This song has been around for years. I would have never known. It’s certainly perfect for this year, since we’re not supposed to be seeing our whole families this holiday. The phonetic spelling of Hanukkah in the title made me want to find out why it’s sometimes spelled Chanukah and sometimes Hanukkah. Apparently there are …
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Project Guideline: Like Guidelines, It’s a Place to Start
I’m not sure what to think of this. I think it has potential, but I am glad it’s an early prototype. It’s called Project Guideline, and its aim is to let blind people run independently without needing a dog, a cane or a human guide. There are good things about it, like how the app …
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I Get Rough And Tough In The Puff ‘n’ Fluff! Noooo!
That soundtrack has nothing to do with the subject matter, but it’s what enters my head whenever I think about this invention…along with the imagined distressed sounds of dogs. I feel like a jerk making fun of an invention dreamed up by a third-grader, and maybe I can’t judge until I’ve actually laid hands on …
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Oliver Dreams Come True!
Some of my dreams have a freaky way of coming true, especially if they involve technology. I had a dream that every few years, after you had customized your computer just the way you liked it, it would forget everything and you had to keep remembering to make backups so you could bring it back …
For The Tool Who Stole Our Grocery Cart:
A long time ago, when this blog was much newer, Steve’s trusty laundry basket went missing out of the laundry room of the apartment building where we lived. We thought it was a weird thing to steal, but it was quickly replaced and we rolled our eyes and moved on with life. That incident was …
How GDB is adapting to COVID restrictions
Somebody posted a blog post from GDB about what training will look like in COVID times, and I’m kind of fascinated, and hoping it works. GDB’s return to full mission has meant that staff from all departments are working towards getting back into a rhythm and workflow that allows us to continue advancing our mission …
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What Does My Poop Say?
I put off writing about this because the subject matter is kind of gross, but the question enters my mind, so here it is. *hides face* This is so embarrassing. Back a little while ago, when Chadwick Boseman died of colon cancer at age 43, everybody was talking about simple ways you can watch out …
Groupon…A Ventilator
I have a question for other people who have Groupon. Does it appear like Groupon is trying to kill us? I have been getting tons and tons of offers that don’t sound very safe, one after the other. tours of Niagara falls, eating in at restaurants, facials and other procedures that mean taking off your …
Another Step In The Shmans Retirement Journey
I got some news a couple of weeks ago that, in normal times, would have been up on the blog immediately. But because now is now, I hadn’t posted it yet. After some logistical hurdles and technical difficulties, GDB received all my guide dog reapplication stuff, and it went to the committee, and I have …
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The Paramedic Pup
I saw this on the news last night, and whenever I think about it, I giggle. Someone dressed their dog up as an ambulance. I’m not sure how they did that. But what made this even funnier is this dog would howl every time a siren would go off and kind of sound like a …