I'm a blind guy with a passion for free software, open protocols, and the Linux operating system.

My latest project is the Blind and Low Vision Unix Users Group, BLVUUG. Its homepage is blvuug.org. Yeah, it's basically a dream, a website, and a rarely active discussion list at this point.

I used to host a speech-enabled version of the Arch Linux install media, called TalkingArch, on this site. That is only of historical relevance, because the Arch Linux ISO now includes support for braille and speech output.

Here is a picture of me from 2011. And here's a more recent picture of me, from spring of 2024. AI claims my hair is starting to go gray!

Other Places to Follow / Stalk Me

My blog can be found at blog.the-brannons.com. I'm on the fediverse, which most non-geeks know as Mastodon. See https://social.fedihost.website/users/chris.

Pages

• Here is a page with links to software written or maintained by me.
• See my WTF Audio page for a small collection of amusing audio files.
• See my Non WTF Audio page for a small collection of things that I think everyone needs to hear for informational purposes.

Contacting Chris

If you want to contact me, use the address chris AT the-brannons DOT com. Here is a link to my current GPG key.

I hang out on the Libera.chat and OFTC IRC networks, and my IRC nickname is teiresias. I can also be found on XMPP as chris@chat.number89.net.