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Ludovician: December 2009

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Friday, December 11, 2009. Dragon: Just Say the Words. The new Dragon Dictation app for the iPhone is incredibly impressive. It even understands my strange foreign accent. You want proof? Well here it is. This post was dictated. Within a single mistake. Okay, without a lot of mistakes. But for a free application it really doesn't get any better than this. Download it now (before you have to pay for it). Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Learn more about its author here. Dragon: Just Say the Words.

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Ludovician: June 2008

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Monday, June 23, 2008. Philip Glass vs. The Muppets. I love the random celebrities who show up on Sesame Street, but I never thought Philip Glass would have been among them. Theres something quite scary about the videos though. Its like some kind of nightmarish tyranny of geometry. Posted by Mr Ludovician. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). A blog about news, technology, politics, satire, culture, fiction, stationery, and sharks. Learn more about its author here. Philip Glass vs. The Muppets.

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Ludovician: November 2008

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Tuesday, November 18, 2008. Netbook vs Smartphone Smackdown. One thing the internet isn't short of is "product review" websites. Unfortunately, the vast majority of these are really just ads for retailers, while the rest are generally vapid and ill-informed. Even those offered by seemingly reputable sources, such as big-name newspapers or magazines, are often just regurgitated press releases. Then I read this excellent article on The Register. Comparing netbooks and smartphones. Tuesday, November 11, 2008.

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Ludovician: April 2009

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Thursday, April 2, 2009. Or words to that effect. You've totally outlived James Dean .". But then I saw this: Dead At Your Age. Even though I've now lived longer than Jesus, I still haven't quite completed that world-changing religion project I've been talking about. Dead at your age. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). A blog about news, technology, politics, satire, culture, fiction, stationery, and sharks. Learn more about its author here.

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Ludovician: May 2009

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Wednesday, May 6, 2009. Stationery Porn 2: Black n' Red Notebooks. Well, them not being Moleskines for a start. Regardless of their rather ridiculously high price, I discovered that I don't much care for them. The paper is too shiny and doesn't seem to absorb ink very well (an important factor when you're trying to write in a smudge-prone hurry). Plus, they make you look, well, a bit pretentious. So now I'm going steady with the Black n' Red. Notepads pictured above instead: hardback, casebound, A5, ruled.

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Ludovician: September 2009

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Tuesday, September 29, 2009. The Best iPhone App Review Site, Reviewed. In contrast, First and 20. Takes a simple idea and executes it beautifully: it has asked a growing collection of "designers, developers and tech writers" to provide a pic of their iPhone home screens and to write a little about some of the apps they use most. The website's simple design also takes many cues from the iPhone's user interface. But most of all, it answers the first question if want to ask anyone. Labels: 1st and 20.

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Ludovician: August 2009

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Monday, August 31, 2009. Euphemism Watch: Working for Free. Indeed, I heartily recommend this sleazy exercise in euphemism-spotting to others. Rubbernecking through these lonely missives from a dying industry can be a darkly amusing experience, especially if you're the kind of person who greets news of any major disaster by packing a picnic and loading the kids into the car, or if you enjoy seeing the English language being abused to within an inch of reality. Friday, August 14, 2009. United states posta...

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Ludovician: A Systematic Classification of Office Chairs

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Wednesday, July 7, 2010. A Systematic Classification of Office Chairs. During a recent fruitless search for a replacement near-desk seating solution, I made an important discovery: there are only three basic designs of office chair currently available in the industrialized world. 3 Faux-leather executive ugly. Furthermore, my research has revealed that any outlier chair not conforming to this sophisticated classification system is either uncomfortable beyond any reasonable measure or moronically expensive.

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Ludovician: December 2008

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Friday, December 12, 2008. Poor Little Rich Kids. The New York Times. Has always had a reputation for viewing the world through some very expensively tinted spectacles. Even in happier economic times it seemed to have a curious perspective on what constituted financial hardship, like in this article about Silicon Valley millionaires. Who don't feel rich enough because their neighbours own even bigger houses or drive better Ferraris. Breaks your heart, doesn't it? Thursday, December 4, 2008. The first is ...

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Ludovician: Scoop! Local Reporting Not Dead After All

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Tuesday, February 2, 2010. Local Reporting Not Dead After All. Living on one of San Francisco's more vertically inclined streets, I don't get many unexpected visitors. Even the most dedicated charity workers and zealous religious evangelists rarely climb the steep hill and stairs leading to my door. So I was doubly surprised - and impressed - when a pair of Mission Local. Reporters turned up last night making inquiries about an attempted burglary near our house. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom).