>Remember my quest for the origins of Juno? Well, Jill recommended a couple of books to read to seek them out. One of them was “My Eyes Have A Cold Nose” by Hector Chevigny. I have read it! It was 3 volumes of double-sided British braille that looks like it’s on the edge of fading …
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This Is Not A Brilliant New Idea
Here’s a message for Mike Yamamoto. Before you wrote this, it might have been a good idea to do justa touch of research. if you had, you would have learned that this phone is far from a novel idea. In fact, why should we be thrilled about a concept cellphone when we can use lots …
Over There
No, I’m not making a Jonathan Coulton reference. I’m talking about a blog post on the Guide dogs blog. I love this post, It hilariously points out why the directions “Over there!” are so completely frustrating and useless to blinks. If they keep this stuff up, I’ll love the Guide Dogs blog forever.
Distance Perception Study
I just thought I’d link to a cool study being done so that perhaps it would help get more participants. Martin Talbot is a PHD student in human computer interactions at the University of Waterloo. He’s trying to design a navigation system for blind people. But unlike the makers of the Swan and the Mygo, …
>I Don’t Know…Stuff!
>I’ve been meaning to write this thought pile down for a while, but for some reason, I just couldn’t get started. Even now, it isn’t flowing like it usually does. Oh well, hopefully it will pick up before it’s done. I can’t believe I’m halfway through that French class I joined. Things are going very …
Jibber Jabber, Chit Chat, and Tech Talk
I don’t know what’s up with me right now, but I’m full of this unfocused, nervous energy. I’m about as distracted as Trixie after she just saw a pup she likes. I thought maybe, just maybe, I could write a post and get that energy out. So here’s some randomness…ooo! A squirrel! I find the …
Come Here Dumb Human. Quiet! Good Quiet.
Whenever I think about this, it makes me mad, not in the oh the world sucks kind of way, but in the holy shit some people can be irritating as hell kind of way. Hopefully when I write it down, it will make sense why it makes me mad. This happened yesterday at around noon. …
That’ll Teach Him To Try To Rob The Blind
The story of a legally blind guy beating the crap out of an intruder and holding him at knifepoint for the cops would have been a great one, if not marred by a few quotes. Let’s start with one from a police officer, who Steve and I have been calling Lieutenant Ignoramus. It reads: “It’s …
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Reworking Errors
I thought I’d try and explain something that I’m sure looks weird if you saw it and didn’t know what the hell was going on. Have you ever seen a guide dog team cross the same street a few times? Have you wondered why in hell they just keep going back and forth over the …
All Things Bizarre And Blind-Related
Jill asked for examples of some stupid things people have said/done because of the blink factor. Oh boy you have come to the right place! Because we have some fun posts to do with this, I just decided to try and compile them into a cacophony of holy shit that’s dumb! Hmmm where do we …