Just As I Thought

Is it just me, or is IBM’s Jeo…

April 27, 2009

Is it just me, or is IBM’s Jeopardy!-playing Watson computer the decades-late personification of Emirac from “Desk Set?”

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Far back, in the mists of ancient time, there existed a technology for sharing one’s thoughts, musings, memes, and other nonsense. You may have heard of it, if you’re over 40. The web log, or blog. The  [more...]

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Fun Stuff

The first step is admitting you have a problem

I admit that I am powerless over gadgets. I know, I know. But look at it — compared to the phone that was state-of-the-art just 8 months ago (right), the new one (left) just oozes “cutting edge.” How  [more...]

November 27, 2004
The War with the Customer

The customer as criminal, part 2

The Boycott Gillette site claims that the razor company is not only embedding RFID chips in its products, but is actually taking photographs of customers when they pick up a package. One reason for this is evidently to  [more...]

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