Archive: May 2004
Origami-folding Robot
Dexterous robot conquers art of origami:
Modelling the creation of an origami model is also mathematically and computationally complex.
The designer’s website
Confused
This site is on a list of Bookmarks for standards testing on one of Joe Clark’s sites (look for “Backgrounds”). I can’t figure out if it’s supposed to be a good or bad example, so that makes me kind of nervous.
MT redirects
Arghh! Can’t figure out how to do redirects on the MT entries.
The solutions I’ve found all seem to assume that you’ve archived in a archive/YEAR/MONTH/DAY directory structure.
Or that post_ids in MT equal the post_ids in WordPress.
WordPress Quicktags and Opera
Quicktags don’t work quite right in Opera. Tags will only be inserted at the end of the current text.
Installing WordPress
Created a database for WordPress at Dreamhost. Wombat Nation’s cheat sheet came in handy, if only to confirm that I hadn’t screwed it up.
I exported my MT blog to a text file, then ran wp-admin/import-mt.php to import the entries. The first clue that something was wrong was that import-mp thought there were a dozen authors [...]
The Value of Failure
Dorothea offers some real food for thought in On Failure and Its Contentments. I’m not sure I have anything to add except that I know some of those never-failing people, and this gives me some new insight into them.
Popcorn ceilings
My neighbor just finished scraping all the popcorn finish off her ceilings. I’m jealous. I very much hate my popcorn ceilings.
Shopping Cart
Today I discovered that for some reason (undoubtedly having something to do with mechanics, or physics, and my beloved is going to help me understand which and why) it is possible to push a shopping cart with one hand and a wheelchair with the other and still more or less go in the direction you [...]
WhoIs Ultra
Unfortunately, WhoIs Ultra doesn’t seem to be very reliable. It’s reporting some available domains as registered, and it says that my domains (very registered, I assure you) are available.
Waiting for the world to update itself
The trouble with lying around sick in bed all day surfing the web is that nobody is doing hourly updates to their stuff.
Random things I’ve discovered today:
WhoIs Ultra - a very nifty whois application, much more fun than trying to get info out of Network Solutions.
FlyerTalk.com - a frequent flyer website, includes some good forums.
More [...]
Moving On
Eldest Son graduates from high school today.
So, first, when did I get old enough to be the mother of a high school graduate? I’ve got mixed feelings about this - on the one hand, I think that unlike sometime in our agragrian past, high school graduation is pretty much a minimum (sub-minimum?) requirement for life [...]
Emergency Preparedness
U.S. Newswire - U.S. Labor Department Issues Report on Emergency Preparedness for Federal Workers with Disabilities
More disability employment publications from the Department of Labor: Office of Disability Employment Policy Publications
Chair on the Go
Took my first plane trip with the new chair.
Adventure Number One: the push handles
My previous chair has integral push handles, which has advantages and disadvantages. Advantage: on the rare occasions when I need to be pushed, there are push handles! Disadvantage: push handles are an invitation for people to touch, lean, and yes, push (very [...]
Pain…
Migraines are bad and should be outlawed.
Women’s Choral Groups
Women’s Choral Groups Raise Their Voices
[W]omen’s choral groups are burgeoning across the United States and “reinvigorating an age-old tradition where people from all walks of life come together to sing and to explore something they love.”
Belonging
Always nice to be part of the gang: Riders, wheelchair users told to hang up.
Better
The car place is actually only about a mile and a half from my office, and thanks to the excellent Go Boulder Bicycle & Pedestrian Map (which I can never find when I want it), I discovered that it’s easy to get there using the Boulder Creek Trail. It was an easy 20 minute push [...]
Irritated
Last week it was snowing. This week, it’s regularly hitting the high 80s. My car air conditioning, which was completely redone last October, doesn’t work again.
I made an appointment with the shop, and took it in this morning at 7:30. At about noon, they called me to tell me I needed another 3 pounds of [...]
Shallow
The older I get, the more I groom. Haircuts every six weeks (ok, every four weeks, cause it grows out so fast), that sort of thing. Now, suddenly, I want a manicure. (Actually, it’s sudden, but not mysterious - I’m getting ready to go to the wedding of a family friend that has all the [...]
Man in the Green SUV
Dear Mr. Man Driving the Green SUV near Office Depot in Longmont,
As I pulled into a parking space, I saw you coming out from Office Depot with a shopping cart. As I unloaded my wheelchair, I saw you putting your purchases into your vehicle. As I transferred, I saw you carefully take the empty cart [...]
Travel Resource
Virginia guide among growing resources for disabled travelers
Must Read
“Ability to Sleep on Toilet an Asset” - hilarious, and close to home.
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