So remember that post about going to the sleep lab? Well, I finally got some follow-up. I don’t know what happened right after my sleep study…let’s just blame Omicron for screwing up scheduling, but I didn’t hear from them at all. Finally, in March, I reached out and asked if I had missed a memo …
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Why?
Why is my iPhone suddenly obsessed with getting me to mute notifications, especially ones from apps and conversations I tend to look at more than not? And why does hitting the “not now” button cause nothing to happen? Oh, and when I say obsessed, I’m not joking. The damn thing literally just tried to get …
Baby Steps Towards Easier Voting
I tried to write this yesterday, but a storm came through, and for reasons I need to figure out, my UPS was a little shorter on the U than I expected, so my computer died sooner than I thought and took my post down with it. So here’s take two. *slams the save button* It’s …
This Is So Convenient! Unless You Happen To Be Inconvenient
It’s so fantastically great when all you want to do is some regular people thing like travel or quickly buy something you need and the world tells you to go fuck yourself. The last time I had this experience was back at Christmas with Via Rail and its stupid un-staffed train station here in Kitchener …
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If You Think Blind People Are Scary now, You’re Really Gonna Hate This
I have not much to offer here in terms of worthwhile comment on this particular device. Maybe these folks will finally be the ones who are able to make canes full of sensors and software into a thing. Open-sourcing the design is at least a good start. The reason I’ve called you all here today …
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An Even More Electronic Than Normal Version Of The Ghostbusters Theme
Enjoy the Ghostbusters theme as played by a bunch of different electronic devices. And here’s a decent description of the accompanying video. This time, Device Orchestra busted out 14 gadgets for its composition — including electric toothbrushes adorned with googly eyes. One electric toothbrush with pipe cleaners for arms stands front and center, belting out …
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There Is A Windows Version Of The Great Escape
Not sure how many people this will be news to at this point since it’s so old, but if I didn’t know there was a Windows version of The Great Escape until today, somebody else who might care probably didn’t either. The great Escape is an updated windows port of a classic accessible dos game, …
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5EGG
I’m not sure this gentleman solved any of his problems when he walked into the cell phone store and began hurling eggs and epithets, but I hope he feels a little better. Maybe Telus can let us know how he’s doing. On Saturday, employees at Quinsam Communications in Campbell River, Vancouver Island were left stunned …
So About Those iOS 14 Security Patches
Remember a few months ago when Apple announced that cool thing where you would be able to get important security updates for iOS 14 and not have to upgrade to iOS 15 before you were ready? Well, guess what. You’re ready, whether you’re ready or not. So far there’s no official word from Apple about …
Hey Google, What’s All Of The Weather Today?
March 29th, 2022 Update: Sometime in the last few days, Google appears to have fixed this. Asking for the weather will now give you expected conditions, the high, the low, the current temperature and windchill. Thank you, Google. That makes things much easier. Lately I’ve noticed a bug in the way that our Google Mini …
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