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Website Wednesday
The joke around here is that I think I've reached the end of the internet. Just like Edward G. Robinson in Soylent Green remembered when the earth was green and lush, I remember when the internet was a toddler and the depth of its educational output was unbelievable. Of course, that hasn't changed (though then, almost all these sites were free) but I remember when capitalism/commercialism was still just dabbing its toes into this great new medium not knowing if it, the mysterious "web", was going to be the correct venue for its products. Back then, search a word and perhaps the 20th hit would be aimed at selling you something; today, you're lucky if you reach a non-commercial hit by number 20.
Having said all this, I'll give up my internet "when you pry it from my cold, dead hands"
Grousing over and on to one of my site-type-favs:
You know, you get to see rooms where every bit of space is utilized and they take a closet and make it a liveable apartment. Be sure to click all around this site for ideas and don't forget this page:
I have been into IKEA designed homes of 500 to 700 square feet and it's amazing all the "living" they can put into such a small area. My only quibble (and I have this with all interior design sites) is that these rooms/houses are in pristine condition and it doesn't look like anyone lives there. Mess it up, guys, and show us what it looks like the day before the cleaning help arrives, not the day after.
And now on to pictures:
Currently, this blog is featuring the US Old West and Civil War and these bleak black and white images eerily bring up thoughts about a time, as blogger Derekh says: These photos ... are sobering (and much needed) reminders of just
how real it was. They provide faces, emotions, and settings for all of
the facts and figures I’ve read in history books.
Derekh has a panoply of other topics here also (Atlas of America for the Blind from 1837) so be sure click around.
The above page from Finding Ninee is a must-read for all of us. It tells the regrets of a mom who missed the perfect opportunity at work to discuss autism: I had the opportunity to spread autism spectrum awareness, or – at
the very least – inform a co-worker about speech and language delays in
children. In my child. And I didn’t take it. In no way should this mom feel any guilt in not doing "autism education" at this perfect moment (and many of the article comments echo this.) But, to me, the saddest part of this story is that she only tells this half-truth to her co-worker: (I) shared that Robert was in remedial reading in first grade. With the rate of US children in the autism spectrum reaching 1 in 50 (a shockingly high number and a national scandal), parents should not be reluctant to talk about it and must feel comfortable to do so. Because if they don't, this talking vacuum will be filled with know-nothing Yahoos commenting that these stats are phoney. (Note: I do think that with the growing intolerance towards different learning paths/maturation paths among children, some younger children may be classified in the autism spectrum/ADD spectrum incorrectly. Having said that, I have taught severely autistic/moderately autistic children; this is a real and terrible condition. Finding a "cure" for autism should be as important as the Manhattan Project was in developing the atomic bomb.)
And finally, some more pictures, with a twist:
Truth be told, I may be denser these days because I missed a few of the allusions here. Most I got though and many are wicked!
That's it for today. See you next week.
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