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.

First go using GPS Tracker iPhone app and Instamapper.com.

It’s obvious where there was little signal and therefore no data points
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Today marks the anniversary of my accident.

30 years ago my life changed.

I mark the anniversary of it because I’m thankful. Thankful for every day I get, every day I wake up.

It’s life people and it’s precious. Whatever form it comes to you.

Celebrate!

That’s one big stack of tiles!

While in rehab at the Spinal Unit I got to hang out with some fellow inmates (as I lovingly referred to ourselves) from all different backgrounds and so here they are:

1. Jim, 2. Anita, 3. Des, 4. Marilyn

Dave

“… it’s in the act of making things that we figure out who we are.”

Had a bit of fun and a play with Photo Booth while my boy was over, then created this slideshow with a couple more clicks.

The Mac just makes it too easy.

Then again, memories shouldn’t be hard.

Dave

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Interesting to compare Linda Stone’s 20yr cycle date of 2005.

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Got into work this morning to find the books written by our friend Beth Kanter that @fang and I ordered had arrived.

Here’s me with them on my desk along with a Adelaide view out the window.

Was thinking I could take a pic each train ride to/from work. However I suspect it’d get very boring very fast.

Another appointment another waiting room another attempt to take a semi-decent photo with my old wm5 PDA camera.

#waiting scenes

Going through some old papers turned up this ‘pseudo-award’ the APANA (SA) people gave me back in 1994 when I was hosting their server at work feeding APANA with newsgroups from Adelaide uni via SLIP. Was probably Leigh Hart, Mark Newton, Adrian Corston or John Lindsay inspired. Heady days.

Picking up the boy. Can’t see much I know, but sometimes waiting is like that.

Dave in waiting

Scenes while waiting – homemade style lemonade

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I sometimes do a lot of waiting – so pass time playing with my phone. Think I’ll start  a scenes while waiting meme on my blog.

This time I’m waiting for a script to be filled by the chemist. Ok I know this picture isn’t of the chemist, but it’s where I’m sitting, opposite The General Trader in TTP.

Dave in waiting.

Very effective display at Adelaide Railway Station entrance by Red Cross [from recollection] against land mines and exploitation of children as weapons and casualties of war.

Outside the door was a hop-skotch game drawn on the ground in chalk, with a pattern that would’ve gone 1,2,3/4,5,BANG and landmine stickers.

Excellent way of highlighting an important cause.

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Ooo..something went 'snap'. Wheelchair forward motion suspended. Circles ensuing. #

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tuneglue

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So, I thought I’d checkout Son Volt [http://www.sonvolt.net/] after I started with Drive by Truckers and found out that via Two Cow Garage and The Bottle Rockets, that Son Volt was a common link between The BottleRockets and Drive by Truckers.

I figured as I like DBT that, even though I’d never, ever heard of any of these groups, a cross-link back to them oughtta be worth something.

I quite like thesound of Son Volt. I see why there was a link there.

I guess that’s how tuneglue works.

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Dave

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Mystery Tool #1

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Anyone know what this tool is used for?
A friend has had it in his drawer over 20years and we can’t figure it out.
The long shaft rotates and turns the inner dial. The outer dial turns also, slower than the inner.
Whole thing is about length of your hand.
Made by Starrett in USA – www.starrett.com

UPDATE: Answer Found

I received response from email I left with the Starrett people. They sent me a pdf of instructions, some of which I reproduce here:

#104 & #107 SERIES SPEED INDICATORS

The #104 (black body) and the 4107 (nickel body) speed indicators are inexpensive units for checking the RPM’s of a machine spindle, shaft, wheels and similar applications. This is accomplished by placing the point on the end of a shaft and counting the number of revolutions of the dial.

The #104 can be used for up to 200ORPM. When the point is applied to a revolving shaft, the inner disc is held from turning by firmly pressing on the raised knob with the thumb or forefinger. Then by releasing, the pressure at the time the knob on the outer dial coincides with the knob being held, the disc will revolve. Every 100 revolutions of the spindle is counted by feeling the inner knob pass under the thumb or forefinger. Timing the number of revolutions for a minute will give the RPM.

The #107 is similar to the #104, except it can be used for higher speeds because the revolutions are automatically counted up to 5000. The large outer dial has one hundred graduations, each representing one revolution of the spindle. The smaller inner dial has 50 grooved lines on its face, each representing 100 revolutions of the spindle (or one complete turn of the large dial). A spring, finger attached to the case engages with one of the grooved lines of the small dial, preventing the dial from revolving until the large dial makes one complete turn. With each complete turn of the large dial, the knob trips the spring finger and the small dial moves along to the next grooved line, thus showing that 100 revolutions of the spindle have been made. One complete revolution of the small dial indicates 5,000 revolutions of the spindle. These speed indicators were made from before 1900 until approximately 2006.

It would not be possible to date these as there was very little change throughout this time.

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