The Evolution of Technology: The Answering Machine

The Evolution of Technology series continues with The Answering Machine. Professor David E. Weber will largely write this column, with an introduction and closing by me. I have to include a short video of a message that Professor left – years ago – which he probably doesn’t even remember leaving on his answering machine.

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My Interview with iJustine

Little did I know that when I attended a taping of The Ricki Lake Show with #FriendsOfRicki that I’d be seated next to the lovely iJustine. AND, little did I know it was HER when I did this interview. Where was my head? I’d actually seen @iJustine speak at BlogWorld LA but just didn’t put 2 and 2 together until AFTER I’d totally interrogated her! iJustine (Justine Ezarik) was such a fun sport though, and is everything ANY guy could dream of – so Ryan, get that ring, dude, before someone else beats you to it!

Political Correctness Gone Mad at #DadChat

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I don’t know about you, but I’m sick to death of Political Correctness. What happened to honesty? What happened to just treating each other well without regard for saying things EXACTLY the way the PC Police want us to? Is there really free speech anymore? Especially on college campuses? #DadChat took on political correctness gone mad Thursday, September 20 from 6:00 – 7:00 p.m. PT/9:00 – 10:00 p.m. ET. Read the transcript! The homework was my latest column titled, oddly enough, Political Correctness Gone Mad.

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Dear Time Warner Cable

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Mr. Glenn Britt
CEO, Time Warner Cable

Dear Mr. Britt;

I am writing to you to express some consumer feedback that you may not be receiving. I have been a loyal paying “bundle” customer for several years. We get our Internet service, Cable television, and landline phone services via Time Warner Cable. We regularly pay a substantial fee for all these services. Yet, sometimes these services don’t work and when one goes down, they all go down.

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