Jed’s other festival
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 […]
Category Archives: Technology
How I eat now
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 […]
Hello, new phone
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 […]
“Be quiet Eugene, nobody’s listening to you.”
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 […]
Seriously
C’mon, man. I subscribe to, like, 400+ news feeds. Gimme a break. .:. Image from gdesigneralex, used under Creative Commons.
The new hotness
One of these bad boys is supposed to arrive at our home any minute now. I’m kind of excited.
On buggy whips, rogues, and stoned cabbies
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 […]
I love my new phone whatever
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 […]
In absentia
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 […]
Large single-book-bound collection of stamps, anyone?
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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