This morning, a bot on Twitter told me to take a deep breath, get up, and walk around a bit. The bot had, in fact, already told me once that it was time to get up, but I had ignored it in favor of a few more minutes of sleepy-eyed scrolling. This time, though, I apologized aloud–“sorry, […]
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Birding With Technology
One of the interesting bits about moving a significant distance is that all the wildlife changes. For example, while I like rabbits, I’m not exactly mourning the loss of them and their destruction of the vegetable garden. (Don’t worry; the voles and ground squirrels are picking up the slack.) The most dramatic has been the […]
All the Best Mad Scientists Self-Experiment
Nothing like experimenting on oneself! Maybe I’ll develop superpowers! I am so amazed that this actually worked. It took, like, fifteen attempts to get a decent recording. I crop A LOT of little noises when I do audio normally aaand that wasn’t really an option. Still, I’m damn pleased with what I got.
History Preserved By Us All
Oh my gosh, I’m still not over how cool this is. The University of Iowa Libraries has tons of primary source materials in need of transcription–everything from letters and diaries to recipes from cookbooks. And they’ve set up a project that allows the public to help. DIY History The DIY History project allows anyone to […]
Processing Power: Improving Our AI Friends
Popular Science just ran an article about the next generation of virtual assistants, such as Siri and Cortana. The idea is that, going forward, virtual assistants might become more useful if they exchange portability for power. Instead of living in our smart phones and tablets, they could live in desktop computers. What does this mean […]