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 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…

Braille All The Way!

“You’ve got to learn braille but you have to really concentrate.” So four-year-old me was told by a preschool teacher. This moment of idealism was magically caught on video. I still have the videotape [yes, it’s a REAL video!]

Judy Henske: Mutual Admiration

Judy Henske is a singer-songwriter who lives in Pasadena, Calif, with her husband of over 30 years keyboardist, Craig Doerge. The latter was recently featured in Rolling Stone.

Reading and Listening to for January 1 2013

This year I have decided to publish once a month what I am reading and listening to. I will do it about the 1st of every month.

Listening to

• Britten — A Ceremony of Carols/Friday Afternoons, 1995 Naxos

Good morning to my tumblr followers! On the end of yesterday’s post about {Markdown}[“http://daringfireball.net/projects/markdown/syntax” Markdown] I want to talk about Wikipedia.

My mother thinks Wikipedia is a load of crap. Yet everybody looks at it and it is, supposedly, better than brittanica.

markdown bullshit ?

What is Markdown? I thought this the other day so I googled it. {http://daringfireball.net/projects/markdown/syntax"This document will tell you all”.} But in brief I will tell you over the next few paragraphs. 
the idea is simple. Let’s write the internet as we would write emails grin…

Tap Tap See is Charging!

I read on Twitter this morning that has had to turn itself in to a subscription service. I love this thing! It is sooooooo cool! with a blind person can take their own pictures and the app identifies them.

Reading For March/April

I have been very busy with Uni and stuff. Nonetheless always reading.

• A Monk Swimming — Maliki’s McCourt’s memoir. He’s the brother of Frank [Angela’s Ashes ] who comes out a lot more virtuous. M. just whoers and drinks all the time.