When I was a kid, you couldn’t turn on a TV in Canada without seeing Dave Nichol in ads pushing the new President’s Choice Memories of something or other. He was everywhere…until he disappeared. I can’t remember when those commercials suddenly stopped (I want to say mid 90’s), but it’s been a long time. But …
Author Archives: Steve Wettlaufer
Some iOS 7 Annoyances And How To Fix Them
The invitation to upgrade to iOS 7 has been sitting on my phone for a few days now, but I still haven’t bothered. Partly because headaches, partly because I’m going away soon and the last thing I need is a phone that doesn’t work and partly because I want time to read things like this …
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I Drive A Green Car But I Need It Painted Black. And Now I’m Locked Away And Freedom Won’t Come Back
At first, Westley C. French, Richard Andrew Genn and Gregory Raymond Carson weren’t doing too badly on their little crime spree. After beating and robbing the new owner of a truck that one of them had recently sold because they wanted it back, they ditched it a few hours later, I suppose figuring the police …
Not The Sharpest Arrow On The Jail Roof
Smuggling marijuana to your friends in prison by way of an arrow fired into the exercise yard is one of those best worst ideas. Best because it saves you having to cram it up your exit hatch and risk having it discovered during a search, but worst because if your aim is off, you could …
We Regret The Error, The June Edition
The geniuses at Deadspin have struck some serious gold with this one. They’ve started a feature called We Regret The Error, which compiles mistakes and the subsequent apologies that air on local newscasts. Amazingly (not really all that amazingly if you’ve watched the 6 o’clock news for any length of time), there are so many …
So Long, Ray Dolby
If you’ve listened to recorded sound or watched anything in the last 50 or 60 years, you owe Ray Dolby a pretty big thank you. Most of the audio and video technology we enjoy today is stuff that he either helped to invent or to dramatically improve. The one thing that really bothered him about …
I Need A Helper To Assist Me With Understanding Homestead Taxi’s No Blind People Policy
Thankfully, beyond the odd one trying to rip me off now and then, I’ve never really had a problem with a cab company. Poor Carin has had a few minor scrapes, but I think those are mostly attributable to her having a dog. Right or wrong (it’s unquestionably wrong), I understand reactions like “aaaaaaaaaahhhhh, I’m …
There Is An Apple IIe Emulator With Echo Speech. Thank You, Internet
This, if it works as advertised, is going to be beyond awesome! For years Carin and I wished that something like it existed, and now it does. Calling those of you who remember playing games on Apple computers back in the 80’s. Would you like to reconnect with childhood memories you thought were lost forever? …
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Matchbox Twenty Does Time After Time, And Steve Talks A Bit About A Concert
Matchbox Twenty – Time After Time (Live) They did this as part of their encore at the concert we went to a few weeks back. Word of advice: If you get the chance to see Matchbox Twenty live, do it. I had a feeling they would be good, but I had no idea how good …
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One Of Those Awkward Questions
Eric is sitting at the bar staring morosely into his beer. Tom walks in, sits down and asks him what the problem is. “Well,” said Eric, “I ran afoul of one of those awkward questions women ask. Now I’m in deep trouble at home.” “What kind of question?” asked Tom. “My wife asked me if …