Week 7 Baaaaaa Humbuuuuuuug.

Tis a sad day in our house as the Missus made me put up the Christmas Tree.
Yes im made the annual trek up into the loft looking for crappy tinsel and cheesy baubles for the amusement of our ankle biter.

Still on the bright side i made Gunnery Seargent 2 on call of duty 4 last night after 18 hours continuous play!

The lecture.

Due to my father being rushed into hospital with a ruptured gall bladder i missed the lecture. Instead i am going to talk about the hospitals I.T. stuff.

First of all - you are not allowed to use a mobile phone in the hospital at all. Ok i can undertand that its not very professional to have your wife ring you in the middle of a heart transplant.

I know hospitals have a habit of leaving surgical instruments inside patients so maybe thats why.

I guess someone lost their mobile in the middle of an operation, and two weeks later a 60 year old woman from Doncasters arse started ringing. It took ages for her to type the reply! Point taken.

It does seem a bit of a joke though as walking through the ward to my old mans bed there were wireless gateway transmitters everywhere.

All the wards computer screens were busy with patient detail information on a dedicated NHS software program - except one. The main admissions desk on the ward had Spider Solitaire on it!!!!!

Shoud've gone to Bupa the tight old s*d. (They have tetris there apparently!!!)


The tutorial

Yes were back on with Geneen after 3 weeks of Mr C. this week we spent most of the tutorial looking at blind or partially sighted users and the way they interact with their computers.

Stick man flash file.

Made me think a bit, as i have always been under the impression that once you lose your sight then its game over really. It's amazing though that sight impared people just adapt to their situation and with the help of new technology have overcome their disabilities.

I remember when i had laser eye surgery 2 years ago and for the first week i couldn't see anything other than blurry images. It was a bad time for me losing my primary sense as all i could do was listen to the radio between taking antibiotics and painkillers. The only thing i had satisfaction in was looking at the digital readout on the video player as every day the words slowly became clearer and clearer as my eyes healed.

The Dragon Naturally Speaking program is awesome though. What an amazing tool for really lazy people like me. Could this be the end for the keyboard? I wont be able to throw a grenade as fast in Call of Duty 4 online so i dont think so.


Reflection.

I'm glad that flash is back.

I'm glad i am not blind.

I'm also glad that Geneen is back.

I don't like gall bladders.

I'm seriously thinking of finding a demo of that voice typing software from somewhere (pirate no officer - shareware honest!!)


Thats me done, i'm off as my ass just started ringing.

Byeee.