#cuecat

[alanshemper]

CueCat - Wikipedia

One of the all time worst tech products ever made

[thehorrorsofgoodwill]

Blast from the past. A :cuecat. Released on 2000, the whole idea was that you used it to scan a barcode and it would take you to a specific url. It was a complete and utter failure.

[richjaro]

The 4 Greatest #TechFails—And the Lessons They (Hopefully) Taught Us

If you’re late to the last party, you’d better figure out how to be early to the next one.

My latest Observer.com column.

[don-lichterman]

When you ride elephants, watch them paint or beg in the street, you are supporting this:

”Phajaan to Tourist Attraction: Elephant Tourism in Thailand”

PETITION: http://forcechange.com/…/protect-elephants-from-the-practi…/

Everyone, tourists especially, needs to be educated as to the plight of the Asian elephant. These animals’ spirits are broken through a ritual known as the Phajaan; baby elephantsare prematurely ripped away from their mothers. They are then caged, starved,…

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[twomodernmonkeys]

Amazon's Magic Wand

Amazon’s Magic Wand and the Unrelenting Race to Make Shopping More Convenient

The most recent one is Amazon Dash — a thin, wand-like device, revealed on Friday, that includes both a microphone and a barcode scanner. Speak into it or scan a box of cereal or pack of toilet paper to automatically add that product to your AmazonFresh shopping list. For now, it is available only on a trial basis to Amazon customers in San Francisco and Los Angeles who pay for Amazon’s new Prime Fresh membership, which includes grocery delivery.

Reminds me of this.

[bluehwys]

Just finished adding and tagging all the books and graphic novels I bought on vacation into my Librarything account.  So glad I bought a cuecat all those years ago!  It really made quick work of entering everything!

Everything I entered brings me up to 600 (!!!) books even, and 149 graphic novels.  Holy cow.

[shaneonymous]

Omg, look what I just found. #cuecat #oldschool #throwback #technology