Decades ago I started associating specific music soundtracks to specific contexts of my life, and it’s made so many things easier. What I’m about to tell you is probably obvious, but I tripped over it by accident so I figure passing it on might save someone else time. The technique: Create a music playlist specifically … Continue reading “How Final Fantasy IX taught me to hack my brain”

About, oh, three and a half years ago now, I wrote a little post on a little site called The Pastry Box about all the people I knew who needed accessible websites. It was called An Alphabet of Accessibility Issues and it was inspired by some developers I was working with at the time who … Continue reading “An alphabet of accessibility update”

I was so cold I couldn’t sleep. I’d gone to bed two hours before dressed in wool socks, sweatpants, a teeshirt, a hoodie, and I’d pulled the hood up. I was lying under a blanket and a thick comforter. It didn’t matter. My hands were white with cold, so chilled that I could’ve slipped my … Continue reading “It’s cold in here… no in here, inside my skin.”