Of all the sites on the internet, this is one.
I bet I can guess the next person tofall down a manholeorjog melon first into a treebefore the story hits the news. Without a doubt it has to bethis woman.So concerned was she with letting people know her every move on Twitter and lamenting the loss of her trackball that she completely missed the bank …
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Not sure how to feel aboutthis one.The manhole definitely shouldn’t have been left uncovered and unattended, but had Alexa Longueira spent less time fucking about sending text messages and more time watching where she was going, she probably wouldn’t have fallen into it. Yes, there’s a lawsuit on the way, who still asks dumb questions …
This is a big step in the right direction, and hopefully whatever is decided will be adopted worldwide. My only issue is with the sound coming out of these things being anything other than engine noise. Musical ringtone type noises? No thanks, too distracting. Ringtones are everywhere, and I know there’s going to come a …
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The other day, Steve asked me about something I had never noticed. He said, in old clips about robots, why are they pronounced like ro-bits?” I had never heard them talked about like that, so he told me about an ad for something called “Big Loo” that was some silly toy that was supposed to …
Back a while ago, I mentioned a contest where you could win a Blackberry, complete with screen-reader. Since we didn’t right a post where we were bouncing off the walls screaming that we won, you can correctly guess we didn’t. But we found out who did. Congrats, you four lucky people you. Do any of …
Whenever I would go home to dialupville, I always drooled at my brother’s Blackberry. While I’m fighting with a computer that’s half dead and using dialup, he’s sitting there click clickedy clicking his way onto google with no trouble. I would drool and drool, but I knew that Blackberries werent’ accessible. That isn’t true anymore, …
This is good news! The CRTC has made a ruling that, among other things, blind and deaf folks whill have better access to accessible cell phones and text messaging, and there will be better captioning and description on TV. I think the coolest thing I saw in there was that every wireless provider has to …
Ooo! Driving the Blind Driver Challenge Vehicle sounds like fun! Can I do it? Can I can I can I? Please? I personally would have to take a hell of a lot of training to feel confident out on the road, but this sounds like a cool idea. I’d at least enjoy driving it around …
I figure while I’m ranting, I might as well get both of my small complaints out of the way first. Steve finally got himself a new cell phone, the same one I got a couple years ago, and while I’m largely happy with how smooth it was for him to get his hands on the …
Holy crap! Remember when I mentioned that the iPhone was going to come up talking? Well, now the internet is exploding with blinky iPhone related resources. Check this out. Want some chapters of the manual in other formats? There’s a blog for that. Want to read a review of the phone? He has a page …