It’s been a while since we’ve checked in on the Floppotron, and since last we left it, it’s gotten quite a bit bigger. It’s now up to version 3.0 and includes 512 floppy drives, 16 hard disks and 4 scanners. Ridiculous. Here it is playing Julius Fucík’s Entrance of the Gladiators, A.K.A. that clown song …
Author Archives: Steve Wettlaufer
The Heat Is On
Maybe I’ve asked this before. I don’t know and I have no idea how I would begin finding out. So can someone explain to me the complexities that go into turning the heat for an entire apartment building on and off? Is it harder than click? I hope it is, because in spite of the …
A Post
Coming to you live from one of our nice lawn chairs that some dickhead pigeons have pecked the hell out of, it’s…a post about stuff! Yay! Right now you’re all sharing my first nice weather beer of 2023 with me. Thank you for being here. It means the world. And before you ask, no, I …
Sweet Child O’ Mine, The Bluegrass Edition
It’s official. “Sweet Child O’ Mine” kind of works as everything. Here’s a bluegrass version from Robyn Adele Anderson and Anthony Vincent to keep the streak alive.
Scarily Good AI Generated Voices Are Basically Here Now
If you need to be creeped out and worried about the future today, here you are. Prime Voice AI The most realistic and versatile AI speech software, ever. Eleven brings the most compelling, rich and lifelike voices to creators and publishers seeking the ultimate tools for storytelling. Grow Your Audience by Expanding into Audio Generate …
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“So What’d You Get For Christmas?” “I Got My Affairs In Order!”
I’ve seen several news stories in the last couple of years about how Christmas is the worst time of year for heart attacks. It makes some sense. the holidays, fun as they can be, are also a pretty stressful time for many. Money, Travel, family disagreements, your doctor’s office texting you that you have terminal …
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A List of Low Bandwidth, Easy To Read News Resources
Since a lot of news websites are cluttered as hell, it can be hard to find and consume what you’re looking for. this is true if you’re blind like me and want to beat the shit out of the next video/ad/countdown timer that won’t stop interrupting the screen reader or bouncing it all over the …
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I Finally Had Everybody’s Teeth Dream
It took me nearly 44 years of being alive and nine since writing this, but last night I finally had a my teeth are falling out dream. It wasn’t very exciting and technically the tooth didn’t fall out by itself, but it’s as close as I’ve gotten. I was sitting at a table in either …
March 2023’s Best News Bloopers
No no no,! It’s *fisting*!
Well Boys, Have I Got A Deal For You!
The story itself is a bit old, but the idea of drive drunk, damage car, head to dealership and attempt to sell damaged car is new to me. Officers say the calls started coming in around 4:40 p.m. Monday. They say witnesses reported seeing a SUV hit the median of the Lloyd Expressway near the …