Calvin listening to Octopus’s Garden trying to smile on command Calvin has an Alexa Show 5 in his bedroom. In trying to help with the poop situation, about three months ago, I started telling Alexa, “Play The Beatles“ when he goes to bed. He’s had two or three poop situations since then, but overall it...
Autism tends to run in families. It changes inbound genes it increases the chance that a toddler can develop the syndrome. If a parent carries one or a lot of of those factor changes, they will get passed to a toddler (even if the parent doesn’t have autism). Other times, these genetic changes arise spontaneously in an early embryo or the sperm and/or egg that combine to create the...
When talking about caretaking technology, inevitably the question arises–“what if my Internet goes down?” If life and death are determined by an Internet connection, that’s a bit of a weak link in the plan. Thankfully, on the Alexa front, Amazon has taken baby steps to solve this problem. How Does Alexa Work? According to Digital...
It’s going to take him several weeks/months to start saying that he’s “19 years old.” He’ll continue to say “18 years old” for a while. In Georgia, he has three more years
Calvin’s step-mom and I love taking care of Calvin and that responsibility is incredibly fulfilling. Calvin
DISCLAIMER: I work for Amazon, but this post (and all my posts) is purely my opinion and based on no more information than the general public. I don’t work for the Amazon Echo team, nor do I have proprietary information about the Alexa software or devices. Roughly twice a year, a friend tells me a...
My Gmail password is %3B2HWW&fXcs That’s no joke. That’s literally what it is right now. My username is troylar and my password is %3B2HWW&fXcs. I promise I won’t report you if you try to login. Why in the holy fucking hell would I post my Google username and password in a public blog right before...
Without knowing you personally, I’m going to make a prediction. At some point in your life in the past 6 months, you have asked the question, “What is your wi-fi password?” Random person using wi-fi You’re sitting at FluffterNutter Coffee Shop and without their telling you, you had probably already figured out that the wi-fi...
In high school, an older gentlemen told me “Troy, put your money into two things–your mattress and your shoes.” That stuck with me and I actually do spend a little more money on my shoes and mattress. But if I can also update this for 2019-2020, let me add wi-fi router to the list. Get...
The Problem As I write this at 5:49 a.m., I just made a decision to get Calvin out of bed. This means that remotely unlocked his bedroom door and told him to get up. While this appears to be an innocuous routine, every morning it’s a damn dance. When do we wake him up? Is...
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