I’m not exactly old, but I’m old enough to remember the Jetsons. Though we still don’t have in-house conveyer belts and all-in-one wake-up machines, the Mypressi Twist adds a little bit of Jetsons magic to the world’s most consumed breakfast beverage. Espresso preparation doesn’t lend itself to simplicity. Sure there are “espresso” or, god forbid, [...]
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Technological Illiteracy
Illiteracy is a problem. It prevents social and economic mobility and makes many aspects of life more difficult for many individuals. Illiteracy, at a shocking 15% (CBC, 2006) also has a profound impact on our country’s economic and social well-being. Every province in Canada has its own version of the Federal Literacy and Learning Network [...]
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A disaster looms on the internet horizon…
Google just pulled the Grooveshark app from the Android marketplace due to intense copyright scrutiny. Grooveshark, as I’ve written about before is a phenomenal cloud-based music-sharing application. According to Ars Technica and other news sources, Google has officially removed Grooveshark from their mobile Android application market. This is suspected to be caused in part by [...]
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Musicophilia
It all started when my old trusty headphones snapped in half; now, I’ve got music on the brain. I like gadgets. Probably too much. So, when my five year old supra-aural Sony headphones went kaputt, it was a great excuse to get some new tech. Diving into my usual routine of obsessive tech research, I [...]
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