• Reviews, Technology

    Posted on July 25th, 2010

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    Dragon Dictation for iPad – Impressions

    I’m testing the Dragon dictation speech recognition software on Sunday, 25 July 2010 at 1.00 p.m. in the afternoon on my iPad. The first results appear to be completely successful. I had decided to approach this as a testing and software analysis exercise, but already I’m so completely amazed at the accuracy of the software [...]

  • Technology

    Posted on February 11th, 2009

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    A Year in WoW

    A Year in WoW

    I‘ve spent an amazing amount of time immersed in World of Warcraft (WoW) in the last year. Countless, frightening numbers of hours in fact. Like many who fall under its wildly complex and fantastical spell, I’ve burned my way through entire weeks of my life logging into Azeroth. On this journey I’ve been accompanied (and [...]

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    Posted on January 25th, 2009

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    Flight of the Conchords

    Flight of the Conchords

    I recently discovered New Zealand’s “fourth most popular, guitar-based digi-bongo acapella-rap-funk-comedy folk duo” the wonderfully named, “Flight of the Conchords.” Comprised of Bret McKenzie and Jemaine Clement, “The Conchords” are currently staring in a second season of their show (named after the band) and airing Sunday evenings on US network HBO. The series has proved [...]