After more than a year I’m pretty well over the “WHERE THE HELL ARE THE MOTHERFUCKING BUTTONS ON THIS PIECE OF SHIT!” phase of blind person iPhone acceptance, but if you’re still reeling from the news that there will be no more Talks and are staring down the harsh reality that homeboy’s gettin’ a smartphone, …
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Features You Don’t See In Cars Anymore
Here’s something to make us all feel nice and old. 11 Features You No Longer See in Cars A few of these were in before my time, but my family is such that some of them were still totally in long after I was able to retain memories. And some of them I can’t figure …
Talks Is Going Quiet
I’m still subscribed to the Talks users list, although I don’t know why. I’m terrible. I get on a list, and even though I don’t use it much anymore, I never seem to want to unsubscribe. I guess I’m lazy. For a while, I stayed on the Talks users list because I was watching how …
CBC’s Olympics App Isn’t Too Shabby With Voiceover
I was just thinking about how odd it is that we’re 5 days into the Olympics and I have yet to say a word about them here. I’ve been keeping up as best I can, but we’re still functioning on one computer for now so my time for writing quickly on a full keyboard is …
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Fleksy? No? Fleksy VO!
Man, Fleksy’s been struggling like mad lately. It all seemed to start when an expiry date got accidentally leaked out from their beta version onto the real live version. They had to release an update quickly so people could actually use the damn thing again… except… It was bug bug buggilicious! Holy crap! When it’s …
There Is A Google Glass Sex App. Oh, And Some Other Stuff Happened, Too
I’ve seen a lot in the news about Google Glass, but to be honest, I haven’t paid that much attention to any of it. At least I hadn’t until today when a couple of stories caught my eye. But before we get into those, I’m sure some of you are wondering Steve, what the hell …
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Thanks To Microsoft And GW Micro, Accessibility Just Got A Lot More Accessible
It’s not quite buying a computer off the shelf with a built-in screenreader like Voiceover on the Mac, but GW Micro’s plan to give free, fully functional copies of Window-Eyes to anyone running Microsoft Office 2010 or later is sure as hell a pretty big game changer on the Windows side of making accessibility affordably …
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Muggers, Much Like The Rest Of The World, Don’t Want A Windows Phone
I’m hardly the person to be telling anyone what sorts of electronics to use, but when muggers are taking your phone, deciding it’s not worth the effort and giving it back, it might be time for an upgrade. Then again, maybe you’ve got the right idea because you get to leave with what you came …
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I Don’t Need Another iPhone Anymore, A Question About Described Video And Other Things You May Or May Not Care About
Well, I hope you’ve enjoyed that quietness I promised a few weeks ago. Judging from our hit counts lately, it would seem you have. Hopefully that’s more you guys having a good holiday than us being the tree that falls in the woods. Anyway, things got a little quieter than expected for a few reasons, …
OMG COWS AND WATER!!!!!1!!!
For Christ’s sake, people! Can we not get it through our heads that texting and moving is a bad idea already? The accident happened about 5 p.m. Monday — when there still was plenty of light. Witnesses at the Hosking farm claimed the driver was texting. Mount Hope police Chief Paul Rickard said the driver, …