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>the personal blog of david n wallace
[aka Dave the Lifekludger]

• Just discovered John Callahan http://bit.ly/clII6K thru this vid : http://bit.ly/c5v6qH – Instant affinity! [sensibility warning] #
• In bed, watching Black Adder … Darling #
• @mpesce @trib So what's the term for the person who's reader/writer? pfkata? in reply to mpesce #
• @fang Wish I was there … in reply to fang #
• Run outta things to listen to. Looking for new podcast adventures to listen to. #
• Installing Win7 on Virtualbox on Mac … because I can #
• Lifekludger New post: Wireless door access TI watch http://cli.gs/sRE8Y #
• The hard to find missing words "under the VirtualBox VM menu go to Devices and install Guest Additions. " Thnx http://bit.ly/aTahwO #
• @VinceOZ Working good under Sun Virtualbox so far. in reply to VinceOZ #
• Lifekludger New post: Wireless door access TI watch http://cli.gs/ZTsQX #
• Someone got me to be watching China Beach again .. bringing up all kinds of thoughts, feelings .. haunting. You bugga Jen #
• Playing [successfully] with Win7 on Virtualbox – If there's one reason why I'd defect to Win7, it'd be LiveWriter. #
• @mpesce By sound of it tethering is one thing that is done better with oz comms carriers than the US in reply to mpesce #
• Hmmm… #
• @delin Correct Andy, it's Win(generic) in reply to delin #
• Listening to RanchoCast : RT @kentnewsome: New Blog Post: RanchoCast 02/01/10: http://tinyurl.com/ylchwxu #
• @fang Showing off what? A 5 second table glance? Or was it the Shozu/youtu.be biz that was the point? in reply to fang #
• at glenelg foreshoe w the boy #
• Watching FlossWeekly on TWiT and see this that @fang might like http://www.stellarium.org/ #
• Lifekludger New post: iTouch iStick iKludge http://cli.gs/Mt8T8 #
• Photohunt. yesah.. #
• In Horizontal HQ awaiting wc repairs … #
• Mmmm .. wheels are back. Freedom again. (things are relative folks) #
• So, apparently http://to. is a url shortner and http://to./iu6 should go to Lifekludger #
• @scenariogirl Depends where each celebrity falls on the net worth:media scale eh? in reply to scenariogirl #
• Booking Fringe Tickets … #
• @cait would be into this at the Fringe "STEAMPUNK BALL ~ THE MAIDEN FLIGHT OF THE OLYMPIA: 27 FEB, 13 MAR" http://j.mp/aK5Sg9 #
• Oh, looky there … The new facebook layout looks just like a Blog! #
• Cool: "Singapore: University + Twitter = Twuniversity | Laurel Papworth" http://j.mp/9CmYXA #
• @Tarale Fantastic work! in reply to Tarale #

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The other day whilst reading a feed somewhere in my hundreds, I came across a link to a video .. this video in fact :

I instantly felt a recognition and affinity and especially wth the subtleties in the kaos (yes, oh yes, there’s subtleties), so much so it sent me hunting for more. I found it’s a creation by John Callahan who has a wikipedia entry here.

If anybody really knows me they’ll see why I like this so much. Some, like the person who complained about the ‘insensitivity’ of the cartoon shown above, won’t see anything, as they really don’t wish to see the reality of humanity in all its raw openness anyway.

You see I realise the affinity I felt was with John’s humanness, not specifically his disability.

I’m not gonna say much more except this guy has insights only other quads could recognise and does a bloody fine job pointing out some of the idiocy anyone with a disability lives around and through. A true artist.

Here’s links to some of his other stuff worth a watch:

Interview snippett

Part 1 of a tv documentary shown on Dutch TV:

and his other ‘Quads’ animated cartoon series

and his songs on youtube

For many years I’ve had an image in my head of an absurd cartoon that I’ve just been waiting for opportunity to be drawn. It’s the kind of image I think someone like John would appreciate and could really do justice – If there ever was such a thing in this world.

FWIW

Dave

• Lifekludger New post: Make Open source hardware list 2009 http://cli.gs/YyYdH #
• Rotten connection still, Ping times shot to hell & packet loss. All plans reverted till tomorrow…then make some calls. #not #happy #jan #
• So, badlink report: blamed on RIM (probably correctly) now gotta jump thru hoops to get test done. Here's synopsis: On a RIM? YOUR STUFFED! #
• @fang Better than other things emanating from there! Welcome @theyakhimself in reply to fang #
• Reported bad connection and it seems to have cleared up.. weirdness #
• @triplej stream can't cope .. tuning in on the *radio* <gasp> #
• Out of 50 of @triplej #hottest100 I've only known 1 ! Oh boy I must be old. #
• Got a free mp3 music track with my packet of Smiths Chicken chips – bewty : http://www.bandit.fm/trackapack #
• Neat – "Make: Online : ASCII heart necklace" http://j.mp/6L3Yy4 #
• @delin Ooo. that ascii movie project sounds interesting. in reply to delin #
• ".. we see the shift. It used to take effort to be public. Today, it often takes effort to be private." [@zephoria] http://bit.ly/4yEgbF #
• Lifekludger New post: Mac Tutorial Video Subtitles http://cli.gs/GujVR #
• "We should be seeking to foster play in our information policy; it is a structural condition of human flourishing." http://j.mp/bzS6EC #
• "We’re analog in important ways." : Julie Cohen on networked selves : via @dweinberger http://j.mp/casXu4 #
• http://www.apple.com/ipad/ #
• Appts @ rah done with, heading home. #
• thinking about getting a chat on the dog with @fang a bit later this arvo #
• @fang Skype's good in reply to fang #
• Nice chat catching up with @fang .. had no problems 'engaging' #
• Thinking I'd like to strap one of these to my wheelchair : "i-gotU Bluetooth GPS Logger" http://j.mp/cgYms8 – Any sponsors? #play #
• @fang Form submitted #
• @jobsworth Me. Both are capacitive touch. Then again, I'm not representative of the 'norm'. in reply to jobsworth #
• @jobsworth Been there w stylus. Issue is they require skin touch. Ideally we need a alternate solution from material science field I think. in reply to jobsworth #
• Tired. Funny that. #
• RT @Ihnatko: Lunching west of the Park and reading mail on my iPad Nano. Er, I mean, my iPhone. #
• Tired [understatement] of Safari lockups under SnowLeopard … giving Firefox a whirl again. #
• 'Intuition is reason in a hurry' #
• Woah, the embeded song was just the right length reading "Newsome.Org" http://j.mp/bOoZoP : Wonder if @kentnewsome planned that. #

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• Lifekludger New post: One Touch Automatic Jar Opener « Gadgetuser.net – The latest gadgets reviews and gadget shop http://cli.gs/Yd2Pb #
• Of @kentnewsome's Five Indisputable Tech Facts for 2010, I like "Facebook is the new AOL" best! http://bit.ly/8bY0Iy #
• Hmmm… an #evernote update. Wonder if they've listened to @kentnewsome's pleas (not holding breath) #
• "Morgan Stanley predicts that within 5 years more users will tap into the Internet via mobile devices than desktop PCs" http://bit.ly/7DskJQ #
• Amazing correlation in this post of Doc Searls to Australia's Censored Internet .. must read for #nocleanfeed http://bit.ly/6na7Gq #
• Lifekludger New post: Blow scrolling http://cli.gs/Q27rD #
• gday world..from my chrome address bar #
• @jobsworth Does the meetup go for 140 minutes? in reply to jobsworth #
• @jobsworth I'm well thanks. Would welcome some direction, but I'm well, so that's good. in reply to jobsworth #
• Back home from dropping the boy off … school holidays over for Dad :/ #
• Lifekludger New post: Miniguru keyboard http://cli.gs/ZW2z3 #
• xkcd – Dirty Harry – http://xkcd.com/692/ #
• "No Spitting on the Bus" – Steve Gibbons – vid: http://bit.ly/8sgOXQ – It's odd what comes to mind when tired but not sleepy #
• Wow. Painting pyramids sans paint. "YouTube - sony bravia colours – pyramids tv advert" http://j.mp/8i0ePy [hattip @vinbrown] #
• 1 in 1,73 billion – does that make you feel special? : "Internet 2009 in numbers | Royal Pingdom" http://j.mp/80nWUP #
• Having to learn php because developers won't respond to simple mod requests to their products to make them better & my life easier. #
• I reckon Real Programmers like Real Nurses are born not made – I'm neither. #
• Having to go to FB is a pita. Wish I could just get the Live Feed out into my twitter app. #
• Gonna try a diff dsl modem see if I can wring some more speed outta this ancient pair of wires in the ground. bbl. #
• I'm back. Erg, no better. Moving to Plan C #

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So, if we’re going to talk about the value of the open Internet, we have to ask what the opposite of “open” is. No one is proposing a closed Internet. When it comes to the Internet, the opposite of “open” is “theirs.”

There isn’t some radical shift in norms taking place. What’s changing is the opportunity to be public and the potential gain from doing so.

I am more of a ‘synthesyst’ than an ‘analyst’
(stowe boyd)

• Lifekludger New post: Kind Reminder – Comfort for people with Alzheimer's http://cli.gs/8GeJ0 #
• Watching: "Mike Arrington interrogates Mark Zuckerberg \ techcrunch on USTREAM. The Web" http://j.mp/6qZtEx #
• Nice to have some cooler weather. Off to buy myself a Birthday present. #
• Watching this video with my boy : stunned : http://bit.ly/PtUyT : Priceless. #
• Lifekludger New post: Etre Touchy – Gloves for your iPhone etc http://cli.gs/mQY1S #
• Listening to PEN Canada Benefit concert with Bruce Cockburn, Michael Ondaatje on CBC Celebration of Words and Music : http://bit.ly/7WO92v #
• @jennivis Thnx Jen in reply to jennivis #
• Some Birthday pics "Birthday 2010 – a set on Flickr" http://j.mp/6H2cPZ #
• @fang Not bee lated mate .. tis today! so thnx @fang clan #
• @mpesce Thank you sir. in reply to mpesce #
• @scenariogirl Thanks Lisa. in reply to scenariogirl #
• Trying out RaopX http://www.hersson.net/projects/raopx #
• @big_ben_clock says BONG BONG in reply to big_ben_clock #
• Dear Apple, The iPhoto/Flickr upload interface/options could really do with a make-over. Thanks. #
• Dave Koi is in Second Life #SL @ Chiaksan http://tinyurl.com/ykbbgbg #
• Photohunt .. FTW #
• @fang Feeding the fish? in reply to fang #
• Ahh.. just got my #Blippy invite http://blippy.com #
• Lifekludger New post: The future of brain-controlled devices – CNN.com http://cli.gs/dMLp9 #
• It's nice when someone bothers to ask how you'd like your #creativecommons licensed work attributed. #sl #
• Lifekludger Blog in top 20 Disability blogs – "PostRank™ Analytics" http://j.mp/7aTH6d #
• I agree : RT @kentnewsome: Excellent Post: Do you overemphasize happiness?; http://bit.ly/4wtqNR #
• @kentnewsome Blippy might [does] seem dumb, but I suspect it's the fledgling start of friend filtered buying & Trusted Concierges … in reply to kentnewsome #
• Reckon @cait would love this Steampunk Nixie clock http://www.flickr.com/photos/blue_metal/4259291099/ #
• @kentnewsome Absolutely surreal. Certainly still feels like the Wild West. Interesting times. in reply to kentnewsome #
• Watching how the Nexus One has Folders .. gee @kentnewsome will *love* it! #

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