tapioca (2011 - 2012) was an
assortment of ideas that never found a niche. One feature was
about the spread of misinformation on the internet, including
the lack of an accurate/readable date that could be understood
by the global population when reading something online e.g. 04/09/06, 1997-08-01, 13/12/12, etc. Or why is it so difficult
for music apps’ shuffle feature to be non-repetitive with their
playback? Why don’t these apps use an algorithm with a line of
code like this, “has a song in this playlist been played yet, no, then it can be played from this playlist in shuffle.” The
repetitiveness of most music apps’ shuffle is awful. Sort your
playlist by artist or song title in alphabetical order and play
without shuffle – unless of course you like repetitive playlists. Also included were random bits of traditional media
information, such as this paper
Woodward’s (department
store) placemat from Victoria, British Columbia of Canadian
Prime Ministers from 1867 to 1968,
Know Canada Better Weston booklet (outside) and
Know Canada Better Weston booklet (inside).
Another interesting piece was about the Excel 97 flight
simulator. The instructions for activating the simulator were: 1. In Excel 97 open a new work sheet 2. Press F5 and type
"X97:L97" in the reference box, then click OK 3. Hit your tab
key once and you end up in cell M97 4. Press “Ctrl” and “Shift”
while clicking on the chart wizard icon (blue/yellow/red bar
chart). The flight simulator will now activate. Steer with your
mouse, accelerate and decelerate with the left and right mouse
buttons (tapio.ca)