The Show 5 is wedge-shaped, like the Show, with a screen about he size of the average mobile phone. The screen is nice and bright, with a good resolution. The sound is quite wonderful, far better than the similarly sized Spot. One feature I like a lot is a physical switch in the case, which covers the camera. This is quite appropriate, as I can see this being an excellent bedside device.
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Earlier today, while I was working: “Chris, Chris, Chris…” “Chris, Chris, Chris…” “Katie, I’m in the middle of something.” “Chris, Chris, Chris… gotta go, really gotta go.” I log off and get up, to take her downstairs. Halfway down the hall, I almost trip over…
My Oculus Quest arrived yesterday, on the first day it had been released for sale. I found time for a very quick look, and everything looks good. Once I am more familiar with it, I’ll blog a review.
I have an old Parrot piano accordion, which was given to me by an aunt many years ago. It was the larger (37 keys, 80 buttons) of two accordions she had and played, and was then too heavy for her to manage. Knowing I was…
Some time ago, I posted how Storyline, the free online tool I had used to write my first Alexa skills, had changed to Invocable, a paid platform charging developer level charges for hosting (i.e. hundreds of dollars a month). At the time, however, they said…
When I was fostering dogs, I kept telling myself that I would eventually get my own sometime. I decided that I wanted to do that by this year, given that I was turning 60 and supposedly slowing down a bit. I actually started the search…
My new gadgets, courtesy of the Alexa Developer Perks, arrived today. The Spot makes a darling little Alexa alarm clock, and although its reactive dimming might not quite go far enough for me on nights where even dull glows bother my sleep, I’ve found the…
This morning, when I woke up, I had Alexa sing me “Happy Birthday”. But once I got up, and checked my email, I found she had wished me Happy Birthday in an unexpected – quite coincidental – way. Back in November, I made an application…
They say it’s often been observed That folk get the government they deserve The current case is not exempt A government guilty of contempt But surely this is not our fault? A general public never caught In hyperbole and outright lies. “It’s not our doing”…
Back in April this year, I wrote to the ICO (Information Commissioner’s Office) for “official guidance on GDPR for purely personal, non-commercial, use of data”. I made the point that much had been published about how GDPR applied to organisations and companies, but I had…
A few months ago, I discovered that as well as the familiar (to me) “Alexa, what is the temperature”, which gives the outside temperature, based on something like Accuweather, I could also say “Alexa, what is the temperature inside” an be given a fairly accurate…