I've been a little bitter lately. I turn on the news and see the Great Recession, natural disasters, war, and government deadlock. It's not a great moment for America, or for Western Civilization in general. Indeed, sometimes it's easy to think that America and the West are well past their prime and have been declining for a while.
Then I see something like this on Boing Boing: "Roger Ebert gets his voice back: 'Uncanny. A good feeling.'"
Film critic Roger Ebert has been unable to speak audibly for four years, since he received drastic surgery to treat his cancer. He's been quite articulate though, at RogerEbert.com, on his blog, Roger Ebert's Journal and on Twitter at @EBERTCHICAGO. He passes handwritten notes, and gestures with his hands.
Read the rest on the Computerworld Tool Talk blog: On Roger Ebert, and taking a moment to be thankful
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