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Science and Technology: So you want to automate some stuff…
Automation systems are all the rage in certain tech circles these days, and rightly so. Being able to save money by adjusting your thermostat from work via your smartphone or being able to shut off a light you forgot about from the cafe are great ideas. The problem is that most of the mass market […] Continue reading
Science and Technology: A first look at Kindle Unlimited
I recently took the bait and started the 30-day trial of Amazon’s Kindle Unlimited. I can sum up my initial opinion in one word: disappointed. The specs for the service look impressive at first blush: 600,000 ebook titles available for $10 a month on any Kindle enabled device you use. The problem is that 595,000 […] Continue reading
Posted in Internet, Science and Technology
Tagged Amazon, disappointments, Kindle, Kindle Unlimited, technology
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Science and Technology: ICANN what?!?
There has been a lot of chatter in recent days since the Obama administration announced it plans to transition the control of ICANN away from US control, and most of it has been highly predictable. I’m not sure I believe that the US stewardship of control over the web has been good enough to lament […] Continue reading
Science and Technology: Why’d you have to go an make things so complicated?
It turns out that I am in the market to buy a second PC for our household and businesses. We’ve tried for just about a year to function with one PC and various mobile devices, and we’ve found that there’s just enough overlap between our need to use the PC that sometimes it gets annoying. […] Continue reading
Science and Technology: It’s impossible, eh?
So, Amazon engaged in an amazing bit of free advertising Sunday night when it announced its research initiative, Prime Air, on 60 Minutes. From the moment the piece aired, sectors of the internet have been abuzz with the news. But what has amused me the most has been the response of the technology media, led […] Continue reading
Posted in Robotics, Science and Technology, Smartphones
Tagged Amazon, ideas, Prime Air, Progress, research, technology, technology Luddites
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