Naw, man, pass it on to the waitress!
Angie (née Shaw), if you’re out there, I finally had to look up that record we listened (and ROFL’d at) so many years ago. :-)
March 2007 Archives
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Deepfish displays the full layout of the page on the mobile screen, as a sort of thumbnail. The user can then zoom in and out of parts of the page “in an intuitive way” in order to read the content from that part of the page. Ars Technica
Safari Web Browser With its advanced Safari browser, iPhone lets you see any web page the way it was designed to be seen, then easily zoom in by simply tapping on the multi-touch display with your finger. Apple — iPhone — Internet
Dear Logitech, … Here are things that are easier to open than your packaging:
- An unripe, fused pistachio shell
- A coconut on a nude beach
- A new CD
- A space-time portal
- A delicious vegan fast-food place
Politics, Technology, and the Future of Deafness. Text of a speech given by Michael Chorost, author of Rebuilt: How Becoming Part Computer Made Me More Human, at Gallaudet University on March 21st 2007. Still processing.
The Dan Cederholm v. LogoMaid spat has turned into an ugly mess, with the perhaps overly helpful crowd siding with Dan turning into something of a lynchmob.
I fully support Dan’s position that LogoMaid (or one of their agents/designers) ripped off his logo, and LogoMaid should have respectfully apologized and taken the logo down. For some reason they decided to insult Dan, threatened to sue, and basically the thread on Flickr turned nasty at that point. Various bloggers (myself included) chimed in defending Dan, explaining aspects of copyright law (with varying degrees of accuracy), and generally enjoying the pile on. Accusations were made that LogoMaid’s proprietor was creating “sock-puppet” accounts on Flickr to defend himself, and the tone and language of the “debate” went into a downward spiral.
I’m glad the members of the design/blogging community showed up to support Dan. But to let the tone of this, well, whatever-it-is, degrade to name-calling and threats is depressing and is a good example of descending to “their” level. This is not the way to support a guy who has been a model of professionalism and class.
Let’s let it go, folks, and get back to creating the original content we’ve been defending.
Update: Sincere or not, looks like LogoMaid has apologized. Would have been more effective at the start of the debacle.
The recent TWIT was good, especially if you’re a massive geek, or really really really bored. I used to listen to the Gillmor Gang fairly regularly, and frankly I just wasn’t entertained. Leo and his rotating crew of miscreants are alternately hilarious, self-deferential, pompous, very occasionally crude, and even more occasionally informative. :-)
Jodi and Adelina and I went to her company’s family picnic on Saturday, and much fun was had. Of most interest was Jodi’s participation in the company horseshoe tournament - she and her partner won their first two games but finally lost as they started to get tired. Pitching big metal horseshoes 30 feet at a time is not as easy as it looks! Ask Jodi and I, who are both nursing sore shoulders and hips! (I did not play in the tournament but I pitched my share of shoes between rounds…) I don’t envy Jodi, who as the family Queen Flinger pitched way more horseshoes than I did!
then Saturday night I had worship practice for church, where I played acoustic guitar for the first time in oh, 2.5 years (I play electric bass every few weeks). At the end of practice the fingertips of my left hand were purple and sore. I then had to play Sunday morning fo another practice and then for the service! Needless to say, by then closing song, I was ham-handedly mashing the strings - my grip was shot and every string felt like a needle in my finger! Ouch!
So today, my typing is suffering as my entire left forearm is stiff, and the fingers of my left hand are quite tender. :-(
Oh, anyone recognize the title of this post?
Last night, we had a bit of fun at the Ivy house. Jodi and I are taking a sign class, and we’ve been trying to find time to practice, as well as give Adelina time to practice her sign as well. So last night after dinner, I announced that I was “deaf” for the night and that Adelina and Jodi would have to sign to me and vice versa.
(Now, please, if you are d(D)eaf, do not be offended… I fully realize that pretending to be deaf in order to practice sign is a weak substitute at best for seeking out opportunities to interact with the deaf community. But we’re short on time and access to deaf events right now, so this will suffice.)
Jodi described it and recounted a funny story in an email to a friend:
We decided a good way to practice our ASL is to pick a night on occasion and assign one of us (me or Steve) to be deaf for the night. Last night, Steve decided he was deaf. It was a great experience. He would completely ignore us if we forgot and tried to talk to him. We had to tap him to get his attention, and Adelina kept telling me, “Mommy, Daddy is deaf - he can’t hear you!”
After awhile, though, she got tired of it and wanted Steve to talk again, so we took a break. Then, it was bath time, so she took off her devices and got into the tub and then told him, “you can be deaf again. Now I’m deaf, too. We are BOTH deaf!” She was sooo cute! And we are beginning to appreciate the idea of her understanding and valuing her deafness.
I found this comment from former President Clinton quite sad:
I have to be in politics or I will evaporate.
How many of us live our lives that way - our identity inextricably tied to something temporal, even ephemeral. Is there something you have to be a part of or you would evaporate?
Last year, Dan Cederholm redesigned SimpleBits.
Now, LogoMaid has “been inspired by” Dan’s logo and is reselling it.
Update: as Dan says, “it gets better, folks”:
The main shape according to our designer is a font symbol and you do not have the rights to claim ownership to freeware font symbols.
Other than the actual shape, I see no relevance.
Our logo was registered at c-site, the registration has been approved. According to c-site, we own the copyrights to that actual logo.
We do not need to steal anyones ideas.
I spent 10 minutes at the grocery store the other day looking for a loaf of whole wheat bread without enriched flour in it, and that did not have high-fructose corn syrup as the third or fourth-listed ingredient. What is high-fructose corn syrup doing in my bread?
A development team here at GoDaddy (see standard disclaimer below) is looking for a web UI developer and I thought I’d post it here as a way to help out. This is a standards-based (X)HTML/CSS/Javascript developer position, working with java code on a open-source stack (linux/apache/tomcat/hibernate/struts…).
(Scottsdale, AZ) GoDaddy Software is searching for an exceptional web UI developer, with strong visual sense, to help completely revamp the user interfaces for a new generation of our PKI applications.
You will have built exceptional, cross-browser web sites, and be proficient with (X)HTML/CSS, JavaScript, and modern dynamic HTML techniques. You’ll also appreciate the importance of usability and excellent visual design.
Experience with Java-based web front-end development is important - though expert status is not required - you’re going to work faster and more efficiently if you can navigate an open source linux/Apache/MySQL/Tomcat/JSP stack with ease. A BS in Computer science or a related field wouldn’t hurt.
GoDaddy Software is known for excellent customer service, aggressive development cycles, highly competitive salaries and fantastic benefits. As part of a team inside the industry leader in domain registrations and hosting services, see your work improving the web experience for hundreds of thousands of users.
We offer competitive salary, 100% employer paid medical and dental (for employees), three weeks of vacation available in your first year, 401(k) and educational assistance.
For more information contact jcopp@godaddy.com
The views expressed on this website/weblog are mine alone and do not necessarily reflect the views of Go Daddy.com Software, Inc.
Well, Jodi broke the news. Not that it was a secret. In fact you, dear Reader, may be the last person to know that Jodi and I have begun another adoption. :-) This time around we’re working with a large well-connected agency, WACAP, and we’re planning on going to Russia.
As 99% of you know, Adelina is deaf. Learning what that means for her and for us has been a challenging road for Jodi and I, and it’s been an exciting road. We’ve learned more about ourselves in the last months and year than we probably did in the previous 5 years. And we have this bright, blond explosion in our home, teaching us about life in new ways every day! So it’s with joy, excitement, anticipation, and not a small amount of terror, that we’re setting out to adopt another deaf child.
Yep - we’re going looking this time. It’s not something we’ve taken to lightly. For us as hearing parents, Adelina has not required massive changes in our lifestyle - she is very verbal, and communicated quite clearly to us that she wanted to hear and speak. We do sign with Adelina, though in general sign is used in a supporting role. In seeking out another deaf child, we have no idea if s/he will be as auditory/verbal as Adelina, or more visual/sign-oriented. We’re completely open to either, which is why (as Jodi also mentions) we’re enrolled in a local community college ASL class and are working hard on wrapping some proper grammar around our moderate vocabulary. I also finally pulled the tv out from the wall and braved the morass of a/v and network cables behind it to re-connect our VP, so we’re once again able to connect with our deaf friends (sorry for the down-time guys, blame it on the network idiot who forgot how to connect the thing…). (waves to Sasha)
Well, more later. Back to work!
I had to uninstall my irc client at work because of security policy. Also, I needed an excuse to use a clever title derived from Jonathan Coulton’s PopSci Podcast On The Moon. Thanks JoCo!
(This is the content of a short reaction paper for SLG 102, the sign language class Jodi and I are taking at Chandler-Gilbert Community College)
Deaf Cultural Experience
On Saturday, March 4, my wife and I went to the DeafNation Expo at the Phoenix downtown convention center.
We walked toward the hall, noting already how quiet it was. I started to note a few people standing around signing, and I tried to remember what I had learned about Deaf etiquette - don’t stare unless you intend to introduce yourself! I was uncomfortable as we entered the lobby and headed toward the hall entry… folks all around were signing in rapid conversation. And I could not understand 99.5% of what was being said.
As we entered the hall, I felt very self-conscious - did I have a huge sign on my forehead that said “Hearing Person”? Surely everyone here could tell and resented my being here.
Continue reading Deaf Cultural Experience: Deaf Expo 2007.
I’ve been a DF member for several months now. Last night my tshirt arrived! Excellent! Get Yours
