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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

Women, Men And The Skeptical Movement

August 8, 2013 by Chris Hofstader 1 Comment

Yesterday, while I sat on my sofa feeling depressed, wearing grey sweat pants, a Point of Inquiry t-shirt, eating Captain Crunch (with crunch berries) straight out of the box, buzzed on Blue Dream and watching Investigation Discovery, the all true murder and mayhem channel, my phone rang. The caller, a dear friend, asked, “Have you… Read more about Women, Men And The Skeptical Movement

Filed Under: Personal Essay Tagged With: Carrie Poppy, Depression, JREF, Karen Stollznow, Sexism, Skepticism, TAM

Crowdsourcing Access Technology

August 6, 2013 by Chris Hofstader 1 Comment

All around the world, especially in cities where many people work in or study technology, people highly skilled in making new concepts become real have formed communities often called “Hacker” or “maker” spaces. Motivated by a desire to change the world and to have fun working on cool technology projects, these people have created locations… Read more about Crowdsourcing Access Technology

Filed Under: Personal Essay Tagged With: Access Technology, Accessibility, Chris Hofstader, Financing, Hackers, innovation

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