Dwariko Von Sommaruga: A Reminiscence

This morning I broke out the tarot cards. I had not done so in a long time for various reasons. I read the cards for myself. It is a special deck of tarot I have though I also have two other tarots- the Rider-Waite and the Sybilla oracle [the latter is not a tarot…

My Geographical

I want to share with you all about my Geographical to Sydney. What I didn’t tell you was I was going to see a friend and was abandoned to my own devices by friend for most of the week I was gone.

On Sunday April 2, I walked a mile up the Pacific Highway to find somewhere to…

GoPro Experiment

so I want to find the most accessible, versatile camera set up I can. I have two cameras — a GoPro and a samsung one that I forget the specs on. I also have my iPhone.

This week I am going to experiment with the GoPro iPhone combination as a totally blind person.

Dr Doris is calling me!

So I have to qualify as something. I have a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology and Social sciences which I earned in 2013.

They told me the BA is not a work qualification. but this I learned only about halfway through the degree. I got my degree but did not get…

Be My Eyes

I have just got a new computer, another Mac from Apple. I spent the past few days setting it up. This is run of the mill stuff — I migrated all my content over from my old Mac. But there were some messages that VoiceOver, the built-in screenreader that comes with Mac OS wouldn’t read. This post is about what…

My Life In Movies

As i am blind I am a curiosity studied from an early age to see what people could find out about blind people in general. The media exposure is also an interesting phenomena. All my blind friends were in ads for Guide Dog Day and Braille Week, the two major campaigns by the RNZFB. I was never…

200 Words of Bullshit!

A wee while ago Noelle McCarthy, an Irish broadcaster and columnist for the Herald here in New Zealand, published a 200 words of nothingness in the newspaper. So now it’s my turn.

Not much is happening right now.. Seven more sleeps before I get to California! I…

Music Education I: The Suzuki Method

The Suzuki Method has always been of special significance to me as it is the way I began my piano studies. However my teachers though they had the best intensions were not trained Suzuki teachers. [That’s another story, my musical development].

I Love My Mac!!

I sent it on holiday to fix the mail issues and now it’s back! Works a treat, just like it did before it stopped. Reckon a certain person changed some settings and it malfunctioned.

But this post is not about why that happened. I want to tell you why I love my Mac! I really…