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The squeaky wheel gets the grease
Mom’s new phone system is VOIP via Comcast / Xfinity. But from the time it was hooked up, despite the fact that she doesn’t have Comcast Voice Messaging on her account (answering machine!), her phone...
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Ominous
Not sure a Blue Screen of Death is how I want to be sent off at the airport. View on Google+ The post Ominous appeared first on ***Dave Does the Blog.
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Google Maps is experimenting with natural directions
Like, “Turn right at the Burger King.” Which sounds like a cool idea, and probably is in 99% of the cases. I can see wanting to limit the types of companies used as land marks (Burger King is obvious;...
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The Quest to Stop Paper Jams
Copiers (and printers) are astonishingly complex things, but remain prone to jams because paper kind of sucks as a material. Nifty article here on how the problem of paper jams continues to be studied...
View ArticleAlexander Graham Bell Speaks!
Scientists are finding ways to extract the sound from 19th Century experimental recording media without actually physically playing (and thus destroying) them. Nifty! View on Google+ The post Alexander...
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The Augmented Reality Future for Google Maps
Ooooh. Do want. Google Maps unveils its first-ever augmented reality interface No release window announced, but this is definitely Google Maps’ future. View on Google+ The post The Augmented Reality...
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I am both elated and terrified by Google Assistant’s Duplex feature
The computer will call businesses for me to make appointments, discover hours, etc.? As someone who really dislikes using the phone with strangers, this sounds heavenly. Also deeply creepy. Google...
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Some interesting changes are coming with Android P
The new Android operating system — currently in open Beta, but coming soon — makes some interesting user interface changes, as well as more use of AI to try to be more helpful in how individuals...
View ArticleWind Chimes
pic.twitter.com/IJtTABz6H5 — futuristbot (@futuristbot) May 9, 2018 RT @futuristbot: https://t.co/IJtTABz6H5 The post Wind Chimes appeared first on ***Dave Does the Blog.
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On That Box (or two) of Cables in the Basement
If I’m significantly older than 35 am I allowed to have more than one box? Originally shared by +Mitch Wagner: View on Google+ The post On That Box (or two) of Cables in the Basement appeared first on...
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User Interface Needs Work
This is the ground floor panel setup for the elevator for the parking structure by our nearby movie theater. It always takes me at least five seconds to figure out which flipping button to press to...
View Article“5G” should mean something
I don't use Sprint, but I applaud their pushing back against deceptive and sloppy "standards" labeling. #5g #carrierssuck #att https://t.co/7xZmvOOcwe — Dave Hill (@Three_Star_Dave) February 8, 2019 I...
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Where do they get those wonderful toys?
Cool article about an e-waste recycling firm in Brooklyn that culls out classic tech items for use as props in TV shows and movies. In addition to passing older electronics on to new users, the Lower...
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Nuclear powered military bases? What could go wrong?
The US Army sometimes finds itself with bases that don’t have easy or reliable access to an electrical infrastructure. The alternative is diesel generators and the like, but those require an expensive...
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Finally, a job we can all agree we’d rather have done by a robot
People often express a lot of concern about how robots are taking human jobs. Here’s a job I think pretty much any human worker would be willing to hand over to the machines: disassembling and...
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Bach again, after all these years
Today’s Google Doodle (in some areas of the world) is celebrating the birthday of Johann Sebastian Bach, the greatest European Baroque composer. You even can even create your own little Bach-esque tune...
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NASA’s space suit problem
NASA had a bit of egg on its face recently when it had to cancel a two-woman space walk because, well, they only had one space suit in their mutual size. But the reality is actually more complex — and...
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Continued concerns about the F-35 and cyber-security
The F-35’s promise — to be the single be-all and end-all of every combat mission that any service (of any nation) might want to fly — has always been terribly seductive, as has throwing every high-tech...
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Im-mobilized
So every year or so I see an eyerolling article on “I lived for a week without Google” or “I got rid of my Gameboy” or “I turned off my mobile phone and here’s how my life changed.” Having been without...
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The Bestest Toaster Ever
When I was growing up, I was jealous of the toasters other people had. Because when the toast was done, they went SPROING and flew the toast up practically into the air. Or actually into the air, if...
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