On this page the following entries were made in the “September, 2007” time-frame.
Archive for “September, 2007”
Nothing to Yahoo about!
When I first created my Yahoo account, I was sighted, and honestly I don’t think they were using CAPTCHA – the verification process that is used to reduce bot programs from creating user accounts to send spam. In most instances the verification process requires users to view an image in order to find and subsequently [...]
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A new $5 bill – and a smack in the face to the blind
The Feds just announced a new $5 bill soon to be put into circulation. From the article… “The security thread embedded in the $5 bill also has been moved to a different location than the one embedded in the $100 bill. “We wanted this redesigned bill to scream, ‘I am a five. I am a [...]
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My new goal?
I just read an article about the trend of some rich families purchasing multiple Manhattan apartments and converting into a single unit or as the article titles, “Mansions in the Sky.” At one point in my life I would have thought this was ridiculous. All that loot, what about the privacy of maybe 30 wooded [...]
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Aquatic Meditation?
When I was a little toddler it was apparent to my Dad that I would fall in love with swimming. As a little guy I ran to the edge of the pool at Jones Beach in Long Island, NY, grinning from ear to ear. I wanted to jump into the water and swim like my [...]
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A former poster boy speaks out.
Longer One of ‘Jerry’s Kids’”, written by a former MDA poster boy. It answered something I have been wondering for quite some time now. Do people with other so called disabilities face similar reactions from the public? Similar to those received by members of the blind community? It seems as though the answer is a [...]
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