[nfbcs] A+ Certification

Fri Apr 28 21:26:18 UTC 2017

Read Snow Crash.  I have read it four times.  It is great.

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Subject: Re: [nfbcs] A+ Certification

I am a huge sci-fi fan too. When I was in college my nickname was Isaac 
because I was such a huge fan of Isaac Asimov.   Right now, I am working 
my way through the Hugo Award winners. I am currently on ""To Your Scattered Bodies Go" by Philip Jose Farmer. I will have to check out Neil Stephenson. I am not familiar with his work but according to what they say about him on wikipedia, he sounds exactly like my kind of author. I very much prefer technology based science fiction to the phantasy style science fiction.
-- John "Jack" Heim

On 04/28/2017 02:46 PM, Fernando Botelho wrote:
 > Hi everyone,
 >
 > It does look like a pretty remarkable group this one. Thanks for  > including me Jack.
 >
 > I have the heart of a techie, but I am not a developer like you guys. I  > am leading a project to bring free and open source software to blind  > persons in developing countries, mainly by shipping preconfigured  > Raspberry Pi computers, but hopefully also by making the use of virtual  > machines much easier. We will see about that.
 >
 > Actually, I would like to increase the use of command line applications  > among the blind in wealthy countries too, but it does not seem very  > likely in the short term.
 >
 > I went to college in the US and lived there for a while, but I am back  > in Brazil now, where I was born.
 >
 > I used to be sighted until I was around 17, became low vision, and  > finally totally blind around 21 or so.
 >
 > I used to do some weightlifting, nothing serious, but have been working  > too much lately.
 >
 > I love to read sci fi, and just about anything else too. Neil Stephenson  > anyone?
 >
 > Fernando
 >
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