ATTONEMENT

To make up for yesterday's blogging fiasco, I will dip again into my files and try to find something of interest.

Eat your veggies, or ...

In 2013. Chuck Shepherd wrote about "The Clean Your Plate" app.  Using the app and connecting via location devices "One diner could offer to clean another's plate or have a stranger rush to his own table for scraps,"

I doubt that this app lasted very long.

Tattoo Expert

A New England Patriots fan had his calf tattooed with a congratulatory message for a "sure thing" win by his favorite team.  Alas! They lost.

He should have learned his lesson earlier when he had his chin tattooed with his girlfriend's name.  Alas!  She dumped him.

I can only imagine what his next loser's tattoo will be.

Which one are you?

Russian-British philosopher Sir Isaiah Berlin (1907 - 1997) wrote in an essay back in 1953:

"There is a line among the fragments of the Greek poet Archilochus which says: 'The fox knows many things, but the hedgehog knows one big thing.'"

The words indicate that the fox, with all its cunning, is defeated by the hedgehog's one defense (spines).  But Berlin relates it to humans, those who concentrate on one facet of life and those whose thoughts encompass a universe of ideas.  He also mentions authors such as:

Dante - hedgehog

Shakespeare - fox

Dostoevsky - hedgehog

Joyce - fox

Think about this distinction when you listen to radio commentators. 

Taxes again

French politician Jean Baptiste Colbert (1619 - 1683) wrote:  

"The art of taxation consists in so plucking the goose as to get the most feathers with the least hissing."

 

Google with your glasses

In 2012, Google Glass was released to the public.  The idea was good, allow someone to access internet apps by talking to your eyeglasses.

The product didn't sell, and Google Glass was "pulled" in 2019.  The software had bugs and the glasses looked clunky.

This product worked great when surgeons needed special information during an operation.

When Google Glass was discontinued, Microsoft introduced HoloLens, glasses that show holographic images related to Windows 10.

 Amazon sold a (kind of) similar product for a while. OculusRift, a virtual reality (VR) eyepiece sold for from $200 to $500.  I have a similar VR eyepiece that I paid a lot less for. But, you guessed it - I never was able to get it to work.

I'm sure we will see more of these types of products in the future.

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