You might think that a small, portable record playing device such as the RokBlok that eliminates the need for an actual turntable would be a good idea. You might also be wrong. I had a feeling going in that it wasn’t going to be great, but let’s just say it exceeded my expectations. Yikes.
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Clew, A Possibly Useful App For Indoor Blind Guy Navigation
I certainly don’t want to completely write this Clew app off without having tried it, because I like the idea. But at first look, I’ve already noticed a couple of potential problems. The video specifically mentions following a sighted friend when recording my route. What if I don’t have one handy? Or what if I …
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A Kind Of Sort Of GPS System From 1971
This was actually a pretty ingenious idea in some ways, but unfortunately if even the smallest thing about any of your surroundings ever changed or the tape got eaten, you’d be kind of screwed. In a fascinating segment from an 1971 episode of the BBC science show Tomorrow’s World, host Michael Rodd gave a demonstration …
You Just Hate Scottish People, Ya Cow!
The weather sucks and there’s not much going on at the moment that’s begging me to write about it, so here’s the video of a Scottish lady arguing with her Echo that I just finished laughing at. I believe this is the song she was after. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=or39rxYMz8w
Alexa, Open The Pod Bay Doors
I swear somebody did this gag years ago just with Siri instead of Alexa because Alexa wasn’t a thing yet and that one of us posted it then, but hell if I can find it. So here’s what it might be like if the HAL-9000 computer from 2001: A Space Odyssey had been Echo powered. …
Watch A Smartphone Tell You About All The Snooping It’s Doing
We all know (or at least I hope we know by now) that our cell phones are spying on us. But I don’t think a lot of us quite understand just how much they’re doing it. I’m not sure how much this short film is going to do to change that, but it sure does …
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It’s Time For FaceTime, Whether You Have Time For FaceTime Or Not
If you’ve tried to make a Group FaceTime call recently and haven’t been able to, there’s a very good reason for that. Apple has disabled it. Now you can answer for yourself on FaceTime even if they don’t answer🤒#Apple explain this.. pic.twitter.com/gr8llRKZxJ — DEAD FRIENDS™ (@DeadFriendsCHI) January 28, 2019 Basically, somebody discovered what seems to …
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Bell’s Everything Tracking Is Back And Very Slightly Less Creepy
It appears Bell is taking another crack at the tracking every customer’s every move thing that went so well a few years ago. And though the end result still sounds like a whole lot of garbage from a consumer point of view (there’s still nothing in it for customers aside from ads the company thinks …
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New Old People Are Going To Suck
This bit from Lachlan Patterson made me laugh. It’s a good point, too. My generation and the ones after it are going to make for some pretty garbage old people. We have wonderful technology, but it sure does make it easy to take and hang on to a lot of useless photographs.
Expect A Few Less Scammy Calls For A Month Or Two
This is a nice step, but much like the do not call list, I’m sure the assholes as my dad likes to call anyone calling from a number he doesn’t recognize will find a way around it. But if you notice a drop in garbage calls for a while, this is probably why. The CRTC …
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