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Tim Ginn's Personal Blog & Software/Website Accessibility

Thu, 13 Dec 2007 10:20:49 -0800

I recently gave a presentation as part of my major project in CISC497 (Social, Ethical and Legal issues in Computing) on the topic of making software accessible to people with disabilities and since have had some requests for the materials I prepared.

7 Habits For Effective Text Editing 2.0

Sat, 14 Apr 2007 22:10:42 -0700

From the page: "Google Tech Talks February 13, 2007

ABSTRACT

A large percentage of time behind the computer screen is spent on editing text. ... all » Investing a little time in learning more efficient ways to use a text editor pays itself back fairly quickly. This presentation will give an overview of the large number of ways of using Vim in a smart way to edit programs, structured text and documentation. Examples will be used to make clear how learning a limited number of habits will avoid wasting time and lower the number of mistakes."

Why documentation matters - Blog - Open Source - schlitt.info

Sat, 14 Apr 2007 07:06:07 -0700

Why documentation matters and how to write it effectively.

Open-Source Spying - New York Times

Mon, 01 Jan 2007 09:43:45 -0800

From the page: "When he was hired by the D.I.A., he told me recently, his mind boggled at the futuristic, secret spy technology he would get to play with: search engines that can read minds, he figured. Desktop video conferencing with colleagues around the world. If the everyday Internet was so awesome, just imagine how much better the spy tools would be.

But when he got to his cubicle, his high-tech dreams collapsed. 'The reality,' he later wrote ruefully, 'was a colossal letdown.'"

In dorms, men and women now room together | csmonitor.com

Thu, 28 Dec 2006 13:32:27 -0800

From the page: "In dorms, men and women now room together
Some 20 colleges allow coed rooms. Friendships -- not sexual intimacy -- tend to motivate students to sign up."

Students

Tue, 26 Dec 2006 14:03:03 -0800

From the page: "The Google Pizza Program rewards hard-working engineering students by allowing them to take a study break on Google. Google ambassadors identify opportunities to order pizza for their computer science peers, most often around project deadlines or exams. The pizza ambassadors are Google's main point of contact, and responsible for making the Google Pizza Program successful at their university."

Math Forum - Ask Dr. Math

Tue, 26 Dec 2006 13:42:18 -0800

From the page: "Distance Between Two Points on the Earth"

Latitude and Longitude formula

Tue, 26 Dec 2006 13:40:35 -0800

From the page: "Formula and code for calculating distance based on two lat/lon locations

The following is the formula I use in perl to do the calculations. Perl expects all of the angles to be in radians."

PIC Programmer for Linux - Parallel Port Low Voltage Programmer

Tue, 26 Dec 2006 13:34:42 -0800

From the page: "This is a very simple and easy to build MicroChip PIC programmer (Tait style) for the types 16F87X, 16F62X etc. I only use the PIC16F876, therefore the schematic is only tested with this type, aswell the configuration for PICPRG. "

3D board modeling with Eagle and POVRay - Hack a Day

Tue, 26 Dec 2006 13:34:01 -0800

From the page: "Once the board is laid out in EAGLE you export it using the Eagle3D tool. The tool has predefined parts that it then uses to render the board in 3D using POV-Ray, a free ray-tracing program."