Misc

I realized I didn’t really think too much about accessibility. I mean, I don’t have any issues whatsoever to limit my day to day life in any way.

So this is why it’s interesting to read this article, on a blind TikTok star’s favorite accessibility apps:

Do you know how you look?
How does a blind person socially distance?
How does a blind person pick up guide-dog poop?

Her followers and fans have sent her those questions and hundreds of others—all of which she’s answered with her signature candor, charm, and wit.

For Edwards, starting her TikTok channel last year was as much about self-preservation as educating others. “I would go out in the world and get this underlying discrimination and not be able to put my finger on it,” she says. “I would think, ‘Am I going crazy? It’s 2020. This can’t be happening.’

“But when I started answering those questions, it was like a weight was lifted. I got to another level of accepting myself, because you have to be quite strong to answer questions like ‘Can you brush your teeth?’”

There was an additional benefit: The more questions she responded to, the more thoughtful the questions became. “Do you dream in pictures? What do you see? Thinking about how to articulate that helped me develop as a person,” she explains.

It’s a really educational and eye opening read.

Via DaringFireball

Featured photo by Ryoji Iwata on Unsplash

There’s opportunities everywhere, right? Well, apparently there’s one (or more) in creating a “phone shaker” to beat fitness targets during the day. Of course, not real targets, since the idea is to NOT have to walk 10,000 steps and things like that.

I was curious who would need this kind of product, but apparently some games and even corporation reward movement:

• This phone shaker device can achieve your weekly fitness goal without efforts, unlocking rewards at distances in Pokemon Go.
• The phone walker is ideal for those people who are doing corporate steps challenges to get rewards with freebies for getting fit.
• The step counter device features three kinds of working modes, running mode(fast speed), jogging mode(medium speed) and walking mode(low speed).
• It can earn 9,500 steps(running mode) in an hour equivalent to 4 miles approx, cheating your way to 10,000 steps in a short time.

Now you know! Here’s the Amazon listing, in case you want to buy one.

I’ve seen the TV show and that’s what got me hooked. I recently started to read the books (to see what happens after season 5, to be frank).

What surprised me: the books are as good as the TV show. Which is an amazing thing for the TV show, of course. I actually think the books are a little too much some times, but the TV show streamlined them a lot and mostly for the better.

If you enjoyed other and you didn’t read/watch the other one, I think you should give both a chance.

I didn’t really like Algarve too much, frankly. I’ve been there once previously, stayed in Lagos for 10 days and kinda hated. It rained for 7 out of the 10 days. Everyone said this doesn’t normally happen. Didn’t help. Of course, it was March, but still. I hated the wind, the rain, everything (almost).

Well, I was “convinced” to come to Algarve again this week and… I might change my mind. And the water is actually “warm” by local standards, so I might go in. And I’m comparing the “warmness” with the Mediterranean temperature, which can be really, really warm.

Since moving to Portugal, one of the things I miss (not too many), from Romania is the food. Not all the time, since the Portuguese food is quite good, but there are some things that I really miss: sarmale, mici, salata beouf.

I recently found out about a village in Algarve called Almancil, where there are lots of Romanians, apparently. And they have a Romanian restaurant there. Since I will be traveling to Algarve for a short workation soon, that’s where I’ll go :)

I’ve found out about this from Teleleu.eu, a really nice project about Romanians living abroad. The project is in Romanian, just so you know :)

I’ve just seen Friends: The Reunion.

It was quite a nostalgic trip to 20 years ago, when I started working online and I was watching Friends in the background. It’s interesting to see these people and I want to think I’d be like Matt LeBlanc, relaxed and irreverent: “I s#$t here!”.

It’s not amazing, but it’s warm and fuzzy.

We have a dog, an amazing little Westie. Of course, we take a lot of photos of him. And, as a consequence, he’s got an Instagram account.

What I didn’t know, though, is how crazy the “pupfluencer” craze is. You know that there are management agencies for that? Or, sorry, influencer networks for them?

And that an influential puppy is paid $2,000 to put a post on his/her Instagram?

Pet influencing is booming. A 2018 Forbes article pegs the average endorsement deal for some of the most famous “petfluencers” at more than $2,000 per post; some, like Doug the Pug, are estimated to earn hundreds of thousands a year. There are even industry events, including PetCon—dubbed “the Coachella for Pets” in the New York Post. It’s not hard to see why: people love animals, so they’ve been used in all kinds of advertising for the past century, illustrating everything from the importance of family bonds after the Second World War to the humour of the 1980s and ’90s (think: Taco Bell’s anthropomorphic chihuahua or the Aflac insurance duck). And numerous scientific studies over the decades have proven that animals make us feel better—emotionally, physically, and mentally.

Read more here: My Quest to Make My Dog Internet Famous

It’s a space I’m really interested in.

I swear, not knowing about the price of crypto is bliss (even if you own a small amount, or maybe because it’s just a small amount).

I also bought some GME on a lark in January or February and, after watching it like a hawk for a week, I just don’t do it anymore. And I’m a lot better mentally. That’s not really saying much, right?

Also, how the hell is the pump and dump that Elon Musk is doing with crypto can be legal is beyond me. And that’s coming from an Elon fan, but come on!

These days I’m watching Mythic Quest, a TV series about a gaming studio building an MMO. While the series is quite funny and interesting (with the voice actress of Aloy in the cast), something else caught my eye.

The main character of the aforementioned show is Ian, the studio leader. Who is played by Rob McElhenney, also known from It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia.

Rob convinced Ryan Reynolds recently to buy a football club in the UK (Wrexham). And the interesting thing? They never met in person before.

The price?

In a pinch-yourself moment for success-starved fans of Welsh club Wrexham, Reynolds and McElhenney completed a $US2.5 million […] takeover of a team that plays in the fifth tier of English football.

From here: Hollywood stars Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney buy Welsh club Wrexham.

I’m jealous. I want a football club as well!

As McElhenney’s ambition took hold, he wondered if he could persuade Reynolds to join in, despite only being acquainted via modern technology.

Although the ‘It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia’ star recently revealed on a US television show that the pair met last month for the first time to shoot a promo for the football club, prior to their successful bid for Wrexham the pair had never come face to face.

From here: Rob McElhenney and Ryan Reynolds: Stars never met before buying Wrexham – BBC Sport.

Also, here’s a video from the stars:

A message from our owners-elect…

Welcome to Wrexham AFC, @RMcElhenney and @VancityReynolds 🥳

🔴⚪️ #WxmAFC pic.twitter.com/ho1vV8cvry

— Wrexham AFC (@Wrexham_AFC) November 16, 2020

photo from Extra.ie