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It must be awful to be blind
Oh if only I had a nickel for every time someone said this to me, I’d be a very rich man. I’ve heard variations of this all my life, so often in fact that when I was younger, I actually asked someone if there was something wrong with me because I didn’t feel my life…
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How I got into the accessibility field
When people ask me how I got into the accessibility field, my answer is that for me, it was more by accident rather than by design. I had just graduated from college, moved to a new state, and was excited to begin my career as a network or telecommunications engineer. I knew I would be…
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The Ultimate Blog Challenge and a brief introduction for those who don’t know me.
I have decided to take part in the Ultimate Blog Challenge. The Ultimate Blog Challenge challenges bloggers to try and publish at least one entry per day throughout the month of August. So, why am I doing this? Blogging is something I keep talking about wanting to do more regularly and more consistently and yet…
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Can I use Apple’s new MagSafe to attach an iPhone to my fridge? Yes, yes I can.
I was curious if I could use Apple’s MagSafe technology to attach an iPhone to my fridge and apparently I can. I’m not sure how posting a YouTube video to WordPress works, so hope this comes through. www.youtube.com/watch
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Dear diary 2020 edition
I’ve seen this all over FaceBook, but not anywhere else, hope the original author can eventually be identified and attributed. Dear Diary 2020 edition In January, Australia caught on fire. I don’t even know if that fire was put out, because we straight up almost went to war with Iran. We might actually still be…
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Anyone remember Usenet news groups? I wonder if they’re still around.
I don’t know why, but I found myself thinking about Usenet news groups and was wondering if anyone remembers them, or if anyone knows if they’re still a thing? For those that aren’t aware, there used to be a system called Usenet which enabled people to have discussion-style conversations on thousands of topics. These topics…
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Testing to see if I can post audio to WordPress
I wanted to see if I could record an audio clip and successfully posted to WordPress. It’s raining pretty hard here, so I thought I would try and capture some binaural audio. I hope this works.  testing-in-the-rain.mp3
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I had a really good day and I thought you all should know
As I think about going to bed, I just wanted to let you all know I had a really good day today. I got most of my project work done by 9 AM, I got to attend meetings that were productive, got to help others smile and laugh, got to eat some really good food,…
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The surprising accessibility possibilities of mobile check deposits
Recently, I had a conversation with a blind friend of mine who finds herself in an interesting situation. She has received paper checks, however because everything is locked down, depositing them has become a real issue. That got me to wondering how accessible mobile check deposits might be; it seems that just about every bank…
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Tap tap tap, is this thing back on?
If this actually publishes, then I have successfully moved this blog to its new home at https://www.steves.life . Surprisingly, beside the somewhat complicated-looking list of steps I needed to follow, the process went relatively smoothly. I do want to send out a special thanks to the extremely kind folks at JetPack Support who calmly and…