Attention everyone who likes to send nude pictures of themselves to their significant other’s cellphone: Before you fire up the ol’ camera, ask yourself one question. Does your significant other share their cellphone with someone else? If so, you might want to think twice about sending them that nude pic. I’m sure one man is …
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You Have Reached Your Destination…Jail!
Ha ha ha ha ha. This is just awesome. I think this is a message from above that Horatio Toure should stop pickpocketing. He stole the wrong item. I guess he was walking along, and saw a woman’s iPhone. He felt he must have it immediately, so snatched it and ran off. Little did he …
The Trek To New Trekker Software And Maps
Hehehe! It’s a good day! Why is it a good day? Because I got my Trekker software and maps updated! Yeeee! I have yet to go take Trekker on a test walk, mainly because I’m crazy and finally got things updated at 2 or 3 in the morning. I’ll talk about my impressions after I’ve …
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Sir, If We Catch You Driving That Thing Again We May Have To Put You In The Cooler
Neil Rideout says he was just trying to do the right thing and help the environment by driving a vehicle that’s less harmful than a regular car. But the police say dude, we can’t have folkstooling down the sidewalks of Nova Scotia in motorized coolers. He thought the cooler —which sits on four wheels, is …
Wayfinder Access Update
Woohoo, I have some news on Wayfinder.
Accessible Digital Cable Is Very Possible!
Back a little while ago, Ro wrote a post about ACB’s letter to Gary Shapiro. In the comments, there was a mention of a talking digital set-top box. Ro, was it called Goodmans Smart Talk® TV set top box? This sounds pretty damn cool. I know that particular box won’t work over here because the …
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These Teasers Don’t Tease. They Enrage.
I received this from a Humanware press release list I somehow got on, and my reaction was not what they hoped it would be. They wanted to get us all excited about a new device they’re coming out with. All I could think was “Not again! Not again!” This is a teaser campaign announcing a …
This Ain’t Your Grandpa’s Computer…Actually Yes, It Sort Of Is
Jack Zylkin has designed what he’s calling aUSB typewriterbecause…because…ahh hell, I’ll let him explain it. The USBTypewriter™ is a new and groundbreaking innovation in the field of obsolescence. Lovers of the look, feel, and quality of old fashioned manual typewriters can now use them as keyboards for any USB-capable computer, such as a PC, Mac, …
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Opposites May Attract, but Opposite Screenreaders Get In The Way
Martin sent this on Monday, and if I hadn’t been gone to a conference for the next two days, it would have been up sooner. Oh well, here it is. It did give me a bit of a chuckle. Here’s what might happen if two speech synthesizer voices went on a date.
Why I Don’t Like The New Copyright Bill And Neither Should You
The conservative government has once again made an attempt atintroducing new legislation to update Canada’s copyright act.In some ways it isn’t nearly as crappy as previous versions, but there’s one major problem that needs fixing before it hits the House of Commons. Included in the proposal is a section forbidding people from breaking any digital …
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