We were promised a paperless society by the technology gurus of the 1980s. It’s been over 30 years since IBM launched the concept of the desktop computer. It was going to revolutionize personal communication – even before the advent of the internet – and they were right. But that vision was gratuitously optimistic. I worked for the company that built the wiring systems for these beasts…back when they were the size of a gas furnace and ran on steam power and 47″ floppy discs containing 64k of memory. We were contracted to build about 150 wiring systems a week for their machines. I went to head office in Don Mills where they had motorized robotic pool tables shuttling CPU’s and 70 lb. Scare-o-Vision cathode driven monitors through a warehouse larger than Cape Canaveral. They were moving 10 of these units at a time…and over the course of a year they were selling less than 50,000 of these.
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ROCK, PAPER, SNIFFERS by Jaimie Vernon
Posted in music, Opinion, Review with tags Beer, Bill Gates, Bob Segarini, Canadian Music, computers, DBAWIS, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Fast Times At Ridgemont High, five senses, Frampton Comes Alive, Gutenberg Bible, hearing, IBM, Jaimie Vernon, Jetsons, Kindle, Magic markers, paperless, rec rooms, record collection, Skynet, Smartphones, smell, stale sex, Steve Jobs, Taste, technology, the sixth sense, touch, weed, Wozniak on November 2, 2020 by segariniJAIMIE VERNON – YOU CAN NEVER GO BACK
Posted in Opinion, Review with tags AMC, Bob Segarini, Canadian Music, Cartier, City of Scarborough, computers, DBAWIS, Dick Tracy, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Downtown, Fashion Mall, Heroes, Hiro, IBM, Jaimie Vernon, Mad Men, paintball, Seiko, Seiko 2000, Seiko T-001, Seiko Time, Selectric, Sgt. Splatter, TTC, typewriter. Apple Watch, typist, Wingold, wiring harnesses, wristwatch, Xerox, Yurko on August 6, 2016 by segarini
My son’s been kicking back and chilling this summer having finished Grade 12. He didn’t want to start a post-secondary education until he could get his bearings, find a job, make some money and attack it without being tens of thousands of dollars in debt at the starting line. Currently, he’s enjoying hanging out with his friends before everyone scatters to the four winds in September. They decided this week to play paintball. The best facility in Toronto is Sgt. Splatter’s near Dufferin & Eglinton.
JAIMIE VERNON – ROCK, PAPER, SNIFFERS
Posted in Opinion with tags Beer, Bill Gates, Bob Segarini, Canadian Music, cave paintings, computers, DBAWIS, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Fast Times At Ridgemont High, five senses, Frampton Comes Alive, Gutenberg Bible, hearing, IBM, Jaimie Vernon, Jetsons, Kindle, Magic markers, paperless, rec rooms, record collection, Skynet, Smartphones, smell, stale sex, Steve Jobs, Taste, technology, the sixth sense, touch, weed, Wozniak on March 22, 2014 by segarini
JAIMIE VERNON – I AM NOT THE DROID YOU ARE LOOKING FOR
Posted in Opinion with tags Apple, asshats, Big Mac, Blackberry, Bob Segarini, Canadian Music, Classic Rock, Cone of Silence, DBAWIS, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Get Smart, IBM, Jaimie Vernon, Janis Joplin, Jim Morrison, Jimi Hendrix, Knife Sharpener, Led Zeppelin, McDonalds, mousetrap, Netflix, on-demand, Q107, salesmen on October 19, 2013 by segarini
I work with a guy who is a monster Classic Rock fan – he has Zeppelin’s ZOSO symbols tattooed on his arm. He genuinely loves the music on Toronto’s Classic Rock leaders Q107-FM without judgment or cynicism (unlike little ole me). But he seems entirely clueless about anything related to the genre. Without a hint of irony he seemed taken aback to find out that “Let It Be” wasn’t just a Beatles or an album but also a MOVIE….or that Spinal Tap was made up of actors 
when I gave him a lift home from work last weekend. He was flabbergasted. It was like I just told him that Rosebud was a sled. [Oops…’Citizen Kane’ spoiler alert!] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O4mQqVqRB7I
Segarini: Don't Believe a Word I Say 