The Future is Automatic
Stop the Box any way you can! 100% human-free 100% humane Walking home from Adams Morgan last week, I encountered another small step in the automated end to human interaction: the Tik Tok Easy Shop, or ‘The Box’ as a community activist calls it. It’s a van-sized vending machine, capable…
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I love AT&T Wireless Cell Phone Hell! where they should be what I want to do Great! (when it works) How long have you waited on hold when trying to speak with a customer service representative? My record was about 30 minutes while trying to talk to Verizon’s DSL technical…
Read MorePreaching to the Corrupt
Six years on, I get flashbacks from WeeCheng Red Square in Winter Documenti, Pazhalousta Keeping the Peace Do Bribes Buy Mercades? Beauty that Inspires Religion Orthodox Christian Perfection Five years after I started this site while evading police in Moscow, I’m getting a fresh look at Russia’s insanity from my…
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Now that I’m famous, I always feel that somebody’s watchin’ me The Price of Fame I Search From the Sky Recently I switched my website hosts from Pacbell to MyHosting.com, and in the process, took a detailed look at my referral log. A referral log is a list of all…
Read MoreKickball on the National Mall
Nuttin like Kickball on the National Mall such great form! nice monkey suit All season I’ve played with this adhoc team, coming in next to last in the pre-championship standings, which really don’t matter. We’ve been making errors left and right this sudden death championship game, which if we loose,…
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