Monthly Archives: March 2005

CHADD meeting. Great book on learning differences.

We had a guest speaker at our meeting, John Fleming, M.Ed. Dr Fleming runs a company that assesses and works with learning-disabled students. Great guy, very knowledgeable [added link to UCBx] … and he had significant trouble with writing even … Continue reading

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rogerebert.com :: glossary

Roger Ebert has compiled a truly useful glossary of movie terms … All-Seeing Camera: The remarkable ability of a stationary surveillance camera or news camera operated by a lone cameraman to film or video an incident from several different angles … Continue reading

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toll-free and caller-id

Some of us (myself included) may not know this yet. When you call a toll-free number, they will receive your call-ID even if you try to block it. I’d imagine that to be the work of the floral-bouquet lobby. Can’t … Continue reading

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A caution to sites that use external mapping services

Events sites are great, automatic mapping is even cooler, but here’s something developers have overlooked: When someone posts the location for an event, don’t assume it’s given as a well-formed street address. If the location is informal, weird things will … Continue reading

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