Clippit asking if the user needs help (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Agreed. I think insofar as a computer AI can watch and see what we’re doing and step in and prompt us with some questions, THAT will be the killer app. It won’t be Clippy the assistant from MS Word, but a friendly prompt saying, “I…

Originally posted on Spreadys.blog: After another long phone call, I decided to repeat a test previously conducted 3 years ago. The conversation surrounded a small experiment on transcoders and players. It highlighted an issue in that any documented process must include what software was used, the settings and then a comparison of the results. It…

That’s right, the fault dear reader is not in our stars but in ourselves. We have slow internets speeds, ‘Cuz Business. That’s the briefest synopsis yet that I’ve written. Whether it’s carriers allow each others traffic to run across their networks or peering arrangements or whatever, each business is trying to mess with the other…

I’m always fascinated by these one-off, one of a kind clustered systems like this Raspberry Pi rig. Kudos for doing the assembly and getting it all running. As the comments mention it may not be practical in terms of price. But still it’s pretty cool for what it is.

Hats off and kudos to Consumer Reports for getting on this story as soon as they could. Measurement trumps anecdotes any and all days of the week. Here now some data and measurements regarding the bendy iPhone 6 and 6 Plus.