Re: A Linux Accessibility story

2012-05-28 Thread Technomage Hawke
I may have to dig up his email. I use VINUX here (when I am not using OS X on the mac). and yes, I am more than a little frustrated with companies that seem to think I am the goose that laid the golden egg. the Linux laptop I got 18 months ago as a donation machine from PLUG and it performs

Re: I got a message from google this morning.

2012-05-14 Thread Technomage Hawke
changing passwords often is definitely a good rule to live by. making them memorable should also be made easier, especially if you use a couple of tricks. I won't go into them here as this list is publicly searchable. one thing I use (on a mac) is a keychains file. you have to know the user

Re: I got a message from google this morning.

2012-05-13 Thread Technomage Hawke
Before I went total a couple of years back, I used to play WoW and after they got their mail database compromised, I would start getting loads of PHISHES, spam and other mails. So, I made a new gmail account specifically for WoW and changed the email in WoW to reflect this. I still get spams

Re: HackFest Call for Recommendations

2012-05-11 Thread Technomage Hawke
I am not sure who you can contact at DeVry, but I am sure they would welcome a bunch of tech heads for HackFests or even InstallFests. 21st Ave and Dunlap is not far off the freeway and is a bit more centrally located for those of us who live out west. if that is too far north, then there is

Re: Linux Administrators

2012-04-11 Thread Technomage Hawke
ouch! that is not what I would want to deal with. I don't do office politics and can be very intolerant of those who practice it (this is probably why my last real employment back in 1989 didn't work out well). It absolutely amazes me how people can behave in a work environment. I may not be a

Re: Linux Administrators

2012-04-10 Thread Technomage Hawke
I wish I could do that now. I am in need of some retraining (including learning braille). thats the problem with some opportunities, you can't take advantage of them because circumstances won't permit it. :( -eric On Apr 10, 2012, at 8:06 PM, Lisa Kachold wrote: A few positions are open at

reader needs help urgentlyopen source screen

2012-03-29 Thread Technomage Hawke
hello everyone. this may be a windows centric opensource project, but the goal is honorable. that goal: provide a low cost (or free) alternative to blind windows users. Right now, for a blind user to use windows, they either go with NVDA or do without because very few of them can afford the

Re: OT: Health Insurance

2012-03-15 Thread Technomage Hawke
outrageous? thats a deep understatement.. what he went through is called fleecing the sheep. and yes, shopping around will definitely help. -eric On Mar 15, 2012, at 8:33 AM, Lisa Kachold wrote: Hi Keith, Check out this search link with an at a glance quote comparison (using 55 years old

Re: Ran across something that might be of interest to our visually impaired members

2012-02-29 Thread Technomage Hawke
I have tried it for OS X. it conflicts with the built-in screenreader. so, I either run one or the other. This is not the only problem. ChromeVox is still BetaWare and tends to crash more often than it should. I don't run windows here, so I can't comment on the windows version. I will need to

Re: hard disk failure

2012-02-24 Thread Technomage Hawke
usually when a superblock goes bad, it is because the drive was turned off in the middle of some write operations. since there more than one copy of the primary superblock, the filesystem should be recoverable. some orphaned files will be written to Lost Found for you to look at. If more than

Re: hard disk failure

2012-02-18 Thread Technomage Hawke
, but I have managed to salvage a couple of hard drives with it in the past. http://www.ultimatebootcd.com/ On 02/17/2012 04:27 PM, Technomage Hawke wrote: you can load a live DVD into the system and then try one of the many HDD test tools (badblocks with no options is a safe bet

Re: hard disk failure

2012-02-18 Thread Technomage Hawke
= 2048, start = 55287808 hdparm /dev/sda multcount = 16 (on) IO_support = 1 (32-bit) readonly = 0 (off) reahead = 256 (on) geometry = 4863/255/63, sectors = 78125000, start = 0 On Sat, Feb 18, 2012 at 8:07 AM, Technomage Hawke technomage.ha...@gmail.com

Re: hard disk failure

2012-02-18 Thread Technomage Hawke
ah, yeah that one too. there are so many test tools these days. :) -eric On Feb 18, 2012, at 10:28 AM, Matt Graham wrote: technomage.ha...@gmail.com wrote: now I remember what the other tool was: hdparm. that tool will tell you what the SMART status is on the HDD. From: Michael Havens

Re: OT: Headhunter Harrassment

2012-02-18 Thread Technomage Hawke
I know the feeling. I see roughly 15 mails a day. I never bothered to publish my phone, so I don't get the phone calls (fortunately). rigt now, i can't accept any of these offers simply because I need retraining (waiting on VR to get their act together). -eric On Feb 18, 2012, at 7:21 PM,

Re: hard disk failure

2012-02-17 Thread Technomage Hawke
you can load a live DVD into the system and then try one of the many HDD test tools (badblocks with no options is a safe bet and will tell you almost immediately if there are any problems). I know there is another command line tool that can test drive throughput and read the SMART tables on the

Re:

2012-02-10 Thread Technomage Hawke
Jim, You aren't the only one to hate UNITY. The DM is so broken for ORCA that huge portions of it are simply inaccessible, especially for us screen reader users). Don't even ask about braille support. Gnome 3 was definitely a better fit and far more stable. Perhaps the folks at UNITY should

Re: Fixing Unity

2012-02-10 Thread Technomage Hawke
I wish I could have been there for that. I would have pointed out how broken accessibility is broken in UNITY. defensive wouldn't have been the course of action, it would have been a full on retreat. I also think that the word Disconnect was an understatement. -eric On Feb 10, 2012, at 4:24

Re: EAST side plug meeting tonight (2/9) at MCC

2012-02-09 Thread Technomage Hawke
guess its too late to request a ride. this may be the last time I can attend such as VR has finally got off their butts and started the ball rolling on my training program. I certainly would ilke to attend and if anyone from the west side is going, I wouldn't mind car pooling. -Eric

Re: flashplayer disabled

2012-02-03 Thread Technomage Hawke
minds want to know... what exactly did you mess around with to get things working? On 02/02/2012 10:21 PM, Michael Havens wrote: well apt-get install flash* failed but I messed around with it and got things working. Thanks for your help. On Thu, Feb 2, 2012 at 8:31 PM, Technomage Hawke

Re: flashplayer disabled

2012-02-02 Thread Technomage Hawke
the room mate here had the same problem a week or so back. I had to log in and do an apt-get install flash* and it got anything with flash in the name and description. sure, it is a shotgun approach, but it did work. one thing you might want to try is get the vlc package and its various

Re: EAST side plug meeting tonight at MCC

2012-01-12 Thread Technomage Hawke
anyone from the west side heading there? give me a call: 623-399-5635 -eric On Jan 12, 2012, at 2:32 PM, PLUG Announcements wrote: Presenter: Larry Thiel TOPIC: Openshot Video Editor BIO Larry Thiel started playing with computers in 1964. Studying them in college in those days

Re: OT - Windows XP Installation CD

2012-01-02 Thread Technomage Hawke
I have a licensed original copy with the additional sp3 complimentary disk. since you already have a key and it is for the same sub-brand of windows, there shouldn't be any problems. one issue though, the OS will try to register itself with microsoft and because it can't connect to the net

Re: Ubuntu Linux losing popularity fast. New Unity interface to blame? | Royal Pingdom

2012-01-02 Thread Technomage Hawke
, Technomage Hawke wrote: I tried 11.10 on a default installation. the unity interface sux so bad that accessibility for it is a major lesson in futility. Sorry, late with the reply. Here is the a11y work that is going on in Unity this cycle: https://blueprints.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+spec

Re: sorting 512.192 emails

2011-12-31 Thread Technomage Hawke
/support/forum/p/gmail/thread?tid=487246c51f78db43hl=en help? On Fri, Dec 30, 2011 at 9:23 PM, Technomage Hawke technomage.ha...@gmail.com wrote: well, I just spent a better part of 18 hours trying to cull out the ever expanding girth of my email accounts. in that 19 hours, I reduced

need some help patching a DSDT file

2011-12-31 Thread Technomage Hawke
I managed to get a dsdt.dsl file from my ubuntu 11.04 installation on the lifeboat laptop. now I just need help patching it to remove 1 error and 2 warnings. anyone know how to do this? -eric --- PLUG-discuss mailing list -

Re: sorting 512.192 emails

2011-12-31 Thread Technomage Hawke
to slice and dice your email without being hindered by the web interface. Brian On 12/31/2011 04:08 AM, Technomage Hawke wrote: that apparently works in standard GUI mode, but trying it in basic html using a screenreader did not yield the expected result as there was no select all button

sorting 512.192 emails

2011-12-30 Thread Technomage Hawke
well, I just spent a better part of 18 hours trying to cull out the ever expanding girth of my email accounts. in that 19 hours, I reduced the all mail folder by 259,213 emails using the only web interface that has no tools for the blind in it. its not like I want to keep all that email. it was

Re: Merry Christmas to all

2011-12-26 Thread Technomage Hawke
same here. I just wished that I could have found a donor machine for a lady. she runs a violinteer art shop and uses (until it died) a small k6-2 1.8 Ghz with about 1 gb of ram. unfortunately, all her materials are still on the HDD. I have extolled the benefits of using linux, but she doesn't

Re: need to find a donor computer.

2011-12-22 Thread Technomage Hawke
I might have some ram laying around, but I have no way of knowing what is what. guess I need to twist my room mates arm a bit. -eric On Dec 22, 2011, at 12:04 PM, Eric Shubert wrote: On 12/21/2011 04:39 PM, Technomage Hawke wrote: hello guys. I have a friend of mine (she is a nice old lady

Re: need to find a donor computer.

2011-12-22 Thread Technomage Hawke
GB HDD in it. It was all working last i had it out and about. On Thu, Dec 22, 2011 at 12:04 PM, Eric Shubert e...@shubes.net wrote: On 12/21/2011 04:39 PM, Technomage Hawke wrote: hello guys. I have a friend of mine (she is a nice old lady) who needs some help. she has an old computer

Re: need to find a donor computer.

2011-12-21 Thread Technomage Hawke
a donor computer. From: ke...@fries-biro.com To: plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us BoCoCo On Dec 21, 2011 4:39 PM, Technomage Hawke technomage.ha...@gmail.com wrote: hello guys. I have a friend of mine (she is a nice old lady) who needs some help. she has an old computer

Re: PLUG Christmas party this Thursday

2011-12-08 Thread Technomage Hawke
is that question directed my way? I am wondering as the direction of the statement is unclear. -eric On Dec 8, 2011, at 7:09 AM, Stephen wrote: you had to make it tonight On Thu, Dec 8, 2011 at 1:38 AM, Technomage Hawke technomage.ha...@gmail.com wrote: I did remember asking if I

Re: PLUG Christmas party this Thursday

2011-12-08 Thread Technomage Hawke
:58 AM, Technomage Hawke technomage.ha...@gmail.com wrote: is that question directed my way? I am wondering as the direction of the statement is unclear. -eric On Dec 8, 2011, at 7:09 AM, Stephen wrote: you had to make it tonight On Thu, Dec 8, 2011 at 1:38 AM, Technomage Hawke

still wanting a ride but holding out hope

2011-12-08 Thread Technomage Hawke
well, it is now 1835 local time and not a peep about a ride to the christmas party. guess no one from this side of the valley is going. still waiting to hear from anyone on the phone either. I figure it this way: if I don't hear from anyone by 1900 then I am to assume that no one is going.

Re: Ubuntu Linux losing popularity fast. New Unity interface to blame? | Royal Pingdom

2011-12-01 Thread Technomage Hawke
I tried 11.10 on a default installation. the unity interface sux so bad that accessibility for it is a major lesson in futility. Opensuse isn't far behind it either. I fought all day with OpenSuse to no avail. no proper accessibility in gnome 3, kde is worthless and don't even ask about unity.

need some visual help...

2011-11-30 Thread Technomage Hawke
ok, I am going to need some visual assistance. I need to setup opensuse on a new HD and there appears to be no way for me to do so in a non-visual way. so if someone can get hold of me on Skype (technomage-hawke) I can start a video session and get the ball rolling. someone please help here

Re: need some visual help...

2011-11-30 Thread Technomage Hawke
I ended up out of the room for a bit. I am here now if you can still help. -eric On Nov 30, 2011, at 3:58 PM, Mark Phillips wrote: I called a few minutes ago, but you were busy. I hope it means someone is helping you! Good luck! Mark On Wed, Nov 30, 2011 at 1:40 PM, Technomage

I need a little help...

2011-11-29 Thread Technomage Hawke
I am in need of some help. it seems that information for installing opensuse in a blind friendly manner is either sparse or not published. I need to pull a full installation for a room mate (who is not here at the moment) and ubuntu is not in the cards (their method of installing after the

Re: Vmware Player Prevents Aptitude from Installing Packages

2011-11-25 Thread Technomage Hawke
the name player in the name of it is the biggest hint. the player is designed to show off or demonstrate an OS inside the VM. it is generally considered to be read only. you need a full version vmware server capable of running any OS in read-write mode). there is a free version vmware-server )I

Re: someone figured out my email address

2011-11-23 Thread Technomage Hawke
, 2011 at 3:10 PM, Technomage Hawke technomage.ha...@gmail.com wrote: yeah, we are fervently nationalistic here. like all nationalistic places, we may be falling into fascism. its still a very reactionary state of affairs. anyway, this strays from the subject. -eric On Nov 22, 2011

Re: someone figured out my email address

2011-11-22 Thread Technomage Hawke
you win the password security award, Hawks, On Nov 21, 2011 1:41 PM, Technomage Hawke technomage.ha...@gmail.com wrote: this is why I use a long password string with random characters (pigeon is so nice for this). usually I go with a character length longer than 20 characters. since

Re: someone figured out my email address

2011-11-22 Thread Technomage Hawke
yeah, we are fervently nationalistic here. like all nationalistic places, we may be falling into fascism. its still a very reactionary state of affairs. anyway, this strays from the subject. -eric On Nov 22, 2011, at 2:09 PM, mz wrote: On 11/22/2011 12:43 PM, Technomage Hawke wrote

Re: someone figured out my email address

2011-11-21 Thread Technomage Hawke
this is why I use a long password string with random characters (pigeon is so nice for this). usually I go with a character length longer than 20 characters. since these are very hard to remember, I keep them on a usb dongle in an encrypted file. Because of this, I have only had to change my

Re: someone figured out my email address

2011-11-21 Thread Technomage Hawke
there are a lot of reasons. an email address can be a resource for other passwords, banking info, personal information, etc. as a resource to the number of cyberpunks out there, it can also earn real money. this is why I maintain a number of email accounts (3 on gmail and 1 on mail.com and

Re: someone figured out my email address

2011-11-21 Thread Technomage Hawke
say it you can remember it. On Nov 21, 2011 6:21 PM, Lisa Kachold lisakach...@obnosis.com wrote: I believe you win the password security award, Hawks, On Nov 21, 2011 1:41 PM, Technomage Hawke technomage.ha...@gmail.com wrote: this is why I use a long password string with random characters

Re: OT: newegg alternatives

2011-11-14 Thread Technomage Hawke
java presents some more specific problems for me as well. there are sites that don't bother to turn on the accessibility modules in java (which is most of them) causing me to get a blank scroll area whenever I land on them. I have even tried braille output on those sites only to get nothing.

who would I have to contact to have a printer driver made?

2011-11-14 Thread Technomage Hawke
ok, I think the subject says it all. the printer: canon pixma ip2600 inkjet printer. there used to be a ppd and a package for this printer, but it seems to have dropped from sight after kernel 2.4. I tried getting hold of someone at canon and have gotten no response. this is a nice $30

Re: OT: newegg alternatives

2011-11-14 Thread Technomage Hawke
then the developers of javascript need to consider accessibility as a priority item. there are more than 14 million visually impaired people in the U.S. alone. a significant percentage of that are on the net and iusing accessibility technology. roadblocks such as javascript or flash graphics

Re: EAST side plug meeting tonight at MCC

2011-11-10 Thread Technomage Hawke
is there any way I can arrange a ride? call me at 623 399 5635 as soon as possible. -eric On Nov 10, 2011, at 2:34 PM, PLUG Announcements wrote: TOPIC: What's new in Ubuntu ABSTRACT Ubuntu has been the most popular Desktop Linux download on the planet for 6 years. They produce a new

Re: iTWire - More proof of Oracle's disinterest in open source

2011-10-14 Thread Technomage Hawke
they don't care about accessibility much either. I tried to use their app on my mac (they have a mac version) and I couldn't even navigate the setup menu, let alone find out what the buttons said. they have been like this for the last couple of years. repeated letters to their devs appear to be

Re: Westside PLUG meetings

2011-10-03 Thread Technomage Hawke
sounds like a good place to me. all I would need would be the ride and I am all set. -Eric On Oct 3, 2011, at 7:37 AM, Lisa Kachold wrote: DeVry is excellent! But how about the library at Phoenix College? Phoenix College 1202 W. Thomas Road Phoenix, Arizona, 85013

Re:

2011-10-02 Thread Technomage Hawke
I have often found it the case that we all will become complacent when everything appears to be operating smoothly. given that technology and software change so rapidly, its a wonder this doesn't happen more frequently. -eric On Oct 2, 2011, at 7:55 PM, Eric Shubert wrote: On 10/02/2011 10:52

forensics and a blind linux user?

2011-08-22 Thread Technomage Hawke
hello hans and the rest of the list. I have some questions about how one such as me can get involved in forensics. to begin with , you already know my situation, so I need not point it out. what tools are available that use a command line or can work within a console terminal window? any

Re: How to Protect Your Password

2011-08-16 Thread Technomage Hawke
it would be nice if someone were to include a brief description of the images for those of us who are blind. -eric On Aug 15, 2011, at 3:49 PM, Dazed_75 wrote: -- Forwarded message -- From: Larry A. Thiel lth...@mchsi.com Date: Mon, Aug 15, 2011 at 3:09 PM Subject: Fwd:

Re: PowerPC Recommendations

2011-07-20 Thread Technomage Hawke
I have had some experience with linux on PPC. just about all of them use the dubs subsystem and depending on your specific logic board, may cause the system to become unresponsive. that aside, the best distribution is debian or ubuntu (though debian may have better application support).

Re: need help installing to a USB stick

2011-07-13 Thread Technomage Hawke
ok, I am requesting some hep as far as a ride there and back goes. I live out here on the west end and using dial-a-ride or the public transit to get to mesa is going to be problematic. I can make it as far as ASU by late afternoon and would have to meet someone there but would need a ride

ride request

2011-07-13 Thread Technomage Hawke
I am still looking for a ride to the plug meeting. I am guessing that either my last e-mail didn't make the list or no one saw it. so, here it is again. I am willing to chip in for some gas if needed. I really would like to go. -Eric phone: 623-399-5635

need help installing to a USB stick

2011-07-12 Thread Technomage Hawke
My roomate just handed me a 8 GB USB memory stick. He wants me to install a fully operational Ubuntu 11 system to it. unfortunately, all I have is a vinux install dvd and a mac. since the Ubuntu install doesn't have speech or braille support enabled at startup, I find myself in a position of

Re: need help installing to a USB stick

2011-07-12 Thread Technomage Hawke
not wish to publish it. If you do not respond by tomorow sometime, I will try to call you. Larry On Tue, Jul 12, 2011 at 12:07 PM, Technomage Hawke technomage.ha...@gmail.com wrote: My roomate just handed me a 8 GB USB memory stick. He wants me to install a fully operational Ubuntu 11

Re: need help installing to a USB stick

2011-07-12 Thread Technomage Hawke
not wish to publish it. If you do not respond by tomorow sometime, I will try to call you. Larry On Tue, Jul 12, 2011 at 12:07 PM, Technomage Hawke technomage.ha...@gmail.com wrote: My roomate just handed me a 8 GB USB memory stick. He wants me to install a fully operational Ubuntu 11

Re: Linux and VMWare?

2011-06-23 Thread Technomage Hawke
I have found that running linux as a host and running a linux guest are a very powerful combination. I used this combination to test different distributions and had very little difficulty in setting up a new instance. I also ran windows, openbsd (as the firewall) and sun solaris for pc and a

Re: WSM tonight, need presentation

2011-06-22 Thread Technomage Hawke
if there is a meeting, can I arrange a ride? phone: 623 399 5635 -Eric On Jun 22, 2011, at 8:58 AM, der.hans wrote: moin moin, late at Stammtisch last night it came up that tonight is the west ѕide meeting. We need a presentation. I can't make it. Anyone have a presentation they can

Re: computer donation

2011-06-13 Thread Technomage Hawke
that looks to be pretty close. call me at 623 399 5635 if you need directions. -Eric On Jun 12, 2011, at 7:14 PM, betty wrote: I work at the 60 and mc clintock on tues. and live at I-10 and cotton lane in goodyear. Does that help with getting it to Eric? -- betty i. www.webcanine.com

Re: re computer donation?

2011-06-11 Thread Technomage Hawke
thanks, I can install vinux here,, I have 3.0 and 3.1 already on image repository. if anyone needs to see my screen, I can plug in an external. otherwise, it makes no difference to me if the screen works or not. I might have to find another braille template for it, but what the hey? any specs

Re: re computer donation?

2011-06-11 Thread Technomage Hawke
thanks for the help. smile I left my phone in the message so I could be contacted directly. I really hated losing that powerbook. I even tried salvaging the HD from it. that was toast as well (heat does some serious things). come to think of it, this is the first time I have asked for this

Re: event space @ maker bench tempe, computer donation?

2011-06-10 Thread Technomage Hawke
assistance from the group would be greatly appreciated. -Eric On Jun 10, 2011, at 1:07 AM, Dave U wrote: Eric, We're a 5 minute walk north on smith from the smith/apache stop on the light rail, NE corner of smith and university. On Thu, Jun 9, 2011 at 6:55 PM, Technomage Hawke

Re: event space @ maker bench tempe, computer donation?

2011-06-09 Thread Technomage Hawke
I wouldn't mind checking out the place if not for a ride to the east side. btw, I passed out a copy of vinux at my last presentation and I was wondering how well it worked. -Eric On Jun 9, 2011, at 12:07 PM, Dave U wrote: This is Dave Uhlman, I am a previously active contributor and more

Re: OT: Amateur Radio

2011-05-10 Thread Technomage Hawke
Eric, I am also licensed. my call is N7ZZT. I mostly hang out on 146.52 simplex. -eric On May 9, 2011, at 9:45 PM, Eric Cope wrote: Hello all, I recently picked up a HT to finally use my amateur radio license. I recall seeing a few individuals on the list with their license. Is anyone doing

Re: OT: Amateur Radio

2011-05-10 Thread Technomage Hawke
I would like to get my extra. I just haven't found a group willing to work with a blind ham as yet. -Eric On May 9, 2011, at 10:09 PM, Eric Cope wrote: I have my Technician license (the lowest), but since they eliminated the Morse Code (CW), I recommend go all the way for Extra. I ordered

Re: OT: Amateur Radio

2011-05-10 Thread Technomage Hawke
I am located in west phoenix at 83rd ave. and indianschool rd. Maricopa is a long way from here. -Eric On May 10, 2011, at 9:14 AM, Eric Cope wrote: Eric, Where are you located? I'm down in Maricopa. Eric On Tue, May 10, 2011 at 9:13 AM, Technomage Hawke technomage.ha...@gmail.com wrote

Re:

2011-04-12 Thread Technomage Hawke
its a good thing I still know all my hex codes. :) -Eric On Apr 12, 2011, at 7:05 PM, Tyrel Knudsen wrote: http%3A%2F%2Fbergerhollandais%2Efr%2Fkupikupi%2Ehtml --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe,

plug westside meeting?

2011-03-21 Thread Technomage Hawke
ok, I am supposed to be the presenter for the westside meeting. the topic is accessibility technology for the blind in linux. my only issue is being able to get to the meeting site. anyone going there early that can stop by and pick me up? my contact info: Eric phone: 623-399-5635 thanks.

Re: New Server for PLUG Server a Brand New Website

2011-03-18 Thread Technomage Hawke
A PIII 80 Mhz eh? thats a good firewall box. smile I have one even older than that still operating here (PII 400Mhz 256 MB ram using openbsd 4.1). with over 1.5K days in operation, its been very reliable. so? if anyone wants a firewall box setup using that old server, I can put the OS in place

Re: New Server for PLUG Servering a Brand New Website

2011-03-18 Thread Technomage Hawke
usage. Brian Cluff On 03/18/2011 12:20 AM, Technomage Hawke wrote: A PIII 80 Mhz eh? thats a good firewall box.smile I have one even older than that still operating here (PII 400Mhz 256 MB ram using openbsd 4.1). with over 1.5K days in operation, its been very reliable. so? if anyone wants

Re: web conference

2011-03-06 Thread Technomage Hawke
I do have a sony handicap if anyone wants to borrow it. :) am still trying to figure out exactly to say for my presentation for the westside meeting. I might just record some of it here using the OS X box and bring along my portable dvd player and then do a question/answer format after the

Re: web conference

2011-03-06 Thread Technomage Hawke
I could post as private files on youtube and provide the links yto the website admin to be placed on the plug website. this will make any video material available to plug members with a minimum of effort. -Eric On Mar 6, 2011, at 7:27 PM, Bryan O'Neal wrote: I like the adsence idea a lot. As

Re: Project Outreach, Reply to Nominate your Project

2011-03-01 Thread Technomage Hawke
Steve, I had that very same problem with thunderbird. its not entirely accessible under linux. its completely inaccessible under OS X, so I use mail.app instead. on an off-topic note: I have an evaluation with an eye surgeon tomorrow. I am hoping they can resolve the excessive eye pain that

Re: ot: funny stuff

2011-02-24 Thread Technomage Hawke
HUH?!?!?!?! rofl On Feb 24, 2011, at 1:00 PM, Michael Havens wrote: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3NbN7yl2_fMfeature=player_embedded -- --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to

Re: SCaLE

2011-02-24 Thread Technomage Hawke
I wish I could go. However, I lack funds to pay for a room and gas. it would be nice to go just to get out and be with other people, even if for only a little while. -Eric On Feb 24, 2011, at 9:40 PM, Dazed_75 wrote: Is there any suggestion or thought for PLUG members attending SCaLE to

Re: Security-related question

2011-02-22 Thread Technomage Hawke
it will have a unique mac address. if you had openbsd as a firewall vm, you could pass traffic through there and use the os.fingerprints file to pass or block what you needed. -Eric On Feb 22, 2011, at 8:22 AM, Jim March wrote: Folks, I'm trying to figure out what a particular Windows

Re: ubuntuu laptop or anything else

2011-02-18 Thread Technomage Hawke
I find web-based virus scanners untrustworthy and a waste of time. I have a couple of live cd based virus scanners. the live cd's are linux based (aver and bitdefender). give me a shout if you need some help. -Eric 623-399-5635 On Feb 18, 2011, at 10:53 AM, Michael Havens wrote: I just

Re: Its an interesting read: Anonymous speaks: the inside story of the HBGary hack

2011-02-18 Thread Technomage Hawke
and one wonders why we have such attacks happening at places less famous (like your local bank for instance) and with frighteningly regular frequency. -Eric On Feb 18, 2011, at 4:56 PM, Stephen wrote:

Re: SCaLE 9x

2011-02-16 Thread Technomage Hawke
I really wish I had the money to go. it sounds like an event to learn new things at (and perhaps demonstrate accessible tech). -Eric On Feb 16, 2011, at 1:42 PM, CB wrote: I'm looking for someone who is going to SCaLE this year and is wanting to carpool. Anyone have an open seat? -lnkr

Re: OT: Survey: 32% Admit Mooching Neighbor's Wi-Fi

2011-02-11 Thread Technomage Hawke
laboriously). All Trust is Misplaced On Sat, Feb 05, 2011 at 05:44:28PM -0700, Technomage Hawke wrote: nice story, but the layout was confusing. they really need to be using tables and frames on there. having to skim all the other link entries just to read the story. Sorry folks, its

Re: Tonight's presentation on accessibility

2011-02-10 Thread Technomage Hawke
if I can get a carpool ride, I have a sony handicam that can be used. It does seem rather funny a totally blind person using video equipment, but I find it only very hard to do so. call it a challenge I wish to meet. I can place the video up on youtube or produce it in any format anyone needs

Re: OT: Learning to Spell (HIPPA)

2011-02-09 Thread Technomage Hawke
well, I am not sure how I would handle that. I would have to hand it off to someone with a working pair of eyes. I would also request a report on what was found. as for the why: any such proscribed materials could introduce unwarranted liability issues to the company. If found to be such, I

Re: Dist-hopping experimentation time!

2011-02-07 Thread Technomage Hawke
I am thinking of giving that one a try out on the powerbook. btw, I have A version of Vinux (version 3.1 PPC) running on there now from a vinux build script meant for 3.0 (ubuntu 10.04 based). I had to modify the scripts to update to maverick meerkat and some packages are clearly not available

Re: February East Side Meeting

2011-02-07 Thread Technomage Hawke
that much. But I can dig up URLs and stuff like that as I may want to make them available to the audience at the meeting and any future events. On Fri, Jan 21, 2011 at 11:10:44PM -0700, Technomage Hawke wrote: march is definitely doable. I might have missed the response. I typically get

Re: OT: Survey: 32% Admit Mooching Neighbor's Wi-Fi

2011-02-05 Thread Technomage Hawke
nice story, but the layout was confusing. they really need to be using tables and frames on there. having to skim all the other link entries just to read the story. Sorry folks, its being a long and painful day. btw, can I get a little help with a basic outline for linux and accessibility

Re: LinkedIn Connect Request

2011-02-03 Thread Technomage Hawke
its from the holy grail episode.there may also have been a movie. all I can tell you is that I saw it as a child in upstate NY. -Eric On Feb 3, 2011, at 2:39 AM, Robert N. Eaton wrote: On 2/3/2011 12:49 AM, Robert Holtzman wrote: On Wed, Feb 02, 2011 at 09:27:32PM -0700, Technomage Hawke

Re: LinkedIn Connect Request

2011-02-02 Thread Technomage Hawke
I was wondering about that. :) -Eric On Feb 2, 2011, at 6:33 PM, Lisa Kachold wrote: I accidently sent a LinkedIn request to ALL of PLUG via the list! K! I apologize for this terrible accidente'. Feel free to pettily natter and lampoon me like Dennis Kibbe loves to do. --

Re: LinkedIn Connect Request

2011-02-02 Thread Technomage Hawke
hey, watch out for the warple bunny. smile and let us not forget to count only to three before throwing the holy hand grenade of Antioch. man I still love that show. I wish they still showed it on American TV. -Eric On Feb 2, 2011, at 6:52 PM, James Mcphee wrote: Your mother was a hampster,

Re: LinkedIn Connect Request

2011-02-02 Thread Technomage Hawke
, Robert Holtzman wrote: On Wed, Feb 02, 2011 at 09:27:32PM -0700, Technomage Hawke wrote: hey, watch out for the warple bunny. smile and let us not forget to count only to three before throwing the holy hand grenade of Antioch. man I still love that show. I wish they still showed it on American

Re: text-level semantics and the blind?

2011-01-27 Thread Technomage Hawke
interesting. I never noticed that before. the items that get /del don't appear invisible to me. in fact, that attribute seems to be ignored. no wonder some documents get confusing to me. I do have a text attributes setting in voiceover that would tell me this, but it amps up the verbosity so

Re: text-level semantics and the blind?

2011-01-27 Thread Technomage Hawke
Chas, now you begin to see some of the problems I experience on some sites right now. html5 is going to make things at least 1 order or magnitude worse. I had 1 vinux and 1 jaws user also report the same problems. -Eric On Jan 27, 2011, at 5:47 PM, ChasM Marshall wrote: Hiya Eric, I

Re: OT: Some kind of google search virus.

2011-01-25 Thread Technomage Hawke
manually delete your browser cache directories. its a file being executed whenever your browse. also, get aver from www.free-av.com. that is a good package and will spot some bugs for you. also get cleaner and malwarebytes antimalware. I call this a triple buffer against many problems. -Eric

Re: February East Side Meeting

2011-01-21 Thread Technomage Hawke
Hey steve, I still am not sure if I am doing the west side presentation (I haven't heard a yae or nay on it yet) but if I do, can you compile some materials for me? I am not very good at presentations (I'm nervous about public speaking and I haven't really done much presentation before). I have

Re: February East Side Meeting

2011-01-21 Thread Technomage Hawke
21. Jan, 2011 schwätzte Technomage Hawke so: moin moin Eric, can you do your presentation in March? I responded to you about that last week. You've got the date if you want it. ciao, der.hans Hey steve, I still am not sure if I am doing the west side presentation (I haven't

FWD: NVDA needs you

2011-01-20 Thread Technomage Hawke
looks like the blind across the planet need a little extra help. I happen to be one of them that uses windows for apps not found in Linux or OS X. unfortunately, I have no way to afford the nearly $1,000 cost of a screen reader for windows (from freedom Scientific). This project is completely

Re: PLUG: Deleted West Side Meeting

2011-01-15 Thread Technomage Hawke
btw, I was hoping to present on accessibility technology in the next month or 2 on the west side. let me know if I am needed for a presentation. I will also need a ride there. -Eric On Jan 15, 2011, at 1:27 PM, Lisa Kachold wrote: I have deleted some 10 West Side PLUG meeting entries that

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