High-tech elderly and disability housing in the real world; namely McKeesport, Pennsylvania: McKeesport is the home of Blue Roof Technologies. http://www.bluerooftechnologies.com/ Yes, it is wheelchair accessible. This is a floor plan of the inside. I have driven my scooter through all of it, so I know it exists. I also know that right now there […]
Archives for February 2011
Self: Cultural identity Judaism
The following appeared in Brit Shalom of State College, PA’s quarterly publication The Center Scroll, January/February 2011 Teach It Diligently to Your Children I remember clearly that astonishing first visit to the obstetrician, the one where I saw for the first time a sonic image of my first child inside her mother’s womb and […]
World of Warcraft: A taste of relevance to come
Immersed or the game changes the player See World of Warcraft (WOW) http://us.battle.net/wow/en/). I can be patient and wait until you have finished playing online, assuming that you will ever finish your game. As the fellow who is responsible for the life and death struggles of my avatar Trevalis, I wonder about how playing has […]
Llike an old rock star….
Like an old rock star who does not know when to quit: This disabilities journalist continues to blog through the night to describe how 3-and 4-D technology will help elderly and disabled individuals lead better and more productive lives as a result of novel engineering techniques that make your head feel as if it will […]
Won’t ride ‘em cowboy: This is my final column
Note: The following is the text of my February, 2011 column at Voices where I announce the end of my From Where I Sit column. The hard copy text, complete with a photograph of me, is available at newsstands in Centre County. I am reproducing it here for two reasons. First a reader insisted that […]