I am full of this crazy energy, but cannot focus it. It’s kind of what it looks like if I have one of those heavily-caffeinated drinks, or, if all is in the right combination, a cuppa soup. I just sort of run around in several directions and get nothing done, but boy do I want …
Author Archives: Carin Headrick
She Wants The Puppy Back?
Wow, there’s an update to the story of the puppy in the mail. It appears that Stacey Champion has had a change of heart and wants the puppy back. Um, what? I hope she doesn’t get it. When her stance changes from “just give me the 20 bucks back that I paid to mail it” …
Power Outage Or Intelligence Outage?
We have talked about people burglarizing houses and staying around to watch porn or go on their Facebook or MySpace, but thanks to Cody Wilkins, we have a new one. You see, the power was out at his house last week due to the crazy weather. He liked to break into places and take jewellery, …
Another Update To The Wendy Portillo Story
Somehow, I missed a development in the Wendy Portillo saga. The mom of Alex Barton, the kid that got voted out of kindergarten, sued the schoolboard and had to take a settlement. $300000 doesn’t seem like nearly enough punishment for what that teacher did. But I guess this will be the real end to the …
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A Study On The Intelligibility Of Speech, Or The Twistedness Of The Human Brain, Or Both. I Don’t Know.
Ouch. My brain hurts. I just completed a study trying to rate the intelligibility of text to speech synthesis. You wouldn’t think that would be hard, but by the end, it gets fucking next to impossible! Don’t believe me? I dare you to try it. You listen to 198 nonsense sentences that seem to come …
Another Opportunity To Comment On The Standards
Well, it’s time, again, to comment on those Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act standards I mention from time to time. They have tweaked the integrated standard, and we have until March 18 to comment. So, read the standards, and comment if you feel you have something to say. I probably will at some point.
He Won’t Come, When You Call, He Won’t Chhase, Squirrels At All…
I wish I hadn’t already used the title “Dead Puppies Aren’t Much Fun” because it would have been appropriate for this story. We honestly don’t know what the hell Stacey Champion was thinking. My best guess is that she was trying to save money, and was too stupid/uncaring to figure out that this was a …
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Help Out NVDA
I’ve been meaning to put this up for a while. Just one thing led to another, and it’s finally going up today. I think lots of blind folks have heard of NVDA. Ya know, it’s NVDA, the free screen reader. Probably lots of us have downloaded it and used it to see if it could …
Free-Dumb: The Police Got A Free Dose Of Dumb, And He’s Dumb And Not Free.
If you’re looking for someone to carjack, a uniformed deputy in a sheriff’s inmate van probably isn’t your best choice. You’ll likely end up on the inside of that van, but not driving it. Wouldn’t you agree, Leonard Baskerville?
Frank’s Red Hot: I Put That Shit On Everyone!
It’s pretty sad when a kid gets adopted by someone who ends up treating him like this. Jessica Beagley adopted two boys from Russia. One of them hasn’t had any issues, but this one apparently does. So, in the video, she resorted to forcing hot sauce into his mouth and then throwing him in a …
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