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We at Vomit Comet World HQ would like to take this moment to note the death of a man who is a hero to millions, possibly more. that man is Eugene Polley, inventor of the television remote control. He recently passed away of natural causes at the age of 96. In 1955, if you wanted …
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You would likely never have guessed it, but I have been known to make a prank call or two in my day. Shocking, I know. So when I ran acrossthis piece about the earliest varifyable telephone prank, I knew I had to post it. this place is, after all, still all about us and the …
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The audio machine keeps on rollin’. This morning we got to do something I’ve been meaning to do for a while. I got to show you our talking scale…which sounds like my mom! It’s kinda creepy hearing a voice that sounds like your mom telling you your weight. It’s a quick one, only 10 minutes, …
Thank Monty Python for the title. Well! Aren’t we the audio crankin’ machines? We decided this one would have a different twist on it. We decided to take you, the loyal vomiteers, on a walk with us. We’d never done this before…and it kinda showed in the audio quality. Most of it is pretty listenable, …
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Um…uh…er…Wholly freakin crap! What text message could possibly be more important than safely landing a 220 seat airbus, Mr. Pilot? The problems aboard JQ57 began when the co-pilot, the first officer, switched off the autopilot on the 220-seat Airbus A320 to make preparations to land. Somewhere between 2500 feet and 2000 feet, the captain’s mobile …
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A lot of the world’s most famous and best loved music was made by drunk people, but I’m not sure the creations that will result from Guitar Pee will quite stack up to the timeless music of generations. Guitar Pee is exactly what you think it sounds like. It’s an interactive urinal that allows you …
If you’re a screenreader user running Windows and you don’t know what NVDA is, you really should learn all about it. This goes double if you’re stuck running an older version of JAWS, need to do something that requires technology newer than what you have and you don’t want to pay a gazillion freakin dollars …
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Considering that my afternoon yesterday was highlighted by a distracted guy roaring out of a bank, ploughing into me, kicking me in the bad ankle and bending the hell out of my white cane as he fell on his face, it’s kind of funny that the first thing I see when I start looking for …
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This is a little weird and creepy in a the machines are taking over sort of way, but it also looks kind of neat. Microsoft, Whole Foods and a company called Chaotic Moon are teaming up to build a robot shopping cart. It follows you around the store, helps you keep track of the items …
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One of the biggest problems with using digital cable or satellite TV when you’re blind is that you can’t use any of the really cool features. Yeah you’ve got a gazillion stations, but if you can’t use the guide to figure out what’s on them or even where they are, it adds a degree of …
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