I don’t have much to say right now, so have some odd videos of chat bots talking to each other. I think these ones may like each other. These ones, not quite so much. These things are supposedly learning from conversations between themselves and humans as well as by watching public conversations between people on …
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Meet The Tefifon, A Combination 8-Track And Record Sort Of Thing
When I try to name all of the old audio formats I can think of, my list is pretty much just various varieties of records and tapes. I had no idea that around the middle of the 20th century, somebody actually combined the two into something he called the Tefifon. Apparently these things never really …
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You Should Probably Turn Off Wi-Fi Assist On Your iPhone. Here’s How
Carin and I got our new iPhones over the weekend. So far, even though I’ve hardly scratched the surface of what this thing can do since I’ve largely been concerned with making sure all my apps still work the way I’d like them to, I’m finding the 6S to be pretty great. The call quality …
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From The Makers Of Hopefully Nothing Ever Again, It’s The Special Blind Guy Toothbrush!
Hey there, blind people. How many times have you found yourself alone in a bathroom, face to face with a toothbrush and toothpaste only to realize, panic stricken, that oh god and sweet baby Jesus I have no idea how to work this? Never? Me neither. But now that problem has been solved anyway thanks …
Here’s How Canada’s New Cell Phone Contract Rules Work, In Case You’re Like Me And Didn’t Already Know
Generally I’m right on top of this sort of thing, but until this very moment I hadn’t a clue that Canada’s new wireless rules had taken effect. Last I heard, the hopefully doomed to fail appeal of many of the more consumer friendly portions of the code launched by the phone companies was still making …
So I’ve Tried Uber. Here Are My Thoughts
A while ago, Steve welcomed Uber to KW. I’ve been trying Uber out, and I have to say that for the most part, the experience has been pretty awesome. I should be clear. When I could manage to get an Uber ride, the experience was awesome. Aside, grammar people…is it a Uber or an Uber? …
Abandoned In A Ditchbot
Remember last year when I wrote about Hitchbot? For a while, Hitchbot did really well, going all the way across Canada, Germany and the Netherlands, and I was impressed. Maybe we humans aren’t such assholes. … Then it went to the states, and…someone ended its journey rather violently. Someone ripped off its arms and removed …
Welcome To KW, Uber
Unless something suddenly changes in the next few minutes, at 2 this afternoon Kitchener, Waterloo, Guelph, Hamilton and London will officially have Uber. Predictably because this seems to happen everywhere it goes, its arrival has local taxi people and some politicians all upset. I get that part of the issue is safety and that is …
Verizon VelaSense: A Useful Service I’m Not Sure I’d Use, And Not Just Because The Press Release Is A Little Insulting
I don’t know how much Verizon paid Jay Croft for this advertorial puff piece on its new VelaSense blind person helper app, but they might want to see about getting their money back. Even if we look past all the silly hyperbole (Technology worthy of a Hollywood sci-fi movie?” It’s a cell phone camera and …
Southern Ontario Is Getting Another New Area Code
I’m sure this is old news to some of you, but I’m putting it here so that next June when people start giving me strange phone numbers I won’t have to puzzle over where the hell they live. I did that forever when they brought in 226 back in 2006 because I somehow missed that …
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