Using speech recognition software is akin to witches who stare into their cauldrons uttering magical incantations. It's a bizarre method of making stuff happen on a screen, its uses range from pointless time-wasting to providing less able bodied people life changing results. I get the impression that speech recognition software is aimed at a percentage …
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BT – Beyond a Joke!
BT Customer Service is beyond a joke, from unsympathetic customer service advisors to their low quality broadband and on-demand TV service. I'm not a moaner by nature and I don't whine and complain for the sake of it. I think the British have this stigma where complaining is seen as a taboo subject - don't …
Avatar – Can’t you just enjoy it?
I watched the trailers, loved them in fact, and devoured the screenshots with hungry eyes. I was hooked on Avatar before I had seen it. The 3D thing didn't matter to me, the storyline, settings and fresh new epicness were what I wanted to see. With drink and popcorn in hand, prime seats grabbed, I …
My Samsung N110 & Me!
Last year I bought a brand new desktop PC. Fast, powerful, with smooth sexy dark case. It was the shizzle! I don't actually use it very much. Ever since I gave up smoking in April 09 I've had trouble feeling comfortable sat at the same desk with my new PC. I was too restless to …
Whatever happened to VR?
Sometime during the 90's (or thereabouts) there was a lot of discussion about Virtual Reality (VR). It was heralded as the next big thing for games, science, communication, space exploration, engineering, medicine, and so on. The uses were limitless, so we were told. I watched Tomorrows World on BBC1. The presenter wedged his nut inside a VR …
Dave Farmer 