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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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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 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 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 1, 2009

January 1st is Public Domain Day

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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December 16, 2008

ShopInBerkeley undergoing major remodel

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 visitors to make comments on...

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December 3, 2008

Mt. Diablo beacon to be lit in commemoration of Pearl Harbor attack

This Sunday, December 7th, 2008 (and each year on December 7th), the beacon atop Mt. Diablo will be lit at dusk in commemoration of the attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7th, 1941. After the attack, blackouts in the Bay Area caused the beacon to be turned off, and after the war it was not turned back on. “Since 1964,...

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November 27, 2008

How to fix pixelated images in IE

I don’t use Internet Explorer (IE) much (Firefox is better in so many ways), but since I write web pages I have to check how they look in IE every so often. I found that most of the images in IE were pixelated (jagged edges where lines should be clear), so I finally went off to hunt for a solution....

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