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>the personal blog of david n wallace
[aka Dave the Lifekludger]

• My week on twitter: 2 retweets received, 7 new followers, 7 mentions. Via: http://t.co/Y5KaZESZ #
• @mickyj Your Dad might be interested in this I have on Gumtree. If is call me I'd like see it go to good home. http://t.co/frM700KW in reply to mickyj #
• @mickyj Sorry mate. Try this one: http://t.co/UyapOrfz in reply to mickyj #
• "Australians are punching so far above their weight in Silicon Valley"– Children of the revolution http://t.co/X04DhhVm #
• Woot! | G’day Australia. Spotify here. http://t.co/6216yGhl via @Spotify #
• @fang Lyle J. Dennis, M.D.: Do Buckyballs Extend Lifespan? http://t.co/FOFNao0E #
• Wednesday. Hello you big hump. #
• Dropping the boy again. Now a long wet dark journey home. #
• Yep! And this http://t.co/EkjIF7mY RT @fang: http://t.co/rlL1fkur – writing my own memoir. Anyone remember this? #fb @dnwallace #
• Memories… ? Robbie Robertson http://t.co/3OdX1bOq #Spotify #
• @Tezzee Happy Birthday ! … does this mean I missed cake today… #
• Good coffee (@ station kiosk) http://t.co/0WDwpPQP #
• Leap Motion, a San Francisco start-up, wants to change the way you control your computer with a litt http://t.co/vTIjuomX #
• DRM in the enterprise as a security measure… say what? | BYOD Is Driving IT 'Crazy,' Says Gartner – Computerworld http://t.co/OFifgznU #
• @kentnewsome would appreciate this… he always reckoned adverts wouldn't hold…. | Doc Searls · After Facebook fails http://t.co/AYxXaPQ6 #
• 70s Fisher Price toy record player playing Stairway to Heaven http://t.co/I7PVPwhP #
• This one's just for @nancywhite | Your face in chocolate – Hack a Day http://t.co/rFpN4yCW #chocolate #
• Here's a 'geek-tar' worthy of @fang | [Jeri] builds a c64 bass Keytar – Hack a Day http://t.co/0cZVYVJG #
• The Mindwave Mobile Brainwave Headset is a $130 EEG headset that’s compatible with iOS devices http://t.co/7J3WFmSU #
• "Axising" myself somehow doesn't sound so cool… | Yahoo! Axis – A new way to search and browse http://t.co/TXNt6SNT #axis #
• More 'geek-tar' finery for @fang | iPhone wielding guitar-tip of your finger or tip the instrument control – Hack a Day http://t.co/Vu83nQwE #
• Damn.. apparently cute's not enough… | this isn't happiness™ (Peanuts), Peteski http://t.co/CHev07TU #
• @mpesce Oh.. at least put it on toast! in reply to mpesce #
• a ship in port is safe, but that's not what ships are built for. this isn't happiness™ – ph http://t.co/0rR17GDZ #
• And you cry……… ? True Tears Of Joy http://t.co/AlqK5CGN #Spotify #
• With all this cross soc net sharing built in to everything now I need to modify my yahoo pipe…. #
• ? Let The Bad Air Out http://t.co/dmzT4XFC #Spotify #
• ooo.. who needs that sentimental bullshit anyway… ? Flame Trees http://t.co/AveC8t4l #Spotify #
• Okay.. Spotify feed fixed … now to try Pinterest #
• wow! http://t.co/YzQzDPSE #
• Voicepic – allows you to add a 5 second audio recording to any of your photographs and then sh http://t.co/8gKPOswQ #
• Notifying Doorbell This project will help you to hack your doorbell to send Push notification and a http://t.co/mUVWsh4h #
• @Vintuitive 'Really? Didnt try the iOS app, only chrome extension. That's just weird. in reply to Vintuitive #
• @feraldata waves… in reply to feraldata #
• @abcnews: Good morning. Morning! #
• Damn! | Teenagers left to care for sick and disabled family members with little or no support | http://t.co/2eZAxmqe #

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• @FergusHogarth I agree.. but then what jobs would SA have? in reply to FergusHogarth #
• @FergusHogarth Besides flying out to dig up the outback.. in reply to FergusHogarth #
• My week on twitter: 2 retweets received, 28 mentions. Via: http://t.co/Y5KaZESZ #
• I'm at Modka Cafe (Adelaide, Australia) http://t.co/TWgkftZ8 #
• Filling out my weekly Flutracking data http://t.co/tdTz7Wgd #
• Monday. Evening. Officially stuffed. That is all. #
• Thinking of @cameronreilly | Gadgets work under your skin – but are you ready? – tech – 14 May 2012 – New Scientist http://t.co/gfuxBYvt #
• @cameronreilly Pick an orifice RT @cameronreilly: it's the upgrade process that worries me – Gadgets under your skin http://t.co/gfuxBYvt #
• Well at least it's being talked about.. "Funding fight over disability scheme | http://t.co/1Nddov0U" http://t.co/4B1vcbID #ndis #disability #
• Tuesday. Hungry. #
• Bring it on.. I'm so hungry I'd eat it too! [well.. maybe..] RT @Tarale: @dnwallace Remember, Tuesday is Soylent Green day! #
• Larry Lessig on Facebook, Apple, and the Future of “Code” | John Battelle's Search Blog http://t.co/fmsbu8Ll #
• Cool: Why Nikola Tesla was the greatest geek who ever lived – The Oatmeal http://t.co/CjqeD7Sl #
• Dear #Telstra A msg from your website as it threw an error "Please ask the administrator to look for messages in the server's error log." #
• @mickyj Is your name Mick Google? in reply to mickyj #
• Yes. I been to the physio. And yes. It hurt. #
• Ohhh pleeease #telstra Yet another error. #
• @trib Hence I love my heat bag : @dnwallace sounds like my afternoon #
• Arts forge new disability link http://t.co/qkYMLalP #
• Why the Campaign to Stop America's (& Australias!') Obesity Crisis Keeps Failing – The Daily Beast http://t.co/DTQ3VpBV .. #
• Why IT Departments Should Let Employees Use Their Own Devices http://t.co/W2AO8d0R #yam #
• Hump day.. back in the orifice again. #
• @mpesce: They should use Twitter then! @mpesce: "When someone says "I'm going to keep this short," they mean precisely the opposite." #
• Out the orifice … On way to go see my boy after school -woot- #
• How Yahoo Killed Flickr and Lost the Internet http://t.co/eMmV2DEx #
• Why 1920? Soldiers injured during WWI? | Blob » When did Disabled become Handicapped? http://t.co/OtN7WQ5w #disability #language #
• Are your a _real_ geek? | this isn't happiness™ (Geek?), Peteski http://t.co/dYlXPZp7 #
• @Tezzee Its sad to see though. I still don't like the opposition offerings for photos. in reply to Tezzee #
• "Yeah, all Australian boys need a shed" | NSW Government helps build popular men's sheds | NSW Government http://t.co/PEEjiTzl #
• This looks interesting. I wonder if I went along how accessibility would be? Open House Adelaide | 19 & 20 MAY 2012 http://t.co/5bI7JyRT #
• Dropping my boy off…. #
• @mickyj you have a Jowett? Or they just there? in reply to mickyj #
• Wondering how @KirkiB went with the #RSPCA #millionpawswalk #
• Nice clearly expressed article by @jobsworth. | The power of networked customers – Telegraph http://t.co/RTdkmPOv #yam @myen #
• @KirkiB Neato. My tweet earned me a follow from @RSPCAnorthwilts .. maybe you should look them up in reply to KirkiB #

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ngram-disabled,handicapped-2, a photo by dnwallace on Flickr.

Spurred on by the discovery of Google’s ngram utility whilst reading this post by Doc Searls, I tried a query using the words disabled and handicapped.

I am struck by a couple questions”

1/ What happened around 1920 when disability became overtaken by handicapped. Especially since handicapped was only starting to appear in 1880s, prior to which disability was prevalent.

2/ Was it the passing of the ADA in 1980 and the International Year of Disabled Persons in 1981 that sharply reversed the use of “handicapped”?

An observation. Handicapped, the adjective, seemed to have kept increasing while the noun handicap drops away.

• My week on twitter: 1 new followers, 3 mentions. Via: http://t.co/Y5KaZESZ #
• Finally got around to doing fresh install of Lion. Nice n swish. Now to reinstall. Trying the new Messages beta. http://t.co/DYDCaHEQ #
• Oh shoot. Missed it! RT @amandalandz: wow….now watching The Price Is Right #
• @amandalandz oooo pretties! in reply to amandalandz #
• @TashStoodley Ha! No you didn't. in reply to TashStoodley #
• @amandalandz https://t.co/XZ0vOrlh .. and they use the has tag #qanda .. there's no U in reply to amandalandz #
• @abcnews: "Good morning .." Morning there… gimme some good news this morning please #
• Just saw the uber geekiest number plate ever – OMG LOL #
• @amandalandz stay warm … if you can in reply to amandalandz #
• @kerryjcom I can on my phone in reply to kerryjcom #
• @FergusHogarth Soo.. will his be COCKUP? in reply to FergusHogarth #
• @FergusHogarth OMG LOL in reply to FergusHogarth #
• @ptw312 OMG LOL DOH in reply to ptw312 #
• @amandalandz I scanned our Tues ticket. We won ………… ………… $0 #
• Watching video of @jobsworth speaking at TED … "Information is food" : http://t.co/T5FhRBnx #
• Am enjoying the seamless integration of google cal with Lion #
• What's the other one? http://t.co/T9ONuBIx #
• Clever http://t.co/6f87QqKB #
• No. You. http://t.co/USEUHzjm #
• Samy Charnine http://t.co/JQKmWZUs #
• More than a super moon… Samy Charnine http://t.co/5nZVUHws #
• I finally get impressionism. [Sherree Valentine-Daines] http://t.co/xrthCud0 #
• @amandalandz Cant get access to latest but going by a older roster its BT. in reply to amandalandz #
• "..connections – not impressions – matter." .. Welcome to the social-media revolution http://t.co/QkVxQMEu @myen #connectedness #
• @amandalandz Gee.. that's a very 'literal' song. in reply to amandalandz #
• I thought you referred to Microsoft then! lol RT @davemac: Kiss Goodbye to MS http://t.co/ujhyfrck #
• RT @davemac: Try typing 'zerg rush' into a Google web search … @amandalandz #
• @amandalandz yEAh.. like that one. in reply to amandalandz #
• . @amandalandz Try this one.. type "askew" into google #
• @amandalandz Exactly! Try this: "define: askew" and see what it says in reply to amandalandz #
• Try typing 'Do a barrel Roll' in google search @mickyj @amandalandz #
• #NDIS gotta get it right functionally, not as political football – Disability scheme is great, in theory | The Aust. http://t.co/kNF0HWnq #
• @amandalandz Those will have new proximity card too soon. Andre at work trialling them in reply to amandalandz #
• @amandalandz You tell em! in reply to amandalandz #
• @amandalandz I knew was on but ppl said was expensive and more 'arty' <shrug>
  how long on until? in reply to amandalandz #
• #metacognition | Rheingold on how the five web literacies are becoming essential survival skills » http://t.co/6BkgiPTC #
• Change things http://t.co/xVbsM5qh #
• Avoid collisions http://t.co/NNHKXGVb #
• @amandalandz Awesomenessness … http://t.co/TpfccgK3 via @pinterest #
• On a p/c basis, Qld invests $5830 on each person w/a disability, Vic outlays $8378. | http://t.co/s4Ue5yZX Wonder about SA? @fergushogarth #
• we have to connect our attention to our intention and… http://t.co/4VWwFtkD #
• iTWire – Australian copyright law will be decided in Washington http://t.co/AH3awvGn #

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• My week on twitter: 4 retweets received, 3 new followers, 4 mentions. Via: http://t.co/Y5KaZESZ #
• Bummed I can't be at the #ndisrally in #adelaide … too short staffed @ work. Following on twitter. #
• @myen Script Junkie | Web Accessibility and WAI-ARIA Primer http://t.co/ZMkFjsFe #
• Government to fund disability insurance scheme http://t.co/Rtw6DMEq @abcnews #ndis #disability #
• RT @stoweboyd: 67% polled say work-related soc-networks play significant role in business http://t.co/ekj9k2oh 56% say … @myen #yam #
• Klouchebag score for @fang: 60, or 'facepalm central'. http://t.co/O96aPPxE #
• @mpesce: For the record: I am staying in the TripAdvisor #1 rated hotel in Adelaide | Right next to where I work! #
• @mpesce Hey Mark..whats the hashtag for your gig today? in reply to mpesce #
• @AdelsAlison GL with your presso. Slap Mark on back and say gday from me! in reply to AdelsAlison #
• RT @mariadeconno: Humility and authenticity are building blocks. Share, listen and teach. #social media #digilit2012 #yam @myen #
• RT @stevedavis: #mobile #social #flexible the three principles we must grapple with forthe future #digilit2012 #yam @myen #
• I concur .. RT @mslaurenlou: Thanks for the #digilit2012 stream, interesting stuff! #
• Oh. http://t.co/sOwfg9ZV #
• Loving @picturelesspins and @textinstagram – text-only please! #
• @FergusHogarth Buy hosted server in US and get ssh tunnel to it? Or signup iTunes on AppleTV with US address? <shrug> in reply to FergusHogarth #
• if you want to know where your heart is. look to where your mind goes… As I get closer to graduati http://t.co/hmyrwKkH #
• Hangup http://t.co/bYdxilD6 #
• Brilliant read: Lincoln High School, tries new approach to school discipline — suspensions drop 85% « ACEs Too High http://t.co/L1wd8E0Y #
• Reading: Gen Y shuts door on open-plan century http://t.co/IhUi2WsY #yam #

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