Well would ya look at that? I have a very clean dog, and our bathroom isn’t wet. I went to that place I was talking about that let me bathe her myself but had all the stuff there so I wouldn’t have to deal with the mess. Everybody in Guelph, if your dog needs a …
Category Archives: plugs
New GDB Alumni Chapter Forming
Here’s a quick note to anyone interested. There’s a guy in Toronto, Chris, who wants to set up a Canada-wide chapter of the GDB alumni association. All the meetings would be done through conference calls, and maybe some get-togethers will get organized. It’s open to anyone in Canada who has a dog from GDB. If …
A Bunch Of Stuff From My Head
I’ve been thinking about afew things. Here they are in no particular order. My Trixie dreams have taken a new twist. They’re of two types: One has me going back to training, and some of my classmates are there, only this time, Trixie is with me. We just end up having a refresher, and I …
Another Captcha Study
That was funky. I was just checking back to see if I had in fact been a participant in a study whose results I was now reading…and discovered…they’re doing another study! This time they’ve designed an interface that allows you to replay the audio captcha from right within the anser box. It’s a beautiful interface. …
Make Sure Those Seeing Eyes Are Seeing Well.
Some people probably think I’m crazy for doing this, but what the heck? The ACVO or American College of Veterinary Ophthalmologists is conducting a week’s worth of free eye exams for service dogs from May 4 to May 8. I’m sad to say it looks like owner-trained service dogs are excluded…unless they have some kind …
Continue reading “Make Sure Those Seeing Eyes Are Seeing Well.”
Just For Laughs Puts On A Good roadshow
I feel like such a loser that I haven’t written about this until now. I mean, the show was Wednesday. Oh well, better late than never. On Wednesday, Steve and I went to the Just for Laughs Roadshow at the River Run Centre and it was awesome. If it’s coming to your town and it’s …
Public Transportation Survey
It’s been a slow day for the blog, so I thought I’d at least post this. I get the sense this survey is only intended for americans, but what the heck, I filled it out and it didn’t ask me where I was from, so they can do what they want with my data. It’s …
The Clearing House of Carin’s Head
Well hey everybody. You’ve probably noticed it’s been kinda quiet around here. Well, there are a couple of good reasons for that, and I decided to write about them, along with a couple of ideas that have been floating through my head. Long, long, long post ahead. The main reason is because Steve and I …
Dog Day Caught On Tape
I gotta remember to do this next time. I think this is the best idea ever. Jeff Bishop is going for guide dog training. He’s keeping a training log on his blog. He got his dog on Sunday. But what he did, which was super uber cool, was he recorded his greeting with his dog. …
A Web Accessibility Survey Thingy
WebAIM is trying to compile an archive of how screen-reader users surf the web in hopes that they may find some common threads that might help web-designers build more accessible websites. So, they’re conducting a survey. If you use a screen-reader at all and want to help, go fill it out here. My only big …