Very quick Amazon post: Breaking Bad, lots of other movies, toys, board games, more.

The Deal of the Day gets you the complete Breaking Bad for 60-63% off. The DVD set is $59.99, the Blu-Ray is $85.99, and the Blu-Ray in a barrel complete with apron and other stuff is $119.99.

The complete Firefly on Blu-Ray is $14.99 (83% off). By "complete," I'd note that it doesn't include Serenity, which I consider a feature, not a bug.

Legend on Blu-Ray is $5 (81% off) for the Ultimate Edition. Also $5: The unrated edition of Bridesmaids on DVD.

The Blu-Ray Planet of the Apes Legacy Collection is $19.99 (60% off).

All three Austin Powers movies are available in a Blu-Ray set for $9.96 (50% off).

In toys, there's a 25% off Brio sale, with lots of nifty things (about 80).

The Despicable Me 10.5" Minion Tim Huggable Plush is $17.55 (12% off, but most vendors have it over list price in the mid-$20 range). The Stuart Plush is similarly cheap.

HedBanz is $7.97 (53% off), while Trouble, Sorry, Monopoly, and Connect 4 are $7.87 (39% off except for Monopoly, which is 56% off) each.

Other cheap kid's board games: Clue ($8.33/36% off), Chutes and Ladders ($4.77/53% off), and Uno ($5.79/42% off).

In board games for adults, Gears Of War is $37 (plus $6.99 shipping, but still cheaper than other Prime/free shipping deals). Arkham Horror is $39.84 (40% off) and does ship free.

And finally, in video games, Shadow Warrior is $19.99 for the PS4 and Xbone. I haven't been following the new systems (since I don't own one); dare I ask if the reboot of this game is as racist as the original? I know that the interviews with the devs made it sound like that was not the goal (unlike, say, Duke Nukem Forever), but I hadn't heard if they'd succeeded.

Very quick Amazon post: Breaking Bad, lots of other movies, toys, board games, more.

The Deal of the Day gets you the complete Breaking Bad for 60-63% off. The DVD set is $59.99, the Blu-Ray is $85.99, and the Blu-Ray in a barrel complete with apron and other stuff is $119.99.

The complete Firefly on Blu-Ray is $14.99 (83% off). By "complete," I'd note that it doesn't include Serenity, which I consider a feature, not a bug.

Legend on Blu-Ray is $5 (81% off) for the Ultimate Edition. Also $5: The unrated edition of Bridesmaids on DVD.

The Blu-Ray Planet of the Apes Legacy Collection is $19.99 (60% off).

All three Austin Powers movies are available in a Blu-Ray set for $9.96 (50% off).

In toys, there's a 25% off Brio sale, with lots of nifty things (about 80).

The Despicable Me 10.5" Minion Tim Huggable Plush is $17.55 (12% off, but most vendors have it over list price in the mid-$20 range). The Stuart Plush is similarly cheap.

HedBanz is $7.97 (53% off), while Trouble, Sorry, Monopoly, and Connect 4 are $7.87 (39% off except for Monopoly, which is 56% off) each.

Other cheap kid's board games: Clue ($8.33/36% off), Chutes and Ladders ($4.77/53% off), and Uno ($5.79/42% off).

In board games for adults, Gears Of War is $37 (plus $6.99 shipping, but still cheaper than other Prime/free shipping deals). Arkham Horror is $39.84 (40% off) and does ship free.

And finally, in video games, Shadow Warrior is $19.99 for the PS4 and Xbone. I haven't been following the new systems (since I don't own one); dare I ask if the reboot of this game is as racist as the original? I know that the interviews with the devs made it sound like that was not the goal (unlike, say, Duke Nukem Forever), but I hadn't heard if they'd succeeded.

Now I have an Android. Ho ho ho.

As some of you know, part of my day job involves accessibility*. And as became clear at a recent conference, Android devices are finally approaching a level of accessibility (especially for blind/visually impaired users and users with physical disabilities) that makes it viable (noting that iOS remains ahead of the curve here; Windows is still painfully barely in the game).

As a result, I now possess a 7" Galaxy Tab 4. As with my iPad, I'm planning on using it for enough day-to-day stuff to get comfortable enough with the OS to be able to take a deep dive into how it works for accessibility, so will also be using it as a general tablet. But other than my "smart" phone (a Kyocera Rise which is literally the worst thing I've ever owned, and is bad enough to have nearly soured me on Android usage in general), I don't have a huge amount of experience with the Android ecosystem. So for those of you who use Android, what works well for you? What are the essential apps? What apps don't exist on iOS that I need to know about? What do you wish you knew when you got your device? I'm still very much getting my sea legs here. The interface is just enough like what I'm familiar with to make the differences more jarring and confusing, but that's a day-one (or two, technically) learning curve.

The goal here is to be able to live in both ecosystems, both for day-to-day, and for understanding how they handle accessibility. I'm more looking for advice on the former front (since I have plenty of resources for the latter).

*as a former co-worker once pointed out, accessibility is often the thing that gets done by the person who cares about it, since too few organizations have the resources in willingness to treat it seriously. That's another rant, and I'm happy to be working in one that actually is making moves

Now I have an Android. Ho ho ho.

As some of you know, part of my day job involves accessibility*. And as became clear at a recent conference, Android devices are finally approaching a level of accessibility (especially for blind/visually impaired users and users with physical disabilities) that makes it viable (noting that iOS remains ahead of the curve here; Windows is still painfully barely in the game).

As a result, I now possess a 7" Galaxy Tab 4. As with my iPad, I'm planning on using it for enough day-to-day stuff to get comfortable enough with the OS to be able to take a deep dive into how it works for accessibility, so will also be using it as a general tablet. But other than my "smart" phone (a Kyocera Rise which is literally the worst thing I've ever owned, and is bad enough to have nearly soured me on Android usage in general), I don't have a huge amount of experience with the Android ecosystem. So for those of you who use Android, what works well for you? What are the essential apps? What apps don't exist on iOS that I need to know about? What do you wish you knew when you got your device? I'm still very much getting my sea legs here. The interface is just enough like what I'm familiar with to make the differences more jarring and confusing, but that's a day-one (or two, technically) learning curve.

The goal here is to be able to live in both ecosystems, both for day-to-day, and for understanding how they handle accessibility. I'm more looking for advice on the former front (since I have plenty of resources for the latter).

*as a former co-worker once pointed out, accessibility is often the thing that gets done by the person who cares about it, since too few organizations have the resources in willingness to treat it seriously. That's another rant, and I'm happy to be working in one that actually is making moves