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Author: Evan Kline (page 96 of 164)

Hello, I'm Evan. I write about tech from my perspective – that of the average tech geek, sometimes with my lawyer glasses on. You can also find me on Twitter and at my real-life job as a lawyer.    MORE ABOUT ME.

Funny Stuff That Siri Says – the Website

What siri is saying

How are you?” “Finer than frog hair, Kevin.” According to What Siri Is Saying, those are two examples of responses you might get from Siri. For those of you who somehow have avoided the Apple PR juggernaut, Siri is a voice-operated assistance interface, available only on the iPhone 4S. You can ask Siri a question, or ask it (her?) to perform a variety of tasks, such as setting an alarm, sending a text, or getting a definition. Of course, much like the sometimes humorous responses from the iPhone’s autocorrect feature, Siri sometimes returns a funny answer. What Siri Is Saying has collected many of those responses, and allows readers to vote and comment on them. If you’re quick, you might even win a prize by submitting your own Siri question – even if you don’t have an iPhone 4S.

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Read All the Skyrim Books on Your Kindle, Nook, or Other E-Reader

Skyrim

After a long love affair with Bioware games, I’ve found myself smitten with Skryim, by Bethesda. As with the other two games in the Elder Scrolls series that I’ve played, Morrowind and Oblivion, Skyrim features a huge, do-anything world for you to explore. Unlike those two earlier games, Skryim has me completely addicted. If you’re not playing it, you’re missing out on one of the best games in years. Skyrim’s world is tremendously immersive. The number of books that you’ll find all over Skryim adds to that immersion. The drawback with the number of books that you can find is that reading them takes some time. I have limited time, so I wanted a way to read the books when I wasn’t in front of the computer. Thanks to an enterprising gamer, you can do just that.

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Find Out What Flights Are Overhead With Wolfram Alpha

Wolfram alpha fights overhead

Mark this one down as not very useful, but pretty cool nonetheless. Wolfram Alpha, an online service that answers queries, now will tell you what planes are flying above you. Simply type “flights overhead” into the search box, and Wolfram Alpha will return a list of flights overhead, including the altitude, the angle from the horizon, the type of plane, and the distance away.

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AppCleaner – App of the Week [Mac]

Appcleaner full

If you come from the Windows world, uninstalling apps on a Mac might seem a bit odd to you. Unlike in Windows, where you go through a whole uninstall process, on a Mac there are no such hoops to jump through. To uninstall a Mac app, you simply highlight it in your application folder, and trash it. The problem, though, is that many Mac apps leave behind preference files and other breadcrumbs, even after you delete them. To remove all traces of an app from your Mac, delete it using AppCleaner.

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Console vs. PC: How Do You Roll With Your Games? [Reader Feedback]

Pc vs console

Perhaps it doesn’t rise to the level of the PC vs. Mac religious war, but PC gamers and console gamers often express strong opinions about their platform of choice. While one platform isn’t inherently better than the other, each has its own strengths and weaknesses. Which do you prefer, and why?

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