Ken C. Pohlmann

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You Can Pry My Headphone Jack From My Cold, Dead Hands
Ken C. Pohlmann  |  Aug 23, 2016  |  3 comments
Why does everyone suddenly hate the headphone jack?

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CES 2014
You Can Rain on iHome's Parade
Ken C. Pohlmann  |  Jan 09, 2014  |  0 comments
iHome's booth is a must-see on my yearly tour of the floor. They always have lots of cool stuff. This year, the iBN6 caught my eye; it is a waterproof Bluetooth stereo speaker. It also doubles as a speakerphone, and features NFC (Near Field Communications); you can take calls through the unit or your paired phone. It was a winner of the CES 2014 Innovation and Design award, as well as an iLounge Best of Show award.

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You Can't Have TeslaMic
Ken C. Pohlmann  |  Feb 07, 2022  |  0 comments
I have bad news for you. Really bad news. The TeslaMic is sold out. I know – it is soul crushing. Your dreams of karaoke world domination have been shattered.

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You Talkin’ To Me? Well I’m The Only One Here.
Ken C. Pohlmann  |  Dec 22, 2011  |  0 comments

What is the Great American Pastime? Baseball? Football? Soccer? Actually, it’s none of those. Our great pastime is sitting passively and yelling as other people actively run around. And while shouting from the bleachers is fun, it’s even more fun to sit and shout at the TV.

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You Will Love Channel 1984
Ken C. Pohlmann  |  Feb 02, 2012  |  0 comments

“There was of course no way of knowing whether you were being watched at any given moment. . . . But at any rate, they could plug into your wire whenever they wanted to.”

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You, Your TV, and the FBI
Ken C. Pohlmann  |  Dec 02, 2019  |  0 comments
Wow! Congratulations! You sure got a good deal on that jumbo-sized TV! Black Friday deals rule! But you know what? It's a new TV, you might not be familiar with its operation, and the Federal Bureau of Investigation would like to have a word with you.

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Young People Losing Their Hearing to Awful Earbuds
Ken C. Pohlmann  |  Nov 03, 2010  |  0 comments

A study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association found that one in five American teenagers has some irreversible hearing loss. That’s bad. Even worse, the number of teens with slight hearing loss has increased 30% in the last 15 years, and the number with mild or worse loss is up 77%.

I’m sure your first thought upon hearing that was the same as mine: Bring me the snack foods!

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Your Call is Important to Us. A Representative Will Be With You Shortly.
Ken C. Pohlmann  |  Oct 07, 2019  |  2 comments
You call them. They put you on hold. That's bad enough. Then they play the cheesy on-hold music. That makes it worse. But even that's not as bad as the actual sound quality of the music. Oh. My. Lord.

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Your ICE Car is the Next LP
Ken C. Pohlmann  |  Nov 25, 2019  |  3 comments
You have absolutely no idea how hip you are. Seriously. No idea. Well, what I mean is that if you time-traveled yourself 30 years into the future, you would be really hip. Maybe not now, but in 2049 you will be awesome.
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Your Phone Might Help Save Your Kid's Hearing
Ken C. Pohlmann  |  Jun 12, 2019  |  0 comments
As everyone knows, an ear infection is nothing to joke about. And as every parent knows, the plight of a toddler with an ear infection can be downright scary and diagnosing it isn't easy. There may soon be an app for that.

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