“What if,” said some cheap asshole one morning, “we could find a way to line our pockets even more while not sacrificing our long established commitment to infuriating customers and screwing up orders? And what if, and this is the best part other than the lining our pockets part, we could do those things faster …
Category Archives: gadgets
And A One! And A Two! And A Ohmygod Watch Out For That Truck!
I may be wrong, but I’m going to go ahead and guess that the folks who decided that what the world could really use right now is a Karaoke machine for the car have never, at any point in any of their lives, spent a single moment trapped in an enclosed space with another human …
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Can You See Me, A Positioning Tool For Blind People Who Can’t Leave Their Meeting Video Off
If you’re like me, you rarely have to attend an online meeting. But if you’re like Carin and get called into 137 of them a day, then Can You See Me sounds like a nice alternative to leaving your video off for fear of being embarrassed because you have no idea what it’s shooting. Can …
The Be My Eyes Virtual Volunteer
I haven’t used Be My Eyes much in the last few years. Basically any time I would have, Carin’s been there with Aira to take care of whatever the problem was. But since I won’t have access to Carin or Aira for the next few weeks, it occurred to me that perhaps I should pop …
The Floppotron Grows, Goes To the Circus
It’s been a while since we’ve checked in on the Floppotron, and since last we left it, it’s gotten quite a bit bigger. It’s now up to version 3.0 and includes 512 floppy drives, 16 hard disks and 4 scanners. Ridiculous. Here it is playing Julius Fucík’s Entrance of the Gladiators, A.K.A. that clown song …
Testing 1 2 3 Does This Look Like Klingon?
So…This is me testing to see if I can manage to write blog posts from here while at puppy school. If this doesn’t look like pure garble, there is hope for me. My preparations are going well so far. My list is still long but it’s getting shorter. I think it’s possible that I can …
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A Post
Coming to you live from one of our nice lawn chairs that some dickhead pigeons have pecked the hell out of, it’s…a post about stuff! Yay! Right now you’re all sharing my first nice weather beer of 2023 with me. Thank you for being here. It means the world. And before you ask, no, I …
Scarily Good AI Generated Voices Are Basically Here Now
If you need to be creeped out and worried about the future today, here you are. Prime Voice AI The most realistic and versatile AI speech software, ever. Eleven brings the most compelling, rich and lifelike voices to creators and publishers seeking the ultimate tools for storytelling. Grow Your Audience by Expanding into Audio Generate …
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I Here That This Is A Vary Good Right Up
Voice dictation is a pretty amazing technological achievement. That it can take what we spew out of our mumbling mouths and turn much of it into accurate, readable text is really quite the thing. But it’s also a case of two things being true simultaneously, because let’s be honest, it kind of sucks shit. If …
Web Accessibility Global Usage Survey
If you’ve got 10 or so minutes to burn and feel like sharing your experiences with various aspects of web accessibility, then today is your day, my friend. Put simply, this survey aims to collect data and insights from users around the world about who they are, what tech they use, how they use it, …