External Winamp Control

This article shows how to make a switch interface to the popular music playing software Winamp. Handy for playing mp3s without having to access the pc. Or perhaps if you lacked the dexterity to control the pc. HowTo: External Winamp Control at pasteler0

Bluetooth and PDA interoperability – again

Here I am again reporting on the PDA-Bluetooth issues I’ve alluded to in previous posts and written about in a paper about mobile technologies for people with a disability. As a result of that I’ve pointed my feed reader over at the bluetoothlounge.com. A hugely indepth article about the technical problems of why it’s so

Listen to Lifekludger

Yes, you can now listen to all the articles posted to Lifekludger. Under each article there is a icon and text link that reads ‘ Listen to this article’. Simply click on the link and listen. Also it means you can get the audio posts as a rss delivered feed straight into iTunes or some

XEG, the mobile phone pad

I’m not sure exactly what functions of a mobile telephone this controls (aside from the games, obviously) but if it controls more than just games, one of these type mobile phone extenders could prove handy for accessing those phones with tiny buttons. You can see a lot of close-up images from the link below. via

Thunderbird’s QuickText

There’s a great extension for the equally great open source email program, Thunderbird called QuickText. This bit of software is installed in Thunderbird and acts like a macro typing device that can input long pieces of text with few keystrokes or the click of a button. QuickText is especially for email as it can recognize

Blob and Lifekludger in Temple U roundup

Temple Uni does a good Disability Blogs Roundup and this blog and Lifekludger get a wrap in roundup #4… Disability Blogs Roundup, #4 I’ll start the roundup this month with a welcome to some new disability-related blogs. Australian David N. Wallace has put up TWO: blob is his personal blog, and LifeKludger is specifically for

Technology is not the problem – getting it is

The Angry Gimp is angry with people telling her she’ll walk again. Here’s a synopsis worth scrolling down for! People, quit telling me I’ll walk again. Save that for Christopher Reeve’s cronies. The world already has everything in it that I need to be incredibly independent and happy. Too bad it’s so out of reach.

Colourfull keyboard

These coloured keyboards are aimed at the childrens market. I wonder though if they could be useful for anyone with colour perception issues or who might require some added visual clues to assist with typing. The culours offer great contrast and the grouping of similar function keys by colour could help with association and usability.

Motor bike with hand controls

Check this website out. This 21yo engineering student from WA has developed a motor bike with hand controls that can be used by a paraplegic or anyone without lower limb function. The thing I really like about this is the design parameter included aesthetics with the bikle having ‘minimal modification look’. He even ended up

Rotary switch adaption

Was sitting here in my office on a 31C day thinking it feels a bit hot. Was just then I remembered I could turn the ceiling fan on thanks to a switch mod my father did recently. I’d had many similar mods on rotary switches of many types done previously and as I cannot grip