Comments on: Assistive technology in Daredevil http://www.theothermurdockpapers.com/2009/09/assistive-technology-in-daredevil/ A website devoted to the Marvel superhero Daredevil Thu, 11 Mar 2010 23:13:31 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Marc http://www.theothermurdockpapers.com/2009/09/assistive-technology-in-daredevil/comment-page-1/#comment-1218 Marc Wed, 23 Sep 2009 03:21:05 +0000 http://localhost:8888/wordpress/2009/09/assistive-technology-in-daredevil/#comment-1218 Hmm, that's interesting stuff, Darediva. I've wracked my brain for what "sw" could stand for, but couldn't come up with anything definite. "Star Wars," maybe? Smith is a huge Star Wars geek and does tend to bring it up in one form or another in almost all of his movies. Also, nice to see Playing to the Camera mentioned...I really enjoyed that story, personally. I've had my hopes up that Marvel might finally collect those issues to highlight some of Bob Gale's previous work now that he's one of the writers on Amazing Spider-Man, but I guess we'll have to continue to wait on that one. Hmm, that’s interesting stuff, Darediva. I’ve wracked my brain for what “sw” could stand for, but couldn’t come up with anything definite. “Star Wars,” maybe? Smith is a huge Star Wars geek and does tend to bring it up in one form or another in almost all of his movies.

Also, nice to see Playing to the Camera mentioned…I really enjoyed that story, personally. I’ve had my hopes up that Marvel might finally collect those issues to highlight some of Bob Gale’s previous work now that he’s one of the writers on Amazing Spider-Man, but I guess we’ll have to continue to wait on that one.

]]> By: Darediva http://www.theothermurdockpapers.com/2009/09/assistive-technology-in-daredevil/comment-page-1/#comment-1214 Darediva Thu, 17 Sep 2009 00:43:22 +0000 http://localhost:8888/wordpress/2009/09/assistive-technology-in-daredevil/#comment-1214 Great post, Christine, and here's your answer to what I assume Joe Quesada was trying to put on Matt's phone as somewhat of an inside joke. He must have done a little research, but failed to get the dots aligned properly in the six-dot braille cell to really say what I think he meant to say. The first button at least half visible ends with "ex". Next one shows "--ggy", arguably "Foggy". Next is probably meant to be "jay", with the one below that "bob". Neither of those has the dots quite in the right configuration, but the joke fits since there are numerous references to Jay and Bob because Kevin Smith was writing the book at the time. The last button, the one Matt hits, has "sw" on it. Maybe that was to throw people off, thinking he's calling the Scarlet Witch? Nah, since we know he's calling Natasha. Anyway, that's what it says.<br /><br />My favorite braille thing in the pages of DD was the card that Vanessa Fisk gave Matt during dinner. It supposedly had the name of the person who ratted him out to the tabloids. It clearly reads "danny dobbs"(none of the braille shown has ever used any capitalization, but no biggie there), even when seen from the back in another panel. However, when we see the late-night confrontation with DD and Mr. Dobbs, the panel tells us we are at the residence of HENRY Dobbs. Okay, so was this a gaff, or a very inside joke somewhere?<br /><br />[Note to DD artists: need braille proofreading? Darediva at your service.]<br /><br />Want to know about some other items readily available without calling Reed Richards? Handy stuff is shown on http://www.braillebookstore.com/ from a wonderful company out of Canada.<br /><br />In this digital age, there are lots of gadgets that "talk". I'd bet the microwave in Matt's (and Milla's, when she was still around) would talk. Very common thing. The new iPhones have VoiceOver, and many other brands of phones already had verbal software, like my Sanyo phone that announces the number to me, and the name, if it's one I have in my phonebook. <br /><br />As noisy as Matt's world would be, I'd imagine he'd stick with a classic braille watch, so he could sneak a "look" at the time under the desk without letting his clients know. Stealth does still have its advantage.<br /><br />Again, Chris, great points, and I'm with you about seeing some stuff in the background that alludes to Matt being a tech-savvy guy. Great post, Christine, and here's your answer to what I assume Joe Quesada was trying to put on Matt's phone as somewhat of an inside joke. He must have done a little research, but failed to get the dots aligned properly in the six-dot braille cell to really say what I think he meant to say. The first button at least half visible ends with "ex". Next one shows "–ggy", arguably "Foggy". Next is probably meant to be "jay", with the one below that "bob". Neither of those has the dots quite in the right configuration, but the joke fits since there are numerous references to Jay and Bob because Kevin Smith was writing the book at the time. The last button, the one Matt hits, has "sw" on it. Maybe that was to throw people off, thinking he's calling the Scarlet Witch? Nah, since we know he's calling Natasha. Anyway, that's what it says.

My favorite braille thing in the pages of DD was the card that Vanessa Fisk gave Matt during dinner. It supposedly had the name of the person who ratted him out to the tabloids. It clearly reads "danny dobbs"(none of the braille shown has ever used any capitalization, but no biggie there), even when seen from the back in another panel. However, when we see the late-night confrontation with DD and Mr. Dobbs, the panel tells us we are at the residence of HENRY Dobbs. Okay, so was this a gaff, or a very inside joke somewhere?

[Note to DD artists: need braille proofreading? Darediva at your service.]

Want to know about some other items readily available without calling Reed Richards? Handy stuff is shown on http://www.braillebookstore.com/ from a wonderful company out of Canada.

In this digital age, there are lots of gadgets that "talk". I'd bet the microwave in Matt's (and Milla's, when she was still around) would talk. Very common thing. The new iPhones have VoiceOver, and many other brands of phones already had verbal software, like my Sanyo phone that announces the number to me, and the name, if it's one I have in my phonebook.

As noisy as Matt's world would be, I'd imagine he'd stick with a classic braille watch, so he could sneak a "look" at the time under the desk without letting his clients know. Stealth does still have its advantage.

Again, Chris, great points, and I'm with you about seeing some stuff in the background that alludes to Matt being a tech-savvy guy.

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