{"id":4839,"date":"2025-06-18T17:36:51","date_gmt":"2025-06-18T22:36:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/the19thfloor.net\/?p=4839"},"modified":"2025-06-18T17:36:54","modified_gmt":"2025-06-18T22:36:54","slug":"the-eyes-have-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/the19thfloor.net\/?p=4839","title":{"rendered":"The Eyes Have It"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

:blows virtual dust off this blog:<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

:tap tap: Is this thing on?<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I wish that I could attribute my long absence from blogging to something interesting, such as a trip around the world or an intense effort to finish a novel that is sure to be a bestseller. The truth is that I’ve just been lazy. And perhaps a little discouraged at the state of :waves hand at the garbage fire raging all around us.:<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Another factor that I can’t ignore is my increasing physical weakness. My disability is reminding me that it is progressive and there isn’t much I can do about it. Over the last year or so, I began to notice that typing with my head was becoming much more difficult. I focused most of my energy on just keeping up with my workload and the last thing I wanted to do at the end of the day was to keep writing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fortunately, technology came to the rescue in a roundabout way. Last summer, I bought an eye tracker (a PCEye 5<\/a>, to be specific) for my computer. I tried it for a few days, couldn’t get it to work smoothly, gave up, and went back to using my headmouse. A few weeks ago, I decided to try the eye tracker again. After a bit of fiddling, I was able to use it with much less difficulty. I think that I’ve gotten pretty proficient since then. This entire post was written only with my eyes. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Now that writing takes much less effort than it used to, I don’t really have an excuse not to blog more frequently. I certainly have a few opinions about the current administration and its unabashed authoritarianism, as well as its efforts to kick millions of people off Medicaid<\/a>. I’ll write more about those items in the coming days (assuming I don’t surrender again to laziness and ennui). Right now, it just feels good to put words on the screen.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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