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Disability Blog Carnival #59: Disability and Work

Posted on October 25, 2009 by Liz Henry

The theme for the Disability Blog Carnival #59 is Work and Disability. It’s National Disability Employment Awareness Month. Thank you to Penny from the Disability Studies Blog for co-ordinating the Disability Blog Carnival through 60 issues! Thank you all for … finish reading Disability Blog Carnival #59: Disability and Work

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Disability Blog Carnival #59: Disability and Work

Posted on October 6, 2009 by Liz Henry

I read the other day on Disability Studies blog that they were thinking of ending the Disability Blog Carnival. I’d like to see it keep going! So I offered to host this month’s edition, on Work, in honor of October … finish reading Disability Blog Carnival #59: Disability and Work

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The Planet of Swears

Posted on June 17, 2009 by Liz Henry

I’m writing some RSS feed scraper programs and while playing around with that, set up an install of Planet feed reader. It was very funny to see on the one hand, lots of people blogging or writing things like “Oh, … finish reading The Planet of Swears

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Kiva lending and people with disabilities

Posted on June 10, 2009 by Liz Henry

Kiva has opened up to lending to entrepeneurs within the U.S. and I think this is something disability activists and independent living centers need to jump on immediately. This won’t help everyone, but it could help quite a few people … finish reading Kiva lending and people with disabilities

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Photoessay of the 805 Veterans disabled parking problem

Posted on March 31, 2009 by Liz Henry

Here is a visual explanation of part of the problem with disabled parking at this building. 1:48 pm Tuesday March 31st. I drove into the front parking lot. I could see the front 2 spots were full. I drove to … finish reading Photoessay of the 805 Veterans disabled parking problem

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ADA struggle at my workplace

Posted on March 30, 2009 by Liz Henry

It has been at a year now since I first started asking the office building where I work to add disabled parking spots. They continue to refuse, and as I continue reporting them to the city, they continue coming to … finish reading ADA struggle at my workplace

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Upgrading Drupal 4.7 to 5.14

Posted on January 14, 2009 by Liz Henry

I have been working on upgrading a site from Drupal 4.7, which is unsupported, to Drupal 5.14. I am somewhat familiar with Drupal as a blogger, user, and administrator, but wasn’t sure what it would take to upgrade a large … finish reading Upgrading Drupal 4.7 to 5.14

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Hard drive down!

Posted on October 3, 2008 by Liz Henry

The ominous clicking noise from my hard drive should have given me a clue. Backup was on my to-do list, but never a priority. That’s why I’m talking to you from August 8th, when I last copied my entire hard … finish reading Hard drive down!

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Excite@Home bankruptcy trainwreck continues in slow motion

Posted on August 14, 2008 by Liz Henry

I cannot believe that I’m still getting legal notices about the Excite@Home bankruptcy and the pay they still owe me from October 2001. For real? Seven years of an utter waste of time and resources. How many lawyers are frittering … finish reading Excite@Home bankruptcy trainwreck continues in slow motion

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Joy of unit testing

Posted on August 11, 2008 by Liz Henry

(From about 2 weeks ago, late at night) I was just vaguely napping and realized I was still thinking in my sleep about the php code I had just been writing. Though I barely even know php at all, it … finish reading Joy of unit testing

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