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Some Cox Communications customers throughout Arizona woke up Friday morning to find themselves disconnected from their digital lives. Technical support calls were greeted by a recorded message that stated: “We are currently experiencing outages affecting high speed Internet and digital telephone state-wide. Our engineers are working to resolve this issue. There is no estimated time… Finish Reading Friday’s State-wide Cox Outage Inconveniences Customers

Seems there’s virtually no connectivity available while riding the Metro subway. Verizon is the only cellular carrier with cell towers in the subway, so those of us who rely on alternate carriers like AT&T are just out of luck while underground. In addition, the Metro system does not offer Wi-Fi, so there’s no Internet access.… Finish Reading Washington D.C.: Radio Silence on the Subway

Early in the morning of Sunday, August 9, I departed Phoenix for Washington D.C. on a week-long trip visiting my friend Milica (Mimi). Flying the Relatively Friendly Skies I left home at 4:30 AM for a 6:00 flight to New York City. Delta Airlines charges $15 for the first checked bag, which is unfortunately rather… Finish Reading Washington D.C.: Let the Adventure Begin!

Wednesday’s article generated responses from Independent Living Aids and the members of the connected online blind community. ILA’s account manager, Frank Boyden, posted a public comment Thursday morning. “ILA appreciates the feedback. We are always trying to improve and be accessible to our customer base. If you have a question or your not sure about… Finish Reading ILA Responds to Accessibility Concerns

I’ll be doing some more targeted journalism on this issue in the near future, so all of you may consider this article to be a rant. ILA continues to have some real problems with selling inaccessible products with inaccessible documentation to blind people, then trying to deliver customer service that’s inappropriate for blind customers. On… Finish Reading Be Careful What You Purchase from Independent Living Aids!

One of the courses I took last semester was Journalism Ethics and Diversity. Our final assignment involved writing a personal code of ethics accompanied by an explanation of how we arrived at the conclusions in that code. I have decided to share this with all of you, my dedicated readers, in hopes that you may… Finish Reading Code of Ethics

Hello Everyone,         Come in from the heat and be cool.   Join Darrell and I in the Desert Cafe.  We will  serve up some fun  tunes and  favorite beverages. If you haven’t heard 70’s music in awhile and  want to Celebrate Summer, be here with us.    You don’t need a mood ring or strobe… Finish Reading The Desert Cafe Goes Live Tonight!

A classmate in my journalism ethics and diversity course wrote this article about me. I said a lot of things in that interview, yet I feel the overall slant of this work portrays blindness in a negative way. Of course, maybe, it also had something to do with the fact I wasn’t having such a… Finish Reading I Don’t Live in a "Dark World"

Hello Everyone,   Visit us in the Cafe, Great music we will play, It’s the last Monday in March, its now Spring, No worries, I will not sing But you we will entertain, Here there is no rain  or snow It does not matter where you live on the world map, Let’s bridge the gap… Finish Reading The Desert Cafe Goes Live Tonight

Hello Everyone,   Top of the morning Lads & Lasses,Stop by the  Desert Cafe after your classes,When you awake or at the end of your day,we will entertain, great music we  will play.,Bring your dancing shoes and  good cheer,We will have no  green beer,May have Irish Soda Bread and hot Tea,point your browser to ACB.You… Finish Reading The Desert Cafe Opens for Business Tomorrow with a Slightly Irish Theme