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Voice recognition is only ever going to get better (check out CMU Sphinx if you want to play with speech rec. for yourself), but at the moment… um, it’s not quite up to scratch:

Okay, so he’s putting in on a bit for the lulz, and if he’d just said “where’s the nearest pub?” he’d probably get a useful answer – but that’s half the battle with speech recognition. At the moment we have to adapt our speech to the software, but in the future I don’t think we’ll have to at all.

At least for the time being, as Penny Arcade put it, it’s all going to be a bit like this:

Best keep your deer-combs handy.

Gloria Jean’s is an Australia chain of coffee shops, and they do some great cold drinks like Vanilla Chillers and Tim-Tam Chillers. So here’s a recipe list showing what’s in ‘em.

Gloria Jean's Cold Drinks Recipes 2011 - Click for full-size image.

When the recipe calls for filling up to the logo on a cup, this is what the cups looks like so you can get an idea of what they mean:

You’ll have to substitute in things like “Very Vanilla Chiller” powder and “Fruzie Concentrate” – but I’m sure you can find something suitable.

EnJoY! =D

The upcoming HYT H1 concept watch is stunningly beautiful, and a steal at only $45,000!

As much as I’d love one of these, I could never even consider justifying a price tag like that. Maybe in twenty years they’ll be $45 and I’ll pick one up.

Here’s hoping =D

I had no idea this existed outside of The Simpsons until I came across it the other week whilst out for some Boag’s Premium.

Beer... Now there's a temporary solution.

It wasn’t all that special or anything, just a non-descript German lager, but I still thought it was kinda fun to try, and a little bit surreal

Apparently, it’s absolutely nothing to do with Canonical or Ubuntu, and tastes like a mix of Coca-Cola and Jolt. Which doesn’t mean a lot to me as a Brit living in Australia whose never tried Jolt.

Still, I’d hit it =P

Source: OMGUbuntu.co.uk.