Drive-up ATMs have braille for two reasons.

1. It's cheaper and more efficient to make all your ATMs the same, so walk-up and drive-through models are often the same.

2. Blind people need to have access to cash, too, and it's not uncommon for them to be driven to an ATM by a sighted driver. Usually they sit in the rear driver's side seat and the driver just pulls a little more forward than normal so the blind person can access the ATM.

And you could even tow it without using a flatbed or crane truck. Four-wheel drive vehicles are often towed with contraptions that put the rear wheels onto a dolly system, and left the front wheels into the air.

The long-term result of macular degeneration is that he will lose the ability to focus on anything in the center of his vision, and will eventually hit the point where he only has (blurry) peripheral vision. When this occurs, he will not be able to read at all. Any items which magnify text will be a very temporary solution for him.

Focus on finding audio solutions that work, spend time researching them and then becoming familiar with using them, because anything you create now that magnifies text will be very quickly obsolete.

Ah, I Love You. I've never been an IT person, but have always earned a reputation as resident unofficial techie wherever I've worked. When that virus hit, I read about it here, and at work, my boss let me know he'd received an email, from the CEO, with the subject line of "I Love You." I let him know to not open it, and went down to the sysadmin's desk and let him know we'd been hit. It was early, and he took some precautions, and we were never hit to the extent that some organizations were.

I've been reading slashdot for somewhere around 13 years. Wish I could figure out when on earth I registered this account, I remember at the time being woefully dismayed that I had a 6 digit UID (the friend who let me know about slashdot had a 5 digit UID). In some way, I feel like a part of my youth has been lost. slashdot has been with me through four boyfriends, y2k, 09/11/2001, OMG ponies, the launch of gmail on April Fool's Day, the implementation of the mod system, the rise and fall of Netscape, Dogpile, Altavista, the popularity of Linux distros waxing and waning, the evolution of Microsoft, Apple, and Google, and countless other events, large and small, good and bad.

Years ago, there was some article in which an argument erupted in the comments about whether it was okay to urinate in sinks. I argued against it, and some random guy clicked my profile, found some photography I'd done, and sent me some emails. We lived in the same town. We just celebrated our third wedding anniversary.

I've never been a programmer, nor a sysadmin, or held any IT position. But slashdot has expanded my horizons in immeasurable ways, and in some way, I wouldn't be the person I am today if it had not been for slashdot. In some way, I wouldn't be the person I am today if it had not been for slashdot. I thank you for that.

I actually met my husband through slashdot.

As a FEMALE geek who met her husband via Slashdot, there are a few things which have been said over and over, but they're important.

-- You're not that good of a liar. Therefore, if something is bothering you, you can try to hide it in order to spare your partner's feelings, but bottom line, just as you're not that good of a liar, your partner isn't stupid. So just get it out, it's easier and quicker and will result in fewer hurt feelings.

-- Realize that no matter how geeky you both are, you are different. Different things cause us to be stressed, and one of the important components of a relationship is realizing what things won't cause panic in yourself but will in your spouse and proactively helping your spouse through that.

-- Most importantly, remember why you're marrying her. Not only do you have lust for her, and love for her, you LIKE her as a person. You find her beautiful, brilliant, funny. So when she's left her dirty dishes in the sink for the millionth time in favour of reading a book, shake your head and smile, because that's part of who she is. Just like how she's going to tolerate how stinky you get during your WoW binges. Yes, these things are minor annoyances, and over time, she'll realize she can do the dishes and THEN read, and you'll make sure to shower prior to that huge raid, but don't let the little things get in the way of that most important thing. There's a reason you're marrying her, because you like her, love her, feel lust for her. Don't ever forget that.

Far too many marriages fail, and while people cite many things, it often boils down to one or both partners in the marriage just plain not being NICE to the person they claim to love.