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Next Generation Perkins Brailler Updates
Wow. Here’s another reason why I love blogging. the other day, I talked about the Next Generation Perkins Brailler, and wondered how some features worked. Well, I got a response! Thanks to Google Alerts, a lady who works for Perkins saw my post, and answered my questions! Isn’t the internet wonderful? Here’s what she said, …
Have You Heard About The Next Generation?
I heard about this on the weekend, and keep meaning to put it up. Apparently, there’s a New Perkins Brailler called the Next Generation Perkins Brailler being designed. It sounds pretty cool. I’m all for a quieter, lighter, more greenly-produced machine, But the one thing I can’t understand is how the easy erase button is …
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Hold the Phone! No, Hold Your Gun!
Here we go, making fun of texters. So, first rule is don’t walk your dog and text, second, don’t drink and drive and text, and finally, don’t send text messages while holding someone at gunpoint in a car. You have to set the gun down, and then your captive will get it while you’re distracted, …
The ZENN Spreads To Vancouver
Yee ha, now we can be silently killed by the ZENN in Vancouver too. I’m scared.
From The company Who Brought You The Escape, We Now Present The Kid Leash
Wow. This is the stupidest idea I’ve heard in a while. It’s right up there with making Alzheimer’s patients wear RFID tags. Now, Ford has come up with a special key for a parent’s teenager that can be programmed to limit the speed of the car. It will also limit the car stereo’s volume and …
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Stop This Song From Streaming Into My Head
Ug. I don’t even know why I’m posting this, except to make fun of the dude for being such a geek, and because the damn jingle has been in my head since I heard the thing. So maybe if I write it down, it will leave me alone. that, and I haven’t found anything else …
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Everything ZENN? I don’t Think So!
Here we go again. Now we have another vehicle on the road to worry about. It’s called the ZENN, and it’s hitting the streets of Quebec. What does ZENN stand for? Zero Emission, No Noise. I’m all for the ZE part. I’m not so cool with the NN part. Why did they have to start …
It’s Not Easy Being Green
As I said before, my old computer died. So, now I have the task of trying to get its parts recycled properly so they don’t just rot in a landfill spreading all kinds of toxins into the earth. You’d think that in a city that talks up and down about green this and green that …
I Can Read Your Mind…I Think
Great. Now the Homeland Security Department is trying to invent a machine that would allow them to remotely scan people’s bodies to detect malicious intent. They plan to put these suckers in at airports, and it can apparently detect the difference between the physiological response created by thoughts of “Oh my god I’m going to …