So I'm in a relatively temperate part of Cubistan this morning, explaining to a gentleman that the 3.5-inch disk drive (external) manifests itself unpredictably when it shows up in the Braille Note Mpower drive list. I remark ( Read more... )

Dream writers on strike
don't bother bargaining. How
you like them reruns?

I'm still alive. I haven't posted because I have been treating the journal as some sort of artifact -- maybe if I don't update the damn thing time will prove reversible. Just as long as I put nothing in writing. Maybe I can redo a few scenes. Maybe I can reinterpret the past, like those smiley Williamsburg tourists waving from the stocks ( Read more... )

Pursuant to that last post, I have been forced to dance, gone streetfairing and been to see Avenue Q with various awesome people of my acquaintance; come down with the annual Jacobus Tenbroek Memorial Head Cold; been to Neptune--sorry, the one in Jersey; and found out how to trick my BrailleNote into downloading GPS maps without a PC. I am on an ( Read more... )

Yayee, I made it to Atlanta. On what seemed to be the only non-delayed flight happening on the Eastern seaboard. Without losing my luggage or having my liquids and gels splode in the cargo compartment. Aside from the fact that I couldn't sleep once I got here, not until 4:30 AM when I decided to acknowledge the insomnia, just be with it a while ( Read more... )

Note to self: Stop referring to the Jernigan Institute staff as "The Friendly friends at Ken and friends" in your joking-but-not-really, annoyed E-mails, because E-mails, they can be forwarded, and not everyone will think that is funny ( Read more... )

Today, I was instructed by management to pack a bag and prepare to get moving. We're rolling out a new line of network-capable Juliet embossers and that means four-hour trainings all over the country. I do not envy my supervisor, who is tasked with coordinating two trainers, maybe a dozen local agency branches, air travel, and all the other ( Read more... )

The fantastic archive of short stories at Scifi.com's SciFiction will vanish on Friday. This is your last chance to go there, check out the stories, and maybe save a few. There are classics and new originals, many of which received Nebula and Hugo Awards. Ellen Datlow curated this collection with consistency and skill until 2005, and it's ( Read more... )

I just received some possibly exciting news from Volsi regarding the accessibility of Leopard, the new Mac OS. Once I get an opportunity to test these features out, I'll post an analysis. For now, get a load of these new features for VoiceOver, the out-of-the-box Mac screen reader.The friendly friends at BoingBoing and friends are impressed by the ( Read more... )

So last night I realized what my problem is. What one of my problems is. I was talking to my Army friend in Alaska. Who would probably be proud to know that he's also my most reactionary friend in the whole world. And I noticed a heretofore unnoticed-by-me correlation between being in a mildly stressful situation, and me having this verbal tic ( Read more... )