Monday, January 26, 2009

An Anthropologist on Mars - Insight into Autism and Tourette's Syndrome

http://www.oliversacks.com/mars.htm

Okay this is what I will be reading next, when I get a next. Maybe this summer. I read the Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and saw him speak once in NY.

So I am finally catching up with grad work after a long weekend of moving and then preparing a lesson for my observation today that did not go so well.

I was really inspired by the first chapter of Thinking In Pictures by Dr. Temple Grandin. She writes, "Every design problem I've ever solved started with my ability to visualize and see the world in pictures."

A web site that kind of reminds me of how her mind works is http://taggalaxy.de/

Sunday, January 25, 2009

Scrapping for wireless

So I have 9 minutes left at spin cafe. I have not even begun to finish or really start my hw for tonight and have no access to the internet at the new apt. So looks like I will be out in the cold scavenging for wireless access tonight.

I have been boycotting Boulder ever since their obnoxious "One City, One Coffee" ad program began a month back.

5 minutes left.

Again, municipal wi-fi would have been really nice right about now. It is only available in Pittsford. Thank you Frontier.

So rather than being with my wife that is one-month away from her due date, I get to spend the evening scraping at cafes that are about to close.

"One city, one wireless-less".

One minute