This was supposed to be mainly news about our novelty/oddity websites, and the novelty industry in general,
but then I got way into novelty music and set up Restless Mouse Radio, so now there's links for that, plus I post the ocassional joke, and, well,
it winds up like most blogs... a hodgepodge of nonsense.
Fortunately there are topic tags so you can find relevant posts easily.
What use twitter
I'm still trying to figure why I need this "twitter.com" - If I saw a monkey walking down my street, I would probably use my cellphone to email a picture of it to the mrs. - I pay T-mobile $60+ a month just to ensure I am ready for such eventualities.
Twitter really shines when you're away from your computer.
By hooking up your mobile phone, you can receive updates from those you're following (or just some people) when you're waiting in boring lines. And you can send updates, like "OMG, there's a monkey walking down the street!"—which, lets face it, you're unlikely to see while you're indoors.
I want to get an MP3 player for my mom who is in her 80's... She has to be able to figure out the buttons, and they can't be horribly tiny like the Creative Labs MUVO I gave her a couple years ago. It will be streaming jazz, she likes all of stuff I plan to put on it, so searching for tracks won't be an issue.
Is the Ipod the only good options? I listen to music on my Palm Tungsten at work, and a lot of people call THAT an ipod because I am listening to music on it. I suspect their brand name is going the way of the "Band-Aid" if Apple doesn't nip that in the bud.
I hope whoever is trying to call us the last day or two doesn't hate us forever- It seems that the incoming calls just aren't getting through, I see some calls on the log but the phone number is cut off! And, no name of course.
Anyway, whoever you are, if you read this- please LEAVE A MESSAGE or send an email, so I can find out what it is that prompts you to try so hard to reach us.
ITS TOO BAD NO MORE TELEGRAMS STOP BUT ANYWAY IT WOULD BE LIKE A NICKEL A WORD STOP I WOULD GO BROKE STOP BECAUSE I NEVER STOP STOP TALKING STOP
I took Daphne to the BECU annex at the Albertson's so she could open a savings & "checking" account. I was going to have her get checks too but the teller (?) said that a lot of people don't get checks anymore, since you can use "online billpay" and BECU will send a check on your behalf, free of charge.
Upon perusing my checkbook, I see a few instances where that wouldn't work; checks mailed that require a detailed explanation or a copy of the original invoice, such as to The Jethro Gazette (for multiple subscriptions) and the Herald (Special price, although I am not going to renew my newspaper subscription because they pulled "One Big Happy" from the comics) Or written on behalf of someone else, as for Daphne's yearbook.
Other than that, I might have abandoned the checkbook entirely.
Some people are abandoning their land telephones in favor of those horrible annoying intrusive tiny-handset tiny-button cellphones, but I will give up my land phone when they pry the handset from my cold dead fingers.
It was bad enough when we all gave up the rotary dial. I kind of liked the whirrr-clickclickclick. It gave you time to look at the next digit, and think about what you were going to say. I think I will get one on ebay.
A woman switches on a tiny wireless chip that has been surgically implanted behind her ear, which then synchs up with the Web wherever she is in the world. The simple thought of logging on to the Internet triggers the system to turn on and connect to the Web. She could be on a bus or at the beach and from all outward appearances she's just staring off into space. But she sees a three dimensional artificial world before her that she can manipulate any way she chooses by mere thought alone.
YABUT... What's to stop her from using it while she drives a car? (Assuming we get to have cars in the future) - Another worry, what if they let GUYS use this technology? I'm not letting my daughter ride the bus with guys who have mental images of SEX in their heads all day. Oh crud- OK I'm not letting my daughter ride the bus.
What's to stop corporate spammers from using this connection to make you salivate every time you see their product?
And there surely would be a multi-tiered system where the rich people will get the nice systems with full access and fully imbedded, while us common folk will be walking around with Commodore 64's duct taped to our heads, only able to use clunky word processing software and play Zork adventure games. There would probably be some kids who download a ringtone that won't shut off, having a seizure at the bus stop.
Already demonstrated in the lab is the ability to cause a computer to react to thought alone. Duke University neuroscientist Miguel Nicolelis works in the field of BMI (brain-machine interface). In an experiment involving a monkey, a computer and a monitor, Nicolelis and his team successfully caused the monkey to communicate with and control a robotic arm through its brain's neural signals alone.
Can we trust lab scientists with this much power?
We know the military is already working on this; they suffered a minor setback due to the actions of Matthew Broderick and Helen Hunt, but you know they won't give up until we have a big war between the MACpeople, and the PCpeople. I figure the Unixpeople already have these interfaces but they are evolved beyond making war. OH CRUD I just had another thought- (hate it when that happens) If the scientists at the food companies get ahold of this, I shudder to think of what I will be eating. Excuse me- (HON Where are the Cheetos??)
(Story from an email via "Site Pro News" by Jason O'connor of OakWebWorks.com)
Comments, suggestions, ideas, complaints, rants, raves, snarks, musings, propositions, and other email missives are most welcome here. Here's a handy email link:
Stumble It!
Subscribe in a reader
