Sep. 7th, 2020

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Kes: I'm currently taking a course on web design, so I'm using it as an opportunity to collect some of my writing.
Questions for the audience:
1. What do you think of the outline and list of writings below?
2. Is there anything specific, not included in the list below, that you would like to see included on the new webpage?
The GitHub guide and the new essay are not online yet, so that will be new material. I'm trying very hard to keep the plan reasonable but, reasonable not being my strong suit, I might add more.
Also, I'm not too jazzed about the title, but I want it to use the words "disability" and "technology" for search engine reasons, or is that an outdated web design idea?

Title: Kestrell's Disability and Technology Resources

Main page:

About me section
I'm a blind writer, disability and technology advocate, and MIT graduate. My writing focuses on disability and technology, which can include images of disability in science fiction, assistive technology, and accessible books.
This section will include an image of a kestrel (the falcon) with alt text.

Second section containing unordered list of links to pages containing writing:

1. to my blog my blog
2. New essay about disability in spec fic
3. Quick Start Guide for Using Jaws with GitHub
4. What Good Writers Still Get Wrong about Blind People,
Part 1 ,
Part 2
and Part 3
5. My thesis Decloaking Disability: Images of Disability and Technology in Science Fiction Media
6. Bibliography of science fiction containing images of disability and technology
And, if I have the energy,
7. Covid-19 resources collected from my blog posts

Footer section:
Contact me
Link to old website Blind Bookworm Website
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I've been working on a Green Woman mask for Halloween, collecting bits and bobs to layer on to it, but I just had a thought regarding the perfect accessory: I think I need an ax!

There are two good reasons for this:
1. I love the Sir Gawain and the Green Knight poem, and
2. there's a song by the Flash Girls which came out a number of years ago titled "A Girl Needs a Knife" and, while the basic lyrics are in the title, I have always added my own lyrics such as a girl needs a stick (i.e., white cane), a girl needs an accessible flamethrower, a girl needs a Death Star, a girl needs a sentient talking black hole (based on a John Varley story).

Oo! I just thought of reason 3: I could do the Jack Nicholson scene from The Shining!

So...I'm sure I could find a really nice toy ax on Amazon, any suggestions? If it costs less than ten dollars, I'll probably go for it.

A Girl Needs a Knife" by the Flash Girls
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sXAjq0cNKB0

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