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Bats, of course, use echolocation. Beluga whales too. Dolphins. And Daniel Kish. He is so accomplished at echolocation that he’s able to pedal his mountain bike through streets heavy with traffic and on precipitous dirt trails. He climbs trees. He camps out, by himself, deep in the wilderness. He’s lived for weeks at a time in a tiny cabin a two-mile hike from the nearest road. He travels around the globe. He’s a skilled cook, an avid swimmer, a fluid dance partner. Essentially, though in a way that is unfamiliar to nearly any other human being, Kish can see. This is not enough for him. Kish is seeking — despite a lack of support from every mainstream blind organization in America — nothing less than a profound reordering of the way the world views blind people, and the way blind people view the world. He’s tired of being told that the blind are best served by staying close to home, sticking only to memorized routes, and depending on the unreliable benevolence of the sighted to do anything beyond the most routine of tasks.

A little more than a week after buying the iPad, I returned it to Apple. The problem wasn't the iPad exactly, though it has some flaws. The problem was me. I like technology, but I'm not an early...

iOS app that gives you deals on SAME DAY hotel bookings.

service for record labels to charge X per month recurring and then provide DRM-free music to subscribers

I guess this simplifies things - but without (easy) Blackberry support, I doubt it'll catch on for most. Still cheaper (but not easier) for my to activate iPhone as ATT iPad....

Someone I know got burned by this recently - all her contacts (and mailbox contents) were wiped out - so she couldn't send a follow up email. Use a VERY strong password (combo of digits, uppercase, lowercase and symbols). Make it as LONG as possible.

took a while, but iPhone 4S and iPad 2 (!) is now jailbreak-able.

moral of the story - make your password as long as possible. Use dashs or periods to max out password length every time.

great, cheap sunglass glasses - not sure how easy they would be to find locally though. Honestly the lenses make everything look like it's through an Instagram filter...

So apparently 2000 points = $26 CDN gift certificate to OpenTable restaurants. Easy! Earn (free) points for every reservation!

mls = fml

hours of fun.

RSS feed for Google Plus +1's. It shouldn't be this complicated.

wow.

"a list of computers in the domain or workgroup is displayed." crazy that I never knew about this before. Very handy.

you double click the crashplan logo at the top of the app and it brings up a command line interface. VERY cool.

shock & waterproof iPhone case. Doesn't look terribly bulky. I suspect the next 2-3 generations of devices will have that nano waterproofing

cray.

retails for $800? But can be found for the price of a used Aeron ($300)...would like to read about the ergonomics of it before deciding.

as advertised. Requires registration and/or FB/twitter connect. Will be interesting to see how long it lasts...

examining vacant commercial/retail space in Toronto...

love quirky - design (!) and vote on household gadgets to be manufactured.

"Rent luxury, sports, convertible, exotic and classic cars directly from HiGear members in the world's largest peer-to-peer luxury car club." $1000 security deposit and $2500 insurance deductible. I'd be worried about the owner claiming some existing minor damage after returning the car...

$500 for a black MacBook refurb. Probably the going rate for them used, but at least this comes from a store....

This is why I subscribe to Rdio

will be interesting to see how it settles into the area, and how it affects the traffic at the Queen location. Onion rings? Yes please.

monthly subscription service (from BC!) that monitors what you are listening to and sends you tshirts from your favourite bands. Bands get paid directly for the merch, and you get a shirt (and automatically support the bands you are listening to!)

6 weeks of pain then you gradually get back to eating 'normally'

"BatChmod is a utility for manipulating file and folder privileges in Mac OS X. It allows the manipulation of ownership as well as the privileges associated to the Owner, Group or others. It can also unlock files in order to apply those privileges and finally, it can remove any ACLs added to a folder or file under Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard or better."

yeah the fact that it 'learns/watches' when you aren't home kinda freaks me out too - especially if someone was able to access that data....

grab your popcorn.

fry less brain cells overnight

also the tl;dr version of how to protect yourself is: a) turn off WPS b) install DD-WRT firmware

"Glasnost tests work by measuring and comparing the performance of different application flows between your host and our measurement servers. The tests can detect traffic shaping in both upstream and downstream directions separately. The tests can also detect whether application flows are shaped based on their port numbers or their packets' payload."

well executed concept - pick one song (a week?) to set as your 'jam'. Scours youtube + blogs for content....kind of like a prettier, pared down blip.fm. Via some ex-last.fm folk

nice setup

stop magazines from selling your address/info

this looks excellent. Plus one of my favourite bands is doing the score.

here it is - instagram meets animated gifs.

basically curated longreads for internet radio. would love to see an app with offline downloading/queuing.

this is basically why I refuse to recommend anyone buy a PC anymore...

I kinda do this (or wish I had once I find something I really like...)

buried feature, but the easiest way to make a 'mix tape' for someone? Wonder if the CD or DVD is recognized by iTunes when popped into their computer...