People will believe any damn thing. This is a fact. And should you decide that now might be a fine time to work out your contrarian muscles and not take my word for it, I give you this. Oh come on, Steve. This is so obviously a terrible idea, not to mention a prank. It …
Category Archives: gadgets
overTHERE
No, not the Jonathan Coulton song, although you can have that too since I’m feeling generous. This overTHERE is a new free iPhone app designed for blind folks that looks like it might be worth playing with. overTHERE is a free iPhone app that gives blind pedestrians quick and easy access to accurate location information …
No Matter What An FBI Director Tells You, There Is Still No Such Thing As Bad Guy Proof Flawed Encryption
I’ve said my piece as has everyone else on the idea of backdooring encryption in such a way that only the “good guys” can break it for the purposes of saving humanity, and haven’t really felt the need to keep harping away on it every time a new story comes up. But today I read …
Please Leave A Message At The Tone, Unless You’re Caller Number Four
I have a question. The other day, my dad called me. While we were talking, he said that he had been trying to call my sister but her voicemail was full and he couldn’t leave a message. I texted her to let her know, and when she wrote back, I was floored. “I know it’s …
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In 300 Metres, You Would Have Been Just Fine, You Dope
I long ago gave up even reading stories about numbskulls who blindly follow their GPS units into bad situations, but there’s something different about this one. Yes it’s somebody reacting to what their GPS says in the stupidest way possible, but somehow this one strikes me as worse than usual because in most of those …
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Access Earth: Crowdsourced Building Accessibility Information
Reading about this new Access Earth project, two thoughts crossed my mind. 1. This looks pretty swell and we should tell our wheelchair friends about it. 2. I wonder if Matt Wozenilek is still out there shaking folks down for cash instead of doing something productive like this to help everyone’s cause. The platform was …
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Dictation Bridge Has Reached Its Funding Goal
I had my doubts they were going to make it, but the Dictation Bridge project that we’ve been plugging here and there has reached its $20000 goal. Last week, the DictationBridge Indie Go-Go campaign reached its entire $20,000 goal with about 8 hours left in a 60 day fundraising effort. The DictationBridge team had 12 …
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Did Somebody Say McMusic?
*puts on old man hat* Great. I’m trying to enjoy a quick hamburger in peace, but I can’t because numbnuts in the next booth thinks he’s fucking Drake or some shit. Thanks, McDonald’s. As First We Feast points out, McDonald’s in the Netherlands recently introduced a music-making placemat called McTrax. McTrax works with a smartphone app …
Why Learn A Second Language When You’ve Got An Earpiece And A Smartphone
Finally, a worthwhile and useful wearable that I totally want to use. This is some seriously Star Trek level shit right here, and these guys would have to be the biggest fuckups in the universe and beyond to not become gazillionaires based on it. They’re already off to a fine start in that department (not …
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You Have Arrived At Your Destination. No Seriously, You Have Arrived. We’re Not Kidding
GPS apps are great, but when they say you’ve arrived, you can all but guarantee that you totally haven’t arrived. You’re usually in the middle of a parking lot or standing on a sidewalk kinda sorta closeish but not nearly close enough to what you’re looking for with little or no idea of what to …