This article from Newsday outlines how over at Purdue University the students are gettig into using podcasts. Digital recordings of lectures allow college students with MP3 players to catch lessons or just catch up wherever and whenever they want. This is excellent example of lifekludging using existing (if not emerging) technology applied to a lifestyleContinueContinue reading “Podcast University”
Category Archives: lifekludger
What is a kludge?
Well may you ask “What is a kludge?” Different people have different definitions. Many times it’s very subjective. A bit like ‘one man’s trash is another man’s treasure’ or ‘beauty is in the eye of the beholder’. I’ve outlined what I mean in my “About this blog” page, which you can get to as aContinueContinue reading “What is a kludge?”
RSS Alarm Clock
I saw this article on how to make a RSS Alarm clock and thought that could be usefull…for someone. In particular I thought someone who has a vision impairment could benefit. So I filed it away for another day. Well, today I found my ‘someone’. Darren over at ProBlogger has some visual problems at presentContinueContinue reading “RSS Alarm Clock”
Bluetooth Sewing Machine
I can’t believe it! This neat little portable sewing machine is a beautiful piece of design, engineering and technology. It’s also got a bluetooth equipped pedal. Boy, you can get a bluetooth equipped sewing machine and I still can’t get my PDA to play music over my bluetooth earpiece. What a wonderful world. Kludge pending.ContinueContinue reading “Bluetooth Sewing Machine”
Horizontal Reading
Following on from a previous post titled horizontal computing on my previous blog, here’s a spin on a reading in bed device. While this article from popgadget talks about the device called the Rainbow book stand from the perspective of being a help for aching muscles from copious reading in bed – it makes meContinueContinue reading “Horizontal Reading”
Windows Key Shortcuts
Funny how you get led around on the net. Reading Scoble I found that Sara Ford was once an accessibility tester who had a presentation on Channel 9 on Accessibility and Visual Studio. In the comments was a reference to a shortcut to the accessibility features on Windows XP. A search on other Windows KeyContinueContinue reading “Windows Key Shortcuts”
