After an eye operation in the late 1980's he became legally blind, trying to paint for two years after that from memory before quitting.
Developed in the late 1940s by Charlton Hinman, the former naval cryptanalyst turned Shakespeare scholar, it is still used today to ferret out subtle typographical variations that the naked eye might fail to perceive — or go blind trying.
Alas, you could go blind trying to find comparably exhilarating, critically adored home-front stories about and for women, unless of course you like your little ladies "Knocked Up" and eager to pop.
My associates and I would sit around and taste wines blind, trying to identify not only the grape but the age, country, region, vineyard... OK, OK, I wasn't that good.
Do some shopping in familiar stores in your old town so you're not running blind trying to find what you need when you get there.
If you're home alone and have lots of windows with no blinds, try to go in a place where people can't see you.
Portability is a terrific advantage, but not if you go stone-blind trying to read web pages the size of postage stamps.
She was marching with her husband, also registered blind, to try to make the public aware of the new difficulties facing disabled people.
You don't need to be blind to try it; even sighted people can learn to "see in the dark" using echo-location.
