Posted on October 31st, 2022 by Joy Schwabach
Does it bug you to see errors in Wikipedia, the online encyclopedia? It bugs me. But for the site’s 20th anniversary, they’ve just launched a new mentorship program to help you make corrections. According to a group of German researchers quoted by ZME Science, Wikipedia is 99.5 percent accurate. It’s that other .5 percent that’s so annoying. I’ve tried editing various articles by clicking their pencil icon. But my fixes did not last. Wikipedia articles rely on references from newspapers, magazines and other popular media. Your next door neighbor could be the world’s greatest hero, but if there’s never been an article about him, you can’t add him to Wikipedia. For corrections you make to existing articles, you need references. […]
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Posted on October 24th, 2022 by Joy Schwabach
California just approved a new kind of license plate. It uses e-ink to display messages, like: “This car has been stolen.” It could be the beginning of a trend. With the “RPlate,” by Reviver, you control your license plate’s messages from an app on your phone. Compared to a personalized license plate, the RPlate can display much more info, such as your business’s website and phone number. The new plate uses a monochrome e-ink screen protected by a cover six times stronger than glass. Its battery lasts five years, and it works with Bluetooth, allowing the plate to join the “Internet of Things.” The cost is $20 a month or around $215 for four years. A wired version for fleets […]
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Posted on October 18th, 2022 by Joy Schwabach
I like to highlight passages in my ebooks. But if I get Amazon’s “Kindle Scribe,” I can also add my handwriting to the margins or even all over the page. The new tablet’s 10.2-inch screen, like the Kindle Paperwhite, mimics natural writing on paper. It doesn’t have the bright colors of other tablets, but is great for reading and writing. A basic digital pen is included, and there’s a premium pen for an extra $30. The premium pen has a digital eraser at the top and a customizable shortcut button. Neither one uses batteries. Besides adding handwritten notes to the book you’re reading, with the Scribe you can handwrite your memoir, sign documents, make shopping lists or create art. Your […]
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Posted on October 10th, 2022 by Joy Schwabach
Three of my friends have books they want to self-publish. It sure beats sending your manuscript to the slush file of some harried, overworked agent. But another way to go is called “hybrid publishing.” With the hybrid approach, you team up with a publisher who lends an air of credibility to your book. As with Amazon’s “Kindle Direct Publishing,” you do the whole thing online. To find out more, I chatted with the author Samuel M. Goodman, a PhD chemical engineer. He took the hybrid route for his new book “Beyond Carbon Neutral,” by using an outfit called “New Degree Press.” What’s nice about New Degree is that you can refer readers to an actual publisher instead of a vanity […]
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Posted on October 3rd, 2022 by Joy Schwabach
You’ve probably heard of the Peloton exercise bike. Now there’s a Peloton rowing machine. But is it better than the inexpensive machine my mom bought when I was 15? The Peloton Row, at $3195, costs at least $3000 more than my rower. But it’s a lot fancier. It has a 24-inch high-definition display and a slew of videos with rowing instructors. Instructors can be great. At a rowing class in California, I raced six others indoors, looking up at a big screen to see who was ahead. The class was taught by Xeno Müller, an Olympic medalist. He made me work harder than I ever had before. Peloton says that with every stroke, you’re using 86 percent of your muscles. […]
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