Archive for June, 2009

Getting online is not always easy when you are visually impaired. Font sizes can be too small, images hard to see and colors hard to make out. But there are ways to minimize these problems. I have been tinkering with my web browsers ever since I used my first one many years ago. I...
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About three and a half years ago, I started the Blind Photographers group on Flickr. I was curious to see if I was the only blind (or visually impaired) photographer around. I certainly was not alone. I asked “Is anyone out there?“. Within a short time, I had my answers.  Since then, membership in...
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I have something to confess. I am one of god’s most pathetic creatures. I am a Boston Red Sox fan. Even though I had to quit little league after getting hit in the face trying to play catch on sidelines, I still love the game. My one season of little league involved a total...
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I have had the good fortune to be featured on Eco: On Blindness and the Arts, Simon Hayhoe’s project to bridge academia and the arts around the issue of blindness. The site features a Flash-based image gallery featuring blind artists and related exhibits , projects and institutions. [Because it is Flash-based, I can't link...
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As I wrote in tim in print | Youth Triathlon, I had a few photos from the assignment in the paper. Since these kids were so photogenic and both the weather and my camera were cooperative, I had a number of decent photos that morning. I have posted many of these to flick and...
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As I mentions in A HECC of a Baseball Game, I shot a youth baseball game a few weeks ago. A few images made the paper and I included them in the post. But I had a few more decent shots from the game. So I thought I should share these as well. So...
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A few weeks ago, I spent the evening shooting a youth baseball game for the paper. The story was highlighting a new regional league. Three images accompanied Players find H.E.C.C. of a success. From the article: Carrboro Recreation and Parks is taking that optimistic approach to its latest cooperative venture, the Hillsborough-East Chatham-Carrboro (H.E.C.C.)...
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According to Slashdot,Aussie Government Offers $40M To Build a Bionic Eye. “The Australian Government is keen to replicate the success of the Cochlear Implant (bionic ear) by throwing AU$50M (US$40M) of funding at the development of a bionic eye. Bionic eyes have been trialed with some success in the UK — with recipients able...
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A couple of weeks ago, I shot a youth triathlon for the paper. Three photos accompanied the story, Swim for Smiles Triathlon chases away the rain. It was a fun shoot, though alternately wet and warm. From the article: The event was the first of three planned this summer for the Swim for Smiles...
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The new iPhone update has moved the audio book playback speed controls. In the earlier versions, these controls were hidden away in the Music panel of the Settings App. This was terribly unintuitive as I noted in this post, Variable Speed Playback on the iPhone. Whenever I shared my iPod Touch with my wife,...
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NYTimes.com has a great new blog, the Lens Blog, which deals with “Photojournalism – Photography, Video and Visual Journalism Archives”. It has recently done a great series on the famous Tianeman Square reporting. Lens is the photojournalism blog of The New York Times, presenting the finest and most interesting visual and multimedia reporting —...
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I love new gadgets, virtual as well as physical. So, I can’t help liking Google Labs. Google rolls out experimental features, both fun ones and useful ones, for Gmail through Labs. I have always wanted a simple taks manager that integrated right into my email. Now Google offers Gmail Tasks. While still rough around...
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Spotted on Twtter, Talking lamp-posts will help blind people find their way. IF YOU heard a lamp-post talking, you might think you were going mad. But speaking signs have been springing up to help blind and partially-sighted people. Newcastle is one of the first places in the UK to pilot the RNIB React Talking...
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Apparently, Apple has been listening. I have blogged much over the past six months on the iPhone’s missing accessibility features; more zoom, more color contrast and more voice. Today, Apply announced the next iteration of the iPhone, the 3G S, and it has taken a giant step in the right direction. Apple introduces these...
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The 2009 Photoblog Awards are open for nominations. From Welcome to The 2009 Photoblog Awards: You can submit your own or your favorite photoblog sites at http://vote.photoblogawards.com, and your submission will immediately appear in “Candidates” section, where can be found by other members. Once a submission has earned enough valid votes, it becomes a...
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