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An Introduction to Media Players on GNU/Linux

September 16, 2013 by josh Leave a Comment

If you are a user of Ubuntu GNU/Linux, While working using the Orca screen reader (automatically installed and running if you use the Vinux 4 distribution of Ubuntu), you will probably also enjoy listening to music or to an audio book for entertainment, personal edification or education. Two of my favorite media players for listening… Read more about An Introduction to Media Players on GNU/Linux

Filed Under: Guest Post, Tutorial Tagged With: Accessibility, Gnome, GNU/Linux, Media Players, Orca

The Trouble With Physics Books

August 30, 2013 by Chris Hofstader Leave a Comment

I enjoy reading science books written for lay people like me with no formal background or education in a particular field. My own science background doesn’t go beyond the introductory classes required to get any degree at NYU, basic biology, chemistry, physics and some social sciences. My computer science background was pretty good in 1983… Read more about The Trouble With Physics Books

Filed Under: Book Review Tagged With: Albert Einstein, Cosmology, Lee Smolin, Loop Quantum Gravity, M-Theory, Math, Particle Physics, Physics, Quantum Gravity, Standard Model, String Theory, The Trouble With Physics

Radio Days and Radio Nights

August 25, 2013 by Chris Hofstader Leave a Comment

The sounds of baseball on the radio are, to me, the sounds of summer. The cadence of the play by play announcer provides the rhythm while the color commentators provide the melody. The slow pace of the game described along with baseball lore, anecdotes, history, statistics and the like bring me to what is, perhaps,… Read more about Radio Days and Radio Nights

Filed Under: Personal Essay Tagged With: Baseball, Blindness, Radio, Summer

A Look At Accessible GNU/Linux

August 19, 2013 by josh 17 Comments

Introduction For the past year or so, I have wanted to try a good operating system built on top of the Linux Kernel. (A “Kernel” is a bit of software central to all computing. It works behind the scenes interpreting your mouse-clicks,, keyboard events, handles memory management and much more.) I do most of my… Read more about A Look At Accessible GNU/Linux

Filed Under: Guest Post, Technology Review Tagged With: Accessibility, Blindness, GNU/Linux, Ubuntu, Vinux

An Atheist in a 12 Step Program

August 16, 2013 by Chris Hofstader 3 Comments

Hello, my name is Chris and I have a substance abuse disorder. “Hi Chris!” say the chorus of other addicts and alcoholics. I say a bit about what is going on in my life regarding recovery and I pass to the next person. This is how almost all 12-Step programs conduct their meetings. “But Gonz,… Read more about An Atheist in a 12 Step Program

Filed Under: Personal Essay Tagged With: 12 Step Program, Alcoholics Anonymous, Atheism, Rational Recovery, Secular Organizations for Sobriety, Skepticism, SMART Recovery

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