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Jed’s other festival

July 15, 2017by Dan Dickinson Leave a comment

We spent our Thursday and Friday evenings attending parts of the Vector Festival here in Toronto: Vector Festival is a participatory and community-oriented initiative dedicated to showcasing digital games and […]

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Art, Food / drink, Technology, Toronto
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How I eat now

August 27, 2016by Dan Dickinson Leave a comment

It occurred to me today how differently I order food now. I used to call a number, have an awkward conversation with someone about how I would like to customize […]

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Food / drink, Me, Technology

Hello, new phone

December 23, 2014by Dan Dickinson 1 Comment

Three years ago I bought my first (!) real smartphone after living with Blackberries for a long time. I loved my Galaxy Nexus and it served me well for a […]

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Me, Technology
Cover photo by Elliot Brown, used under Creative Commons license

“Be quiet Eugene, nobody’s listening to you.”

June 8, 2014by Dan Dickinson Leave a comment

Welp, it seems like the Turing test might have finally been passed. A supercomputer running a program simulating a 13-year-old boy named Eugene has passed the Turing Test at an […]

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News, Technology
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Seriously

March 15, 2013by Dan Dickinson Leave a comment

C’mon, man. I subscribe to, like, 400+ news feeds. Gimme a break. .:. Image from gdesigneralex, used under Creative Commons.

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Technology

The new hotness

January 12, 2013by Dan Dickinson Leave a comment

One of these bad boys is supposed to arrive at our home any minute now. I’m kind of excited.

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Technology, TV
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On buggy whips, rogues, and stoned cabbies

September 23, 2012by Dan Dickinson 2 Comments

Anyone following my Twitter feed or spending a moderate amount of time with me lately would have seen my rant about Uber. I was intrigued by the idea because of […]

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Economics, Technology, Toronto

I love my new phone whatever

January 9, 2012by Dan Dickinson 1 Comment

About a month ago I got a new phone. But not really. I’d held off on getting a personal smartphone for a long time, relying mostly on my work Blackberry […]

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Me, Technology

In absentia

March 16, 2011by Dan Dickinson Leave a comment

My blog host had a little hiccup on Sunday, which means two things: Accented characters are displaying strangely right now. Not sure why just yet. Character code set something or […]

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Blogging, Me, Technology

Large single-book-bound collection of stamps, anyone?

February 5, 2011by Dan Dickinson 2 Comments

A few weeks ago my wife was watching an episode of Community and one of the characters said something that kind of made me feel old, but mostly made me […]

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Me, Music, Technology, TV

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