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Tag Archives: GPS
Thursday Doors – Wendy’s Doors
In the comments of the post where I featured the doors of the Captain Benjamin Allyn house, Wendy mentioned that her great-great-great…great grandfather lived in Braintree, Massachusetts back in the 1600s. I told her that, if I ever had the … Continue reading
Posted in Friends, History, Photography, Thursday Doors
Tagged Boston, Braintree, General Sylvanus Thayer, GPS, Historic Houses, history, New England, Thayer birthplace, Thursday Doors
68 Comments
Waiting for Better Accuracy
The title isn’t my work. I copied that from Greta, my Garmin GPS. You may remember Greta from such previous posts as “Yo Greta” and “Directions.” The other day, as I was leaving my office for a short but somewhat … Continue reading
Posted in Humor, Rant, Travel
Tagged air travel, airlines, customer service, GPS, speed limits, surveys, travel
48 Comments
Yo Greta
Before leaving on our road trip to Pittsburgh, I had to buy a new GPS. I’ve had a GPS since they just barely became affordable, so this is the third incarnation of Greta. I named her Greta after Greta Garbo. … Continue reading
Posted in Humor, Technology, Travel
Tagged Garmin, GPS, Greta Garbo, Picard, Star Trek, Star Wars, Technology, traffic, X-Wing, Yoda
40 Comments
It’s not my fault
Since I’ve spent my entire career plying the waters of computers and related technology, I get tagged with all of its failures. When my wife points to the pile of paper she has to shred because “your technology” helps one … Continue reading
Posted in Perspective, Technology
Tagged eBooks, GPS, iPad, itkindofgotawayfromyou, Jimmy Carter, LA School District, Libraries, Mars Climate Orbiter, Metric System, Technology, time
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When Do I Get Watson?
Since I’ve always been a geek, I got excited a couple of years ago when IBM’s Watson beat the two best human Jeopardy players on the planet. Of course, when I watched the “behind the scenes” show, I realized that … Continue reading
Posted in Humor, Rant, Technology, User Experience
Tagged Apple, Concatenate, GPS, Jeapardy, Oracle, Pirates, Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh Zoo, programming errors, Siri, Technology, Twilight Zone, Watson
6 Comments
Directions
Of all the things that technology has all but removed from our lives, the giving and receiving of directions is the one I have the most trouble getting used to. I’m good with not needing to write letters, look numbers … Continue reading
