I’ve found a new place to buy things. What kind of things? Braille things. Talking things. All kinds of neat things. They’re cheap. They have neat descriptions of their things. Some of them even have instruction sheets you can read. I just bought a talking pedometer, and you can listen to its voice. It only …
Category Archives: gadgets
RG: Really Great If It Works
After reading this story about the testing of an RFID Tag-reading robot designed to help blind shoppers around the store, I am a pendulum swinging from “cool idea!” to “oh shit we’re in trouble.” Come swing with me a while. Weee! We’re up in the “cool idea!” area. That would be sweet to walk into …
Bad Poetry
I said I would find this old poem. It appears I have. Probably no one will find this funny except Steve and me. Oh well. I was on that user’s list of folks who used the ELba, and one of them got all mushy gushy about his ELba. I believe he was from Germany or …
Jibber Jabber, Chit Chat, and Tech Talk
I don’t know what’s up with me right now, but I’m full of this unfocused, nervous energy. I’m about as distracted as Trixie after she just saw a pup she likes. I thought maybe, just maybe, I could write a post and get that energy out. So here’s some randomness…ooo! A squirrel! I find the …
I’m Looking Simply USBeautiful Today
The combination USB card reader and compact mirror, another one of those things I’m not sure how the world has done with out for so long.
>More Blinky Gadgets From The Past
>After my big tyrade about the slate and stylus, I got thinking about some other fun devices that were designed with the best of intentions, but in practice, they didn’t work too well. don’t get me wrong, there are a zillion devices out there that made things easier, but a few devices…well, they just weren’t …
Yup, I guess I’m A Horrible Blind Person
A couple of stories I heard recently made me so thankful that I live in the generation I do, even though I complain about the stupidness and all that. If I was older, oh my. I don’t think I would have survived as a blind person. If I did, I would have been miserable. The …
The 30 Dumbest Videogame Titles Ever
I don’t play a lot of videogames, but I do know funny when I see it, and this is pretty funny. Spanky’s QuestSuper Nintendo – 1991 Premise: Spanky is a monkey with balls. Throwing these balls is his way of attacking enemies, and at the end of each level there’s a boss. All very traditional, …
Will You…SB Marry Me?
Um…uh…ur…USB wedding rings? Yeah…sure…ok then.
Make Something Idiot Proof And The World Will Make A Better Idiot
Japanese scientists have invented smart glasses that they say can help you find things you’ve lost by playing back recordings made by a built-in camera of the last time you were with the object you’re looking for. This is a pretty neat idea, but what are you supposed to do if you lose your glasses?