I figured I’d write a few Christmas-related thoughts. Holy crap, I’m actually getting my Christmas shopping in order. I just need to pick up a few things, and get a couple more ideas, and I’ll be done. Of course, a lot of this stuff has to come through the mail…so there’s still a lot of …
Category Archives: gadgets
I Think This Is The Template For Every Dumbshit Stands In Line To Buy Something Stupid Article Ever Written
New Device Desirable, Old Device Undesirable Able to remain operational for longer periods of time and occupy a demonstrably smaller three-dimensional space, the new device is so advanced when compared to the old device that it makes the old device appear much older than it actually is. However, the new device is reportedly not so …
We Represent The Singing Synth Guild.
Guess what! We’re back with more singing computers! Believe it or not, I have found more. Actually, I found the original repository that started this whole stroll down memory lane. It’s here, but the server is slooooow. So I put the poor server to work until I had all the ones I wanted. You can …
Crash Test Dectalk
Remember last night when I said I would stop talking about robot voices? Well…I can’t just yet. I found two more gems! Oh the internet is a gold mine I tell ya! First up is Dectalk singing Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm by the Crash Test Dummies. Whenever it gos into the chorus, I can’t stop …
That’s Saying Actual Words?
Ok, I need to stop obsessing about all this old speech stuff. Remember the Echo sample I put up? Well, it came from a whole file full of early synth samples. Some of these, I can’t even understand. And some are amazingly clear. But they must have been made to do what they did by …
Twinkle Twinkle Great Big Net
Remember in that pile of singing synths, when I mentioned the Braille ‘N’ Speak singing Twinkle Twinkle Little Star? Well, I found it! I used this device as my notetaker all through high school. It took me a couple of days of constant listening to even remotely comprehend this thing. Now it seems so easy …
Yoomi Yoomi Yoomi, It Puts Warm Milk In His Tummy
For those of you who like your eggs pre-cracked and your coffee cans self-heating, here comes something else for you. Why stumble around the kitchen trying to remember how to warm your baby’s milk when you can just press a button on the bottle, and it will heat itself? Seriously. The Yoomi, that’s its name, …
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The Hoople Mobility Aid: Anybody Ever Heard Of It?
I’m reading some documentation about wayfinding techniques for blinks and others with other disabilities, and in the definitions section, it mentions the Hoople Mobility Aid. It’s supposed to be an alternative to the cane, and amazingly, it’s not full of electronics. It sounds kinda cool! Is there any reason it didn’t take off? Or did …
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It’s A Bone Phone
A man was just hangin’ out in a grocery store parking lot. He asked a woman if she wanted to see something. Before she could say yes or no, he showed her pictures of a dude’s junk that he had on his cellphone. She went to police. They found pictures of at least three different …
Behold Our Singing Screenreader Collection!
I finally cleaned up all the broken links, and added some more! Come check it out! I don’t know how I got thinking about this, but this old post floated through my head, and I realized that the site it links to has died and since been bought up by some nondescript software and domain-selling’ …
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