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#How I built an audio book reader for my nearly blind grandfather

Last year, when visiting my family back home in Holland, I also stopped by my grand-parents. My grand-father, now 93 years old, had always been a very active man. However, during the presceding couple of months, he'd gone almost completely blind and now spent his days sitting in a chair. Trying to think of something for him to do, I suggested he try out audio books. After finally convincing him -- he said audio books were for sad old people -- that listening to a well performed recording is actually a wonderful experience, I realized the problem of this idea.

####The problem with audio devices and the newly blind. After my first impulse to jump up and go buy him an

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OS X Screencast to animated GIF

This gist shows how to create a GIF screencast using only free OS X tools: QuickTime, ffmpeg, and gifsicle.

Instructions

To capture the video (filesize: 19MB), using the free "QuickTime Player" application:

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	private static final Logger log = Logger.getLogger(Retry.class);

	public static interface CallToRetry<T> {
	<T> T doIt() throws Exception;
	}

	public static T withRetry(int maxTimes, long initialWait, int waitMultiplier, CallToRetry<T> call) {
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	xmlns:xjc="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/jaxb/xjc"
	xmlns:inheritance="http://jaxb2-commons.dev.java.net/basic/inheritance"
	jxb:extensionBindingPrefixes="xjc">

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