unicef: “There is this new movement that is trying to teach people about the dangers of cutting their daughters. It is good for us to be able to discuss these things in school. We have been able to form our own opinions about the issue.” Neshwa, 15, is one of millions of girls around the [...]
I like this one! jerryharris3: First you must love yourself before you can love another truly. First you must find your worth before you can find your value duly. First you must know yourself before you can know another’s beauty. First you must love yourself before you can love another truly. -Jerry Harris III
It’s almost here! an accessible camera for the blind. And it comes in a product that lots of people use — the iPhone. With the iPhone’s built-in screenreader technology, VoiceOver, and a little app, the talking camera is here! Here’s the story. The iPhone camera is accessible and it’s quite a good one — has 8 megapixels on the [...]
From the NBR. I find this stuff very interesting. BEST OF THE WEEK: Slingshot opens access to Netflix, other geo-blocked services: a legal opinion | The National Business Review
A pic from California 2013, January
Last year we began work on remodelling our house — what a mission! All the lino was replaced by tiles which my mother says are like coffee — smells great but tastes awful. She said she should never have made them white. The tiling took some 6 weeks — maybe longer — and now some of them are broken. [Well just a couple]. [...]
This is something I found on the blind film critic’s tumblr. Enjoy… 10 famous blind people including modern ones
Hello to all on tumblr-That’s a sign I really have nothing to say when I start with that. For isn’t a blog s’posed to be a column? A column doesn’t have hellos in it, does it? I am rather busy teaching piano and . training to get better. Interestingly this month, June 2014, is audio Month [...]
A stormy day
I have some great news!I have 5 piano students and all are progressing okay. This month of June is AudioMo over on audio boo — a bunch of people posting audioblogs for month every day. I decided to do it this year and am in a day late. In other news Di Brown, my friend from up [...]