Siri – Then and Now
Siri is the new Apple personal assistant, voice recognition app. It can do so many things, and apparently one of them is comedy! Part of the challenge of designing software that reacts to people in real language is dealing with unexpected input. This isn’t a new…
Buckyballs goes Cube.
When I found Buckyballs, a bunch of pebble sized balls made from rare earth magnets, it wasn’t long before I had to get it. And when I did, I had nothing but fun for weeks. And I still have fun to this day. Recently, the company who sells Buckyballs have brought…
Fall cleaning at Google
… Google is officially ending a couple of their programs. Some of them today, others a bit further down the roadmap. Today for instance is the last time you can go into Google Labs! They announced that it would be closing down a while ago, and…
Zombie Candy Corn
Meet Out Out Damned Corn (Patient 0) and Return of Yellow #5 (Patient 1). Candy Monsters… tell your friends. In fact warn your friends. Artist Andrew Bell has seen the light and in the creation of his project The Creatures in My Head. And he has set out to…
CaffiNation 505: Not a Dinghy
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Tonight’s show is a pleasant mix of fun tech and wonderful caffeinated stories. We have Coffee in film, a hilariously SFW view of the adult industry and Sony… well being sony. Netflix, Nintendo and a Baby link also show up
Blackboards in Porn
Who says the internet can’t teach you things. The Adult industry has long since used the taboo subject of Student / Teacher flings as fodder for a genre of its films. But this site, in response to those films is hilarious. Blackboards in Porn is an academic…
Barcade Philly!
You know… I was just thinking how much I would love to be able to play retro video games (1980’s Style), and enjoy the fine atmosphere of a night out with my friends all at the same time. I’ve talk about the Barcade in Brooklyn, mostly in hushed…
Netflix says “Forget what I said.”
About a month ago, I released a story about how Netflix was making big changes. This news did not sit well with just about every subscriber of Netflix. Comments came pouring in about splitting the company into 2 different services. The overall feeling was that it was…
Google TV plus Ubuntu
I have a wonderful little setup at home, a Ubuntu Media Server running Boxee in the basement, makes the experience watching tv a wonderful thing. Views all my movies, TV online and a ton of fun other little features. But one thing was missing. My Google TV was cut…
Grateful Dead Wine
The band The Grateful Dead is a great many things, musical pioneers, community trailblazers. But up until now they haven’t been wine. And now they are. joining the Wines that Rock collections along with the likes of the Rolling Stones, and Pink Floyd….
