would not work on an iPhone? Well, they’ve gone and done it. Here, have your iBalls. Well, they didn’t call it iBalls, but ya know. I wondered what it would cost, since the price of the app for the Nokia phones was nearly a …
Lost Dogs In Dreamland
A while back, I had another nightmare about losing Trixie. Brad’s had her for over a year and a half and I still dream about losing her. In this one, Brad was gone away somewhere for a few days, and Steve and I said we’d take care of Trix. We took her with us to …