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 …
Category Archives: gadgets
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?
I Can’t Think Of A Roomba-Spinoff For The Title, So I Won’t Try.
Jen sent me something fucking hillarious. It’s a little weird, but I thought someone else might get a kick out of it, especially if that someone owns a cat. In case anyone wonders what the hell a Roomba is, it’s a vacuum that moves all on its own and goes around and under the objects …
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