Computers and the web

Introducing the Book: Help Desk

September 24, 2009
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Vanessa Trampleasure, 1956-2009

July 8, 2009

It is with great sadness that I write of the death of my cousin, Vanessa Trampleasure, of Essex, UK. I never met Vanessa, although we exchanged emails several times regarding our family tree. I'd like to take a moment to reflect on the Trampleasure family, and how technology makes our world a smaller place: Growing [...]

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Interesting "ESP" site

May 16, 2009

The test A friend sent me this. I was surprised at first, but then it didn't take me too long to figure it out. Here's the test: http://sprott.physics.wisc.edu/Pickover/esp.html Try it out (it will open in a new window), then return here if you can't figure it out. Scroll down for the solution. . . . [...]

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California Action Alert on Employment & Disability

April 13, 2009

Dear Advocates, AB 1269 is important for Californians with disabilities who want to or do work. If you're unfamiliar with Medi-Cal's California Working Disabled Program, please see the following text link that describes the current program. http://www.chiip.org/longdesc/medi-cal_brochure_english.html AB 1269 adds desperately needed improvements to California's Medicaid Buy-In Program that were vetoed by the governor two [...]

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So you want a web site for your business

April 10, 2009

I have lots of requests from friends, businesses (from ShopInBerkeley.com connections), and work colleagues who ask me about creating web sites. I've created quite a few, from the "old days" of HTML code without CSS or Javascripts to current database driven, css rich sites. I have three main words for folks who want a web [...]

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10 Excellent web sites for teaching?

April 9, 2009

Scott McCleod posts: A seemingly simple question This seems like a seemingly simple question for teachers: Could you identify 10 excellent web sites for your grade level / subject area? Ideally, of course, teachers would know 10 or so excellent sites for each unit, not just for the overall course that they’re teaching. After all, the [...]

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ShopInBerkeley is closing

March 20, 2009

I've been running the web directory ShopInBerkeley.com for about eight years. My goal has always been to provide high quality, free and low cost web pages to Berkeley businesses. For the past year or two I've been evaluating the need for ShopInBerkeley.com, and have come to the conclusion that the value of the web site [...]

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Article on accessibility in WordPress

February 2, 2009

Here's a great article on making accessible WordPress themes, including the authors own theme. The article is titled Surprise! Your "semantic, accessible, search engine friendly" WordPress theme is none of the above. www.bushidodesigns.net/blog/semantic-accessible-seo-friendly-wordpress-theme/ In addition to the theme, the article provides good insite into making a web site/WordPress blog accessible. I like the theme, but [...]

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January 1st is Public Domain Day

January 1, 2009

January 1st is Public Domain Day, the day many works take their place in the ultimate destination for all works which were previously under the temporary copyright monopoly.  Wallace McLean has continued his Public Domain Day tradition by publishing an extensive list of authors whose works are now in the public domain.

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ShopInBerkeley undergoing major remodel

December 16, 2008

I've been running ShopInBerkeley.com since 2001, and it's time for a face lift. I'm converting it to a WordPress run site, although getting all my pages over to WP will take several months. The new format should be easier to navigate, and be easier for me to update. It will also have the ability for [...]

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