Jason Castonguay

@jcast432
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I'm a musician, tech-enthusiast, & also enjoy good people & good food. Nature, reading, meditation/spiritual growth, cooking, laughing, & savoring life & the connections I have with others are among those things I hold dear. Started playing the piano at age 3 & vocal later (harp even later). Computers came along at age 6; went from Apple, to DOS, to Windows, around to Linux, & back to Apple (primarily). Love checking out all tech (access tech, too).

#ArtFelt will resume next week! – Hi, eveyrone! There won’t be a show tonight, but I plan on being on the air next week. In the meantime, if you’d like to browse any of the available archives, go to

https://www.mixcloud.com/artfeltlive

and enjoy! Shows are sorted from newest to oldest.

Thank you so much and looking forward to next week’s show!

ArtFelt

ArtFelt is on Mixcloud. Listen for free to their radio shows, DJ mix sets and Podcasts

Mixcloud

Lots of green on tonight's #ArtFelt, starting at 8PM ET on ACB Media 4 – https://www.acbmedia.org/4 – or on Mixcloud – https://www.mixcloud.com/live/artfeltlive

Good St Patrick's Day evening, my friends! It is always a pleasure for me to delve into the melodies and Irish musical ornamentation we find in this genre. We’ll be hearing plenty of that tonight, along with my usual live performing and conversation. I hope all of you are having a great week and I look forward to having you with me!

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Not my joke but I thought it was good:

- What do you call someone rapping under water?
- Eminemo.

BrailleNote Evolve impressions: very, very nice. Incredibly light-weight, very fast, built pretty well, and it is a very rare type of notetaker that doesn't become e-waste as soon as you laeve education, because it runs regular Office apps and Windows 11 Pro. The BrailleSense 7 also seems like a pretty nice device, although I do miss the mini form factor, they've yet to do that for the 20, and running Android still means that your bespoke software and hardware will be utterly worthless outside of education. Selvas has a much better record of keeping their devices updated, though, so pros and cons.
#ArtFelt starts in just under an hour! 8PM Eastern on Mixcloud – https://www.mixcloud.com/live/artfeltlive – or on ACB Media 4 – https://www.acbmedia.org/4
Good evening, friends! It will be great to get back on the mic tonight! The playlist is all mixed and despite the incredibly amazing weather we’re having, I didn’t delve right into spring. 😊 I hope you can join me as we explore and enjoy the music together!
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New Selvas BLV Products!

Selvas BLV is so excited to see you and show our new products in person at CSUN tomorrow!

Introducing BrailleSense 7

Winner of the 2026 iF Design Award — one of the world’s most prestigious international design awards, recognizing excellence in innovation, functionality, and user-centered design.

The next-generation Smart Braille Tablet Series sets a new standard in performance, design, and braille-first innovation.

Available in:

40-cell

32-cell

20-cell

Across all models:

Android 15

Expanded braille-first applications

Integrated AI powered by Google Gemini

Touch-sensitive braille cells

User-replaceable battery

QWERTY keyboard case with secondary battery

Watch the YouTube preview here!

Preorder Information

Pre-orders open online and at CSUN at Booth #508 (please note you do not have to be at CSUN to participate in preorder. Preorder inventory is on a first-come first-served bases with the following discounts and you will not be charged until your order ships. If you would like to place a preorder online, you may do so here.)

BS732 (32-cell),
Option 1: $500 off

Option 2: Free 1-Year PMA ($700 value)

(MSRP: $5,995)

BS740 (40-cell)
Option 1: $700 off

Option 2: Free 1-Year PMA ($700 value)

(MSRP: $6,495)

BS720 (20-cell)
Option 1: $400 off

Option 2: Free 1-Year PMA ($700 value)

(MSRP: $5,295)

***All preorders offer free shipping. Shipping begins mid-June, first come, first served.

Also Debuting: GoVision Move

A new 16” foldable FHD (1920x1080) video magnifier featuring:

Advanced camera for near, distance, and personal viewing

Motion-tracking for writing and highlighting

Ideal for forms, signatures, and checks

Compact design with integrated carry handle

You can preorder the GoVision Move at CSUN or online here. Preorder includes free shipping.

MSRP: $2,995

Join us at CSUN, booth 508, to experience both innovations firsthand, or visit us online at selvasblv.com.

Warm regards,
Selvas BLV

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That makes sense.

The great Andre Louis @FreakyFwoof takes us on a tour of Move and its accessibility features.

Who should watch this: everyone. Sighted people, to understand these needs. Move fans, to check out Andre's awesome demo of Move Everything features. Sighted developers of hardware and software, to understand needs of the visually impaired.

https://cdm.link/move-everything-visually-impaired-guide/

With everything else going on in the world, making music more open to everybody seems even more valuable.

Over the years I’ve noticed something interesting about conflict. We often talk about how individual people handle it, but entire groups and social circles develop conflict styles too.

Some groups debate openly. Some quietly expect everyone to keep the peace. Others avoid tension entirely until it builds up and spills out later.

Psychologists actually mapped this out years ago. There are five common ways people tend to respond when conflict shows up: compete, collaborate, compromise, accommodate, and avoid.

Some people compete. Conflict becomes something to win. Being right matters more than finding common ground.

Others try to collaborate. They slow things down and try to understand what each person actually needs so that a solution can be built together.

Some people compromise. It’s the meet-in-the-middle approach. Neither side gets everything they want, but both sides get something.

Then there are those who accommodate, where someone decides that maintaining the relationship or keeping the peace matters more than asserting their own position.

And finally there are people who avoid conflict entirely. They disengage, change the subject, or quietly step away rather than entering the disagreement.

There’s also a behavior that doesn’t always get named in these models but shows up constantly in real life: acquiescing. That’s when someone goes along with something outwardly while internally disagreeing. It’s compliance without genuine agreement. (1/3)