These School Officials Suffered A Dangerous Low In Intelligence

Here’s an example of somebody enjoying having a teeny weeny bit of power. Caitlin Perry is diabetic. One day, she felt her sugar dropping, so asked her friend to go get her another fruit cup. Her friend did, but before Perry could open it, the cook came over to her, yelled at her, said she’d …

Shadows, Lights, Camera, Action!

Just a quick plug for our buddy Anton. He’s in a play! How cool is that? We’re going to go see him, and we thought we’d put the info up here for anyone who’s interested. Here’s the site, and here’s the press release. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Out of Sight Productions presents ‘I Only See Shadows’ …

Do As We Say, Not As We Promote

I’ve learned something today. Were it not for the great work of the Toronto Better Buildings Partnership, I would have had no idea how much it took to send out a 1-page press release. It arrived in a large brown paper envelope, padded with plastic bubble wrap. Inside the envelope was a cardboard box. Inside …

Continuing To Climb The Ladder To Suckcess

The poor UK. It just can’t seem to get over its fear of ladders. Things have gotten so bad that the South Kesteven District Council has decided no longer to fly the Union Jack at the town hall in Bourne, England because that 8-foot ladder they would have to use to put it up sure …

Things Go Better With CO2ca Cola

I hardly consider myself an environmentalist and I’m not entirely sure I buy the notion that climate change is as bad as I’m supposed to think it is, but I know complete stupidity when I hear it,and boy oh boy,did I hear some just now. The link above goes to a video of Joe Barton, …

Texting A Landline Just Got dumber

Wow. I just learned something else about that rogers Wireless txt 2 Landline service. Not only is it cumbersome, it’s cumbersome and it costs dough. I mentioned in that message that I got a thank you message with the message I sent. I thought I’d read the whole thing, but then I read it later …

Cell Phone Seminar

There’s an interesting online seminar, I refuse to say webinar with any seriousness, being put on by Citizens with Disabilities of Ontario. the subject is cellphones and people with disabilities and the presenter is Jeff Stark. I think they ask some pretty interesting questions, and if you register, you can ask questions of your own. …

Want To Have Your Phone Talk Right Out Of The Box? There’s An App For That.

This is pretty cool news. The iPhone that is being released in mid July will come equipped with a version of Voiceover, the Mac’s screen-reader. That means that, out of the box, the iPhone will work for blind folks. We won’t need to buy another screen-reader package and lay out more cash. That’s a pretty …