help with blind cool tech

Category: Geeks r Us

Post 1 by beach bum (Generic Zoner) on Friday, 17-May-2013 15:19:18

help! Every time I go to blind cool tech, the web site and click on the link for the podcast that I want I get an error message that says, error 404 the page can not be loaded. However, when I click on the link for the faq, no problem their. I have tried this with both of my web browsers and my iphone and I get the same results so I assume that it is a web problem. When I did this 2 months ago or more I had no problems and I down loaded some podcasts on using voice over. So can any one tell me what to do to correct the problem? i am frustrated! Thank you! from Dan

Post 2 by Shell Script (I just keep on posting!) on Friday, 17-May-2013 15:36:25

Blind Cool Tefh is no more, it has been dead for about a year or so.

Post 3 by beach bum (Generic Zoner) on Friday, 17-May-2013 16:12:53

Are you sure? I just went to blind cool tech and it is still their but there are no new posts after 2012.

Post 4 by Shell Script (I just keep on posting!) on Friday, 17-May-2013 16:21:02

I am very sure. The files are probably gone, but the links aren't.

Post 5 by Shepherdwolf (I've now got the bronze prolific poster award! now going for the silver award!) on Friday, 17-May-2013 18:04:15

I think it depends on which files you want. Some of the more recent files are still there, but anything before a certain date appears to be gone. Kind of a shame, really.

Post 6 by beach bum (Generic Zoner) on Friday, 17-May-2013 18:24:16

Thanks for the replies! I apreciate it! It is a shame. I was looking for the voice over files from Mike Arrigo.

Post 7 by GreenTurtle (Music is life. Love. Vitality.) on Friday, 17-May-2013 19:50:37

It is a shame. Luckily, I did download a good bit of those podcasts when they were still around. I'm not sure if I have the ones you're talking about, though. From the way I understand it, many people have contacted the owner of that site and gotten no response. I'm guessing they don't want to be bothered with updating the links, or maybe the original files were lost.

Post 8 by Shepherdwolf (I've now got the bronze prolific poster award! now going for the silver award!) on Saturday, 18-May-2013 0:20:39

It could also be that the original owner has passed away. I have no idea, but I'm fairly sure that he was an older guy. Lary Scutchan, I think his name was, since most of the first podcasts hosted were from him. It's entirely possible, if a touch unlikely, that if he's passed away or is otherwise unable to get to those files (or on a computer at all), it's all sort of a moot point.

Post 9 by Shell Script (I just keep on posting!) on Saturday, 18-May-2013 7:13:50

I didn't see anything relating to his death, but it is possible. Maybe his work at APH is stopping him from working the site?

Post 10 by Faial (Zone BBS Addict) on Saturday, 18-May-2013 7:42:08

What happened is that this man works the American Printing house for the Blind and he has no time anymore for this website. So it's over about Blind Cool Tech. Anyways there is a new website very active in the same style.
You can find it at:
www.blind-geek-zone.net
Also I wanted to give another infomation.
This podcasts from Mike Arrigo which you are searching for are available on the app Iblinkradio from Serotek. You can get it both for Android and IOS. Hope it helps!

Post 11 by beach bum (Generic Zoner) on Saturday, 18-May-2013 20:21:01

Thanks! I will check out blind geek zone! I have blink radio. I don't understand why the site owner distroyed or lost the files. Oh well!

Post 12 by Shell Script (I just keep on posting!) on Sunday, 19-May-2013 0:28:57

Rick is a great guy. He knows his stuff where computers are concerned.