📅 February 9, 2012

PR%F: A Social Tasting Game For Single Malt Connoisseurs And Newbies Alike

Optimized for the iPad, Proof is a web app that takes players on a virtual tour of Scotland through the tasty — and tipsy-ing — world of single malt scotches, requiring each player to provide tasting notes while learning about the regions where they come from. Sounds like a great way to spend a cold, dreary Friday night.

To play it, visit Proof from your iPad…

 

📅 February 2, 2012

Siri vs Scottish Accent [video]

 

D’ye want me tae spaek more clearly, Siri? The Scottish have long been accustomed to ridicule and bafflement over their accents from their fellow Brits, who strain to decipher words like “cannae” and “daftie” (for the record: “can’t” and “fool”). But you’d think that Siri, the voice-activated virtual assistant in Apple’s latest iPhone, would take a nice Scottish brogue in its stride. Think again.

Check out the video after the break…

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