A great article that was recently brought to my attention is The Machine Speaks, and We Cry Out, published in The Washington Post. The point of the article is that customer service is being taken over by robots! Jules Verne would scoff, “What great science fiction!” Americans today would roll their eyes and respond, “I [...]
Archive for February, 2008
March of the Robots
Posted in Uncategorized on February 29, 2008 | 3 Comments »
The Ladybud
Posted in Uncategorized on February 27, 2008 | 4 Comments »
In one minute, how many different uses for pantyhose can you think of? Wearing hose over your head as you rob a bank does not count.
I’m curious to see what kind of response that gets.
What if every office meeting you attend starts out along those lines? After all, the meeting could begin with every person [...]
Let’s Talk About Lipreading
Posted in Uncategorized on February 25, 2008 | 5 Comments »
First used in 1874, lipreading is “the interpreting of speech by watching the speaker’s lip and facial movements without hearing the voice.” Thank you, Webster’s!
Despite the relatively recent date (in human history) that the term was first identified and placed in the dictionary, I imagine that lipreading has been done since the age of [...]
Perceptions and Humor
Posted in Uncategorized on February 21, 2008 | 2 Comments »
A Pepsi commercial called “Bob’s House” aired prior to the Super Bowl, and it was based on a deaf joke. The neat thing about the commercial is that it is entirely silent, and there are subtitles to explain what the main characters are saying. To sum it up, two guys are driving through a dark [...]
Life’s Funny
Posted in Uncategorized on February 21, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
For 25 years, my last name translated into German as “to hear.” Granted, the name wasn’t supposed to even be German; it was supposed to be Irish and descend from a word that meant the warrior-sounding “son of Odin.” Then take into account that there are three people (that I know of) who have had [...]
