Archive: June 2003
Cables and MT
Last weekend I moved everything around, disconnected and connected everything, and tied it all up real pretty-like. This week, lo and behold, my wireless connection, previously steady as a rock, drops every 30 seconds or so. Little lights continue to blink and be happy, but my computer says the connection’s down. Very irritating.
So far I’ve [...]
Cold Midsummer’s Day—or—I am So Gullible
Day before yesterday I look at the paper, it says “High: 81°F”. It’s a little overcast, but that happens a lot, and it burns off by mid-morning.
Fat chance. If it got above 65°F, I’ll eat that newspaper. I was freezing all day.
I should be grateful. Poor LA-the-sage is hot. I could be in DC.
I am [...]
What is it with Walmart?
Every Walmart I’ve ever seen has lots of handicapped permit parking spaces. Rows of them. More than anywhere else, more than the law requires. The creepy thing about them is that they’re always full! Always. Who are all these people? Don’t they ever go home?
Home Office Woes
The computers-in-the-family-room situation is driving me nuts.
We currently have one desktop computer, one printer and one laptop sharing a six foot table with the networking gear (hub, dsl modem, wireless access point) and miscellaneous other computer junk (palm pilot hot sync thingie, digital camera cables, etc). This mess is all cabled together in what seems [...]
Denver Fined
The city of Denver has been fined for closing off permit parking spaces during the mayor’s jazz fest: Disabled displaced at fest.
Vive la France
The Country Quiz:
You’re France!
Most people think you’re snobby, but it’s really just that you’re better than everyone else. At least you’re more loyal to the real language, the fine arts, and the fine wines than anyone else. You aren’t worth beans in a fight, unless you’re really short, but you’re so good at other [...]
Bush fails the Segway Test
Bush fails the Segway Test, sure to join a long line of Presidential gaffes, including the world-famous Killer Rabbit incident.
Essential Functions
Title I of the ADA, which deals with employment, says that job applicants have to be qualified to perform the “essential functions” of a position, with or without reasonable accommodation. This has led to many employers listing the “essential functions” of a position as part of the job description.
My previous employer listed the essential functions [...]
Website Criticism Quandary
I need advice. An organization creates a website, using some sort of goofy software. It looks fine to the (non-technical) person who created it. When I look at it, the text and headings are all superimposed on one another, making it impossible to read. Turning CSS off doesn’t fix it; everything is absolutely positioned. I [...]
Ultralight Wheelchair Ordering
Mark Smith, the Yoda of the mobility industry, has written a stupendous article about measuring and ordering ultralight wheelchairs: A Master’s Definitive Guide to Ultra-Lightweight Manual Wheelchair Order Forms.
Moravian Music
NPR had a story on Moravian music this morning. I was so lucky to learn about this beautiful music from Dr. James Christian Pfohl, one of my first choir directors.
Don’t Read My Weblog?
I noticed this Blogger’s Disclaimer, and I’m stunned. How can you publish your thoughts and words to the most public forum possible, and then ask people not to read or comment on them?
If you don’t want anyone to read your blog, then keep it on your own hard drive (or get a paper journal and [...]
Righteous Parking
I feel a burning need to gather all the drivers in the United States in one place and explain to them how handicapped permit parking works.
A. In order to park in a handicapped permit spot, you need to have — stay with me here — a handicapped permit! I know this is a shocking concept. [...]
Sinking In
The reality of the daily grind is sinking in for Stuart Hughes, the BBC newsman who lost a foot to a landmine in Iraq:
What’s bothering me right now isn’t the loss of my foot. I’m slowly getting used to that.
It’s the fact that the smallest thing seems to take an age.
If I want to get [...]
Reactions
The variety of human reactions to the unusual or unexpected is amazing. Jody writes about about being the Invisible Crippled Woman. I got to be the subject of Fear and Loathing at Target.
Summer Vacation
I’ve got teenagers. I don’t blog about my kids, but I’m just going to say — summer vacation starts tomorrow.
Scared yet? Yes. Thank goodness I have a job to go to.
Creepy Computer
Twenty Questions: The neural-net on the Internet. What a creepy-good time waster!
Unix Utilities for Windows
GNU utilities for Native Win32, lighter weight than Cygwin. I’m a happy camper.
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