September 28, 2004
The Machine Age
I got around to watching Freedom Machines last night, the recent POV documentary on assistive technology. It did a nice job of covering the various types of technology that can benefit people with different types of disabilities. But it only brushed deeper issues like the reluctance of schools and other bureaucracies to purchase AT devices and the artificially high prices (in my opinion, anyway) of that technology. But I suppose those are issues that can't be as easily discussed in a documentary which has as its main focus the actual people who use the technology. And it's difficult to understate the transformative nature of assistive technology. I can't imagine life without my HeadMaster. Without it, this blog would never have happened and I probably would have had a lot more difficulty finding employment.
The specs for the extended edition of ROTK have been made public. Fifty minutes of additional footage. I'd better start my Lord of the Rings viewing marathon in the early afternoon. Who wants to join me? I think we might be getting a plasma screen television in my building's party room. For the association dues I pay, they should put a private friggin' theater in every unit.
Posted by wintermute2_0 at September 28, 2004 07:46 PM
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