[Nfbmt] Library

Fri Jan 10 23:26:27 UTC 2014

Hi Sheila.  You sound like me.  I'm just fortunate that my large picture window in my living room is still intact because that is exactly what I wanted to do numerous times with my desk top.  

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From: Nfbmt [mailto:nfbmt-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of sheila
Sent: Friday, January 10, 2014 3:26 PM
To: NFB of Montana Discussion List
Subject: Re: [Nfbmt] Library

Hi i love my laptop. I have had to catch mine before it bites the dust. 
I use to get so frustrated with computers and would want to throw them out of the nearest window but didn't want to replace a window. lol. I'm not the one to ask about dequipment but at least I am not afraid of it any more.
On 1/10/2014 11:11 AM, Rebecca Stewart wrote:
> OK.  Rick, you did it.  I'm audibly chuckling and my husband thinks 
> I'm smoking something because I'm wearing my headphones so he can't hear my computer read to me what you're saying.  I'll have to check out the NFB blog but I honestly don't know how to access a blog.  Do I just search for it on a search  engine?  Do I type in NFB Blog with or without a space or do I find the NfB website and then click on a link for the blog?  I will have to look at it when I get home and see what I can figure out.  I've discovered that my computer doesn't have a self distruct button on it that will blow it up if I accidentally touch it so I think I'm safe trying it.  I'm just not very good at navigating web sites and things like that so I probably won't be able to figure it out with out a lot of headache.  Someone said something earlier on one of these messages and I wanted to tell whoever it was that I have found that I can do everything with my lap top that I used to do with my desk top so I wanted to suggest to them that perhaps they would enjoy a laptop.  I love mine because I can take it with me wherever I go.  The only think I don't like about my laptop is that I set it on a flimsy tv tray when I'm at home and so many times I have had to catch my laptop before it bites the dust when one of my kids or I bump the tv tray and it tips over.  It amazes me how fast I can move to catch my laptop when it's falling.
>
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> From: Nfbmt [mailto:nfbmt-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Rik James
> Sent: Friday, January 10, 2014 10:57 AM
> To: NFB of Montana Discussion List
> Subject: Re: [Nfbmt] Library
>
> Well, me neither, Becca.
> The blog kind of scares me, too.
> Just the sound of it, you know?
>
> I like to sing that song:
> Put another blog on the fire.
> Cook me up some bacon and some beans.
> Go out to the truck and change the tire.
>
> I forget the rest of it. It  was on the Wanted Outlaws album in 1976 by Waylon & Willie.
> Tompall Glaser song.
>
> But I think you may know it.
>
> But as to the Blog.
> They are all set up differently, is my experience. Some navigate better than others using speech.
> The NFB Blog of course is designed very well. Though of course folks like you and me may have to figure a thing or 2 out when first dipping our toes in.
>
> In JAWS I just hit H for each heading and then down arrow to read the posts that interest me.
> As to the rest of it, I just fiddle and fool around to figure out if I want to up and submit a post.
> Or dig a post hole.
>
> Gosh. What is it with me today? Huh?
> I really need to go for a walk.
> Wish me luck on this crazy ice today.
>
> Rik
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Rebecca Stewart
> Sent: Friday, January 10, 2014 10:42 AM
> To: 'NFB of Montana Discussion List'
> Subject: Re: [Nfbmt] Library
>
> Hi Rick.  NFB blog...This excites me and terrifies me simultaneously.  I love the sound of it, a blog site where I can go and get information from others who will know what they are talking about but I have never used a blog.  Using Jaws, can a person like me, a person who can't see the screen, participate in a "blog?" I have never found the courage to try blogging nor have I heard of a blog before that interests me as much as the NFB blog.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Nfbmt [mailto:nfbmt-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Rik James
> Sent: Friday, January 10, 2014 10:36 AM
> To: NFB of Montana Discussion List
> Subject: Re: [Nfbmt] Library
>
> Hello again, friends, and fellow Federationists.
>
> I had meant to invite someone to continue this conversation about the current reading devices and means and strategies of acquiring the reading materials.
>
> It may well be that there is a website that has a well-written and current summary of all that is available and detail about each.
> I know many of us in our circle, have a good brain trust already.
> But I am always with an antenna outreached. And I find I can not hope to really keep abreast of all the fast developing innovations and technology.
>
> If someone is aware of a specific page or website, please reply to this discussion thread and post that link. Okay?
>
> Here are just a couple places I may suggest.
> You probably know of the NFB A T Blog.
> There are good posts there, and discussion.
> Here is that link:
>
> https://nfb.org/blognames/atblog
>
> And as to a podcast, some of you may enjoy, as I have come to enjoy listening regularly to the Eyes on Success podcast with Nancy and Peter Torphey. The cover a lot of ground, and they have good guests, covering a very wide range of topics. It is only 30 minutes or so which makes it nice and concise. The original name of the podcast was Viewpoints Plus. And they changed it to Eyes on Success last year. I tell you that so that the link will not confuse anybody.
>
> http://viewpointsplus.net/
>
> Here is another thing to mention and share.
> Feeds. I love feeds.
> Do you use RSS Feeds?
> There is another thing I started to use regularly in the last year or so.
> When I find a thing I like to return to to read or to find content to download, I will look for a link for the RSS Feeds.
> Not much about it that is specifically for the blind. But I find it absolutely cool to use. Quick to navigate using speech, and easy to download from.
> Does anyone use Feeds regularly?  I do!  Mostly I have come to use them by way of the Internet Explorer browser. I put the Feeds under different categories. Which makes it nice to have them sorted out a bit.  My big
> categories are, just in case you are wondering:   ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT,
> BASEBALL, BLIND TECH, GENERAL INTEREST, NEWS, and POLITICS.  When I subscribe to a feed of somehting, I will place it in one of those places in the process.
>
> Mister Talky Talk. That is me today, huh?
> Right to a T.
> Give me a T. Give me an A. Give me an L.
> What’s that spell?
> Oops. You forgot the K.
> What?
> The K, I say.
>
> Sigh. He is hopeless, I tell you.
> Enjoy your Friday. And your January. And your 2014.
> Rik James
>
>
>
>
> Thanks.
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