“Human consciousness is that faculty that confronts potential itself… What our consciousness seems to be for is to encounter those things that we have not yet encountered… Our consciousness is not for the past, it’s not even for the present, it’s to transform the future into the present.” ~Jordon Peterson (402) Is Human Conscience aContinue reading “Is Human Conscience a Demon? – YouTube”
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SNOWL – The Mouse Reimagined
Snowl is a wearable ring-shaped device that brings 3D range of motion to devices that are traditionally 2D such as touch screens and computer mice. With Snowl, you can experience precision control over your favorite devices through three motion tracking modes: Air Mouse mode, Gesture Mouse mode Joystick Mouse mode. COXSPACE
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Planck EZ: A Powerful, Backlit, Open-Source, 40% Mechanical Keyboard | Planck EZ
RGB Backlight? Check. Powerful open-source firmware? Check. Graphical configurator? Check. This keyboard has it all — 47 keys is all you are going to need. This compact keyboard impressed me as a possible good condidate for me or others who use a mouthstick or others who have a limited field of movement. Would love toContinue reading “Planck EZ: A Powerful, Backlit, Open-Source, 40% Mechanical Keyboard | Planck EZ”
New portable homes billed as a game-changer for people with disabilities
In a bid to keep young people with disabilities out of aged care facilities, an organisation in Melbourne has launched a new type of portable house. via Source
Thought juices and life parallels – Scarcity and Abundance
Two articles come across recently that have re-kindled my deep-held thoughts. There’s parallels everywhere that I need to explore more. Some summary key points: Everything is Amazing, But Nothing is Ours – alexdanco.com Source: Everything is Amazing, But Nothing is Ours – alexdanco.com Worlds of scarcity are made out of things. Worlds of abundance areContinue reading “Thought juices and life parallels – Scarcity and Abundance”
Tip: How to Convert Image Text to Text
…to convert a text image to text: 1. Upload the text image to Google Drive 2. Once the file is uploaded, use the contextual menu (right-click or two fingers on touchpad) 3. Select “Open with Google Docs” 4. A new Google Docs file is created, with the image at the top of a new GoogleContinue reading “Tip: How to Convert Image Text to Text”
ING open sources Lion: A library of performant, accessible & flexible Web Components
Lion aims to make your life a little bit easier, by taking the groundwork of feature complete, accessible, performant, and framework agnostic components out of your hands! Check out the repo at ing-bank/lion. As some of you may already know, ING has a long and rich history of building Web Components, starting out with the PolymerContinue reading “ING open sources Lion: A library of performant, accessible & flexible Web Components”
Operating System and Browser Accessibility Display Modes – The A11Y Project
Most computers, laptops, tablets, smartphones, and web browsers have specialized tools to help people read and take action on the content they display. Some of these tools are display modes, which are pre-defined display configurations you can tell your device to use. Five such modes are Dark Mode, Increased Contrast Mode, Inverted Colors Mode, ReducedContinue reading “Operating System and Browser Accessibility Display Modes – The A11Y Project”
Talk to Support Agency workers
A few weeks back I gave a talk to some of the support worker coordinators. I spoke a bit about my background, may accident and rehab and my thoughts on it all, about where I see the sector is changing and where it needs to position itself for the change, This is the slidedeck IContinue reading “Talk to Support Agency workers”
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