And Apple would like to upgrade you to the iPellet-Xfinity for just $429.
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August 6, 2017
Phubbing
July 11, 2017
Why I’ve never “liked” a damned thing
Seriously, folks, an ubernerd friend introduced me to an app that tracks cookies and other naughty little intrusions into each page of my online experience and it found Facebook following me around like a gahdammed rabid puppy. I’ve never opened a Facebook account, I’ve never viewed a Facebook page, I’ve never clicked a freakin’ thing with “Facebook” in the address. It’s like having all the thrill and terror of a stalker without the romantic cred.
PS: I hear Pinterest is just as bad.
July 8, 2017
Trump supporters thought the Declaration of Independence was spam
NPR patriotically tweeted the Declaration of Independence on the Fourth of July. Trump supporters didn’t recognize it and thought someone was fomenting revolution.
(sigh) I hear Canada is nice.
June 22, 2017
Tinder in a pneumatic tube
People used to flirt across 1920s and -30s Berlin nightclubs by sending little notes through pneumatic tubes to numbered tables. How did they send a dick pic, by wrapping a cocktail weenie in a bar napkin?
April 24, 2016
Coming Soon to a . . .
. . . street near you
it’s only a matter of time folks, but what a sad reflection on modern life that such a health & safety measure – installing traffic lights on the pavement – is deemed necessary because so many of us are so addicted to our smartphones and social media that traffic lights at normal height are not in our line of vision
full story (in english) here – http://tinyurl.com/ztcn2sd
February 19, 2016
Stephen Fry – What a Twit !
First a disclaimer disclosure – I am not on Twitter
I do have a facebook account – but I rarely visit it, except as a reference guide as to which family members have birthdays/anniverseries coming up that I ought to know about and will be expected to cough up some cash for
my disinterest in social media websites like facebook and twitter I readily acknowledge makes me something of an . . .
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