One Dynavox V Max speaking machine…check. One Eye Max eye gaze device…check. One stand on which to mount the two now assembled pieces…ch Um wait. What stand? You know, the stand that holds it all together. Without which this operation would be a non-starter. Yeah, that stand. But the packing slip says it shipped. Calls [...]
Archive for May, 2010
I Think I Jinxed It
Posted in Accessibility on May 13, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Letting My Geek Flag Fly
Posted in Allegedly Funny, Ask the Audience on May 12, 2010 | 4 Comments »
There is a span of about a half an hour each morning between the time that I wake up and the time that someone actually comes around to get me up and out of bed. Sometimes I use those captive moments to conceptualize a new blog entry or to come up with some crazy scheme [...]
Happy E. G. E.
Posted in Accessibility on May 10, 2010 | 3 Comments »
I feel like a kid on the night before Christmas as I wait impatiently for the infinite series of never-ending minutes to tick by until my scheduled training session with Amy R tomorrow. I only hope that my built-up expectations and two-year long to-do list is commensurate with the actual abilities of the device. Based [...]
Couldn’t Hurt a Fly
Posted in Life on May 8, 2010 | 2 Comments »
I must have drifted off to sleep somewhere between the fifth and sixth song of the CD I was listening to. Maybe it was the hypnotic grooves piping into the headphones wrapped around my ears. Or perhaps it had something to do with the fact that I was sprawled out on the world’s most comfy [...]
One Call Does It All
Posted in Accessibility on May 6, 2010 | 3 Comments »
Once upon a time, there was a very patient patient named Nosaj Ittecip. Even though he had lost the ability to speak he was still able to communicate via his trusty laptop. That method of talking worked for a few years but due to the progressive nature of his ailment his arms, hands, and fingers [...]
Never a Dull Moment
Posted in Life on May 5, 2010 | 7 Comments »
Don’t you hate it when you get a pill stuck in your throat and before you can swallow said pill it dissolves down there and all that yummy chalky goodness comes back up into your mouth and you grunt for your caregiver to get the suction machine pronto and he does and as he works [...]
The Wait is Over
Posted in Pop Culture on May 3, 2010 | 4 Comments »
After all these months, tonight is the night. No more watching and wondering if they were ever going to return. At long last the agonizingly long wait concludes. This evening at 10 PM on Bravo The Real Housewives of New Jersey is back. Lock up your fine china and break out the bubbly (and the [...]
