Over the Hedge by T Lewis and Michael Fry for September 26, 2020

So think we of our electronic devices…

Dim sun? For a minute I thought RJ was ordering Chinese food. Oh wait, that’s dim sum.

This is absolutely the best!

Alexas can be fun, if they are in someone else’s house: "Alexa, set alarm for 3:37 AM, set alarm tone to “howling wolves,” set volume to “earthquake.”

Verne you may put your eyes back in your head ;-)

Technology is getting crazier.

I tried that once, but all that happened was my boy got dumber. Stupid autocorrect.

We’re in the Matrix run by Alexa.

I didn’t know Alexa could do that. That could be very useful.

Briefly worked with someone named Alecksa. I always wanted to say, “Alecksa, turn on the music (or something like that)” I bet she had never heard that line before.

“Alexa, don’t ever do that again.”

Ha ha, I just love George’s curiosity (nice of Alexa to dim the sun for him as well)

Out here it’s simply light pollution or rain clouds. I gave my telescope to someone who could actually use it without having to drive to the high desert to use it

You can get a star map app which lets you know exactly where the stars are at all times.

A science-fiction movie prop has come to rule the world. A moment of silence for the human species, please.

Janet is better than Alexa in my book

“Alexa, activate the Dragon Naturally Speaking program on the PC and teach it to recognize your voice. Then at a random time in the future, recite this sequence of commands: Open search. C M D Enter. Format C colon enter. Yes enter.”

(Inspired by an old story of a voice recognition demonstration with extra input supplied by someone in the audience.)