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April 12, 2009

My dad’s finally online

No, this doesn’t mean you’ll be able to email him. I just talked him into letting me post some of his poetry to the web. You can read his poetry at EarthCommUNityILoveYou.org. I’ll be adding quite a bit over this next week, so keep coming back to read more.

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April 10, 2009

So you want a web site for your business

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 site these days: Open source...

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April 9, 2009

10 Excellent web sites for teaching?

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 Internet has been around for...

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March 20, 2009

ShopInBerkeley is closing

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 is less than the work...

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February 2, 2009

Article on accessibility in WordPress

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 although it’s a bit bare....

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January 29, 2009

New NorCal/Nevada American Association of Physics Teachers web site

One of my new tasks for 2009 is Web Weaver for the Northern California/Nevade American Association of Physics Teachers. Today we launched a re-designed web site, powered by WordPress, my favorite Content Management System (CMS). Visit ncnaapt.org. If you don’t see a menu on the right side, the new server location probably hasn’t made it to your corner of the...

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January 21, 2009

“Day lighting” or “Peek a boo”: pedestrian safety at intersections

From Eric McCaughrin at East Bay Bicycle Coalition: Another great clip from Streetfilms. This time, they show how removing parking spaces around intersections (“Daylighting”) can greatly increase visibility for pedestrians and cyclists. Even better: the reclaimed space can be used for low-cost bike parking. In Berkeley and other Bay Area communities, similar kinds of treatment have been done with pedestrian...

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January 15, 2009

Force data from elevator ride to top of 555 California St, SF (52 floors)

Yesterday I took a trip up the longest elevator ride in San Francisco (at 555 California St). I brought along my LabQuest and Force Plate (essentially a recording bathroom scale, see image of LabQuest at bottom of post). As I rode the elevator up and down, the LabQuest was recording my apparent weight (think about how you feel when an...

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January 13, 2009

Memorial Service for Diane Thomas January 17th 2009

Diane Thomas died December 1st at her Berkeley home after a long struggle with cancer. The celebration of Diane’s life will be held on Saturday, January 17th at 10 a.m. at Pacific School of Religion (MAP), where she was on staff for nine years. The public is invited. I worked with Diane in the UC Nuclear Weapons Conversion Project and...

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January 12, 2009

Wind Powered Art Vehicle/Kinetic Sculpture

Here’s a video of a great kinetic sculpture that walks along a beach powered by the wind.

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