I just got what should have been a very tempting marketing email. “Splash into our summer cocktail menu,” it offered. It also used this emoji. đź’¦ “What,” you might be asking yourself at this moment, “is the problem there? I assume there’s a problem since you said “should have been tempting”.” The problem, my curious …
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I’m Sick Of These Mute Muting Mutes In this Mute Muting Movie
If you’re a certain kind of person, the idea of a device that could cut all of the bad words out of movies and TV shows might sound just dandy to you. And if it could also swap those words out of the closed captions and replace them with nicer ones? Even better! But I …
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Rest Easy, Buzzer
When we stopped overpaying Bell for a landline in favour of only overpaying Rogers for cell service (what a country we live in), by far our biggest logistical hurdle was making sure that Carin and I both had access to our building’s buzzer so that either one of us could open the door if the …
Shockingly, I Can Breathe
There’s almost no chance that I would pay actual money for this based on concept alone, but I have enough trouble with my nose on a daily basis that I would for sure try the hell out of one if somebody let me. Although described as a massager, the NasoCalm doesn’t work like the Therabody …
Zoom In The 1980s
This would be great if a pandemic ever took over the world…not that that’s gonna happen, hahahaha!
Don’t Break The Bank. Food Bank Instead
If you find yourself in Ottawa this summer, do be sure to make some time to visit one of the city’s best dining spots. The Food Bank. Microsoft took down an article from its sprawling web empire that recommended travelers visit the Ottawa Food Bank on an empty stomach as a tourist attraction in the …
According To Wikipedia, A Hamburger, Or Simply Burger, Is A Sandwich Consisting Of Fillings—Usually A Patty Of Ground Meat, Typically Beef—Placed Inside A Sliced Bun Or Bread Roll…
“What if,” said some cheap asshole one morning, “we could find a way to line our pockets even more while not sacrificing our long established commitment to infuriating customers and screwing up orders? And what if, and this is the best part other than the lining our pockets part, we could do those things faster …
And A One! And A Two! And A Ohmygod Watch Out For That Truck!
I may be wrong, but I’m going to go ahead and guess that the folks who decided that what the world could really use right now is a Karaoke machine for the car have never, at any point in any of their lives, spent a single moment trapped in an enclosed space with another human …
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Can You See Me, A Positioning Tool For Blind People Who Can’t Leave Their Meeting Video Off
If you’re like me, you rarely have to attend an online meeting. But if you’re like Carin and get called into 137 of them a day, then Can You See Me sounds like a nice alternative to leaving your video off for fear of being embarrassed because you have no idea what it’s shooting. Can …
The Be My Eyes Virtual Volunteer
I haven’t used Be My Eyes much in the last few years. Basically any time I would have, Carin’s been there with Aira to take care of whatever the problem was. But since I won’t have access to Carin or Aira for the next few weeks, it occurred to me that perhaps I should pop …