Archive for February, 2006

Wanted – virtual address

Monday, February 27th, 2006

Virtual Geographic Kludging Here's the story. I had been hearing lots aboiut David Allen's book "Getting things done". I had heard it was available through audible.com and so wandered over there, credit card at the ready, to purchase a audio download of the book. Having a [tag]disability[/tag] that severely ...

Arcade style trackball

Sunday, February 26th, 2006

My first computer was an Apple Mac plus in 1984. In 1984 there were no trackballs for the Mac. A tech. modified an arcade style trackball to work on that first Mac until Abaton released one which I promptly bought - and in fact still have in my shed. Now ...

Keyboards with large print

Sunday, February 19th, 2006

"Keys-U-See large print keyboards have been designed specifically for those with conditions that cause visual impairment or low vision. ... These large print keyboards are also perfect for those who simply have a hard time seeing the existing commands on thir keyboards. With a bigger and bolder typeface, the keys are easier ...

SGD interface for mobiles wins on Inventors

Wednesday, February 15th, 2006

Last year I met Toan Nguyen at a seminar in Adelaide. Tonight I was watching The New Inventors on ABC TV and Toan was on as a contestant with his SGD Mobile Access interface : SGD Mobile Access is a software interface added to existing technology. This enables users who do ...

The “brrreeeport” search

Tuesday, February 14th, 2006

Robert Scoble is running a blog search experiment using the word brrreeeport. Related posts:Windows Key Shortcuts

Bottle cap tripod

Tuesday, February 14th, 2006

A low tech solution if you have troubles holding a camera. Bottle cap tripod via - Popgadget Related posts:The Bottle Cap Tripod Revisited DIY Bottle Cap Tripod Lifekludger Links Weekly #11

Vertical Mouse / Keyboard

Wednesday, February 8th, 2006

Here's an interesting twist on the traditional mouse! This would be great as an alternative for anyone with a RSI problem or a limited use of the fore arm that doesn't allow rotation. Check out the Vertical Mouse and that other wonderous input device, the Vertical Keyboard, over at extremetech.com. Links- Vertical Mouse Vertical ...

Horizontal HQ

Friday, February 3rd, 2006

So...longstanding readers would be familiar with one of my crusades to get a good way to compute whilst in bed, to make good use of my time and for those times I might be stuck there longer than desirable. With the dawn of the Broken shoulder chronicles the crusade is heating ...