This very neat interface to a sequencer is a cool idea for an accessible music system. A simplified version of this could be a ton of fun for kids with disabilities and their friends.
Entries from August 2007
Tenori-On Looks Amazing!
August 31st, 2007 — Enabling Technology, Ideas
Old Fashioned Farmer’s Day!
August 30th, 2007 — Random
This weekend in Silk Hope NC. Good country fun, good food, and lots of fascinating old machinery. Check out Jonah’s post for more info.
Update: Check out Jonah’s photos, he got some great ones this year. I particularly like the videos.
Multimedia Instruction for Students Who Are Deaf
August 29th, 2007 — Deaf, Enabling Technology
Gretchen pointed me to this page at the CITEd research center. Lots of interesting links to research and strategies for using multimedia to help students.
Computer games may help kids with ADHD
August 29th, 2007 — Enabling Technology
Sydney Morning Herald article on games that help children learn to focus.
Pipe Diameters
August 28th, 2007 — Home
Oddly, there is nothing about a ½” pipe that is ½”, be it copper, iron, or PVC. Nice tables with the internal and external dimensions of pipe of various materials.
Bat Boy vanishes!
August 26th, 2007 — Random
A really enjoyable story about the demise of the Weekly World News that I read in the N&O today. I’m pig-biting mad! I only read the cover while waiting in line at the grocery store but I remember laughing out loud at the clever headlines they’d have. So much better than the celebrity crap I see now…
WiiCade Wii Remote API
August 22nd, 2007 — Enabling Technology, Programming
The WiiCade Wii Remote API is a software interface that provides Flash programs with the ability to read and access the features of the Nintendo Wii Remote controller when they are run on the Internet Channel web browser.
Scanner Workaround
August 17th, 2007 — Ubuntu
This page describes the workaround that fixes my scanner. Simply scanbuttond -r 1000000.
Bus from Hillsborough to Chapel Hill
August 7th, 2007 — Random
The schedule has changed with the new bigger buses provided by Chapel Hill, Transit. Check the TTA site for the current schedule.
I’ve been riding the OPT/TTA bus (TTA route 420) from Hillsborough to Chapel Hill (and back) for about 20 months and I love it. The benefits include saving the environment, saving money on parking (more than $1000/year) and gas (about $1400/year), avoiding the bother of driving, and fellowship with a friendly community of people. The University kindly picks up the tab through the Commuter Alternatives Program. I’m blogging about it in hopes more people will learn about this poorly advertised service.