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Sammy was diagnosed with a moderate gluten allergy (likely exacerbating his skin problems). So now I'm trying to wrap my head around a gluten-free diet for him. - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki...
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From the wiki article: "A gluten-free diet allows for fresh fruits, vegetables, meats and many dairy products. The diet allows rice, corn, soy, potato, tapioca, beans, sorghum, quinoa, millet, buckwheat, arrowroot, amaranth, teff, Montina and nut flours and prohibits the ingestion of wheat, barley, rye and related components, including triticale, durum, graham, kamut, semolina, spelt, malt, malt flavouring or malt vinegar."
- Stephen Mack
from Bookmarklet
There are many more gluten free options than before. I'm sorry to hear that.
- Shevonne
from iPhone
Yeah, there's definitely more available than there used to be and the Bay Area is an epicenter of that availability. There are a number of folks here on FF who have gluten allergies and could offer advice. I wonder if there's an FF room for it? Shoot a note to RAPatton, too. He's an expert at making goodies that are gluten-free.
- Spidra Webster
We're here for your Stephen. Both Janine and I have celiac so the house is gluten free. Just let me know what you need to know. It's not that bad once you figure out the logistics. You can eat all fruits, vegetables, potato, meat, rice, non flavored chips and once you know where to shop you can make almost anything. Hardest part is being smart eating out but even that's easier than ever. On FF you can ask me, Lix, or RAPatton for advice.
- SteVe C
Thanks so much!
- Stephen Mack
from iPhone
I have a couple emails to send you with local options but I have found that quinoa pasta tastes best (at least to me) and I have a favorite glutin free pasta sauce I'll double check the name for you. Also Mexican food has lots of glutin free options.
- Rachel Lea Fox
from iPhone
Thanks Rachel! I made him some rice pasta mac 'n' cheese the other night. It was awful. He hated it. (Although Sophie liked it okay.)
- Stephen Mack
Yeah I never liked the rice pasta either. You can get quinoa at most super markets. I don't need glutin free in everything but I still make it sometimes.
- Rachel Lea Fox
from iPhone
My mother-in-law has celiac as well, so we're pretty well-versed on travelling with it as a consideration, where to shop, restaurants that are accommodating (and I imagine that like Seattle, your area has a lot of them). I also agree that the quinoa pasta tastes best and has the best texture. I also have a lot of recipes for cakes, etc.
- joey
Stephen, my favorite pasta sauce is Mezzetta Napa Valley Bistro. I love the Creamy Vodka Style Marinara but all of their sauces have been good. I also sent you an article about the all gluten free store in SF but here it is again: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin...
- Rachel Lea Fox
Got the e-mail, thanks! So far with Sammy, I've learned he really likes simple. I tried two different gluten-free bars, and the one I thought he'd like with caramel was too much, but the straightforward rice puff and peach one he liked a lot. (He's still not big into sauces.)
- Stephen Mack
Oh and there was a discussion on here about a particularly good gluten free brownie mix. But now I can't remember if it was from Whole Foods or Trader Joe's. I'd know if I saw it. Can anyone chime in with the answer?
- Rachel Lea Fox
I think the most challenging thing about this is that he's a picky eater to begin with. Plus he's allergic to nuts & peanuts, And plus he's saying he wants to be a vegetarian...
- Stephen Mack
Rachel is it this discussion? From that it looks like Trader Joe's is recommended. http://ff.im/R6oEy
- Jimminy, CoG of FF
Oh goodness that is difficult. I just know when I was experimenting with gluten free I was surprised to find that pasta sauce had gluten in it. I never would have guessed that. Turns out it was good that I did since it seems I have no gluten allergy but in tomato products they must remove something else, likely a preservative, that I have huge issues with. So all my pasta sauce has to be gluten free.
- Rachel Lea Fox
Jimminy, that wasn't the original discussion I saw but I think you are right. I just remember discussing the brownies on here in the past and getting a box and trying it and really liking it. I think the original discussion is so old that it is no longer in the buffer on here. :(
- Rachel Lea Fox
Kristine is gluten free and no doubt can help, Stephen.
- Louis Gray
Williams-Sonoma carries gluten-free flour and other mixes from Bouchon Bakery: http://www.williams-sonoma.com/search...
- Anne Bouey
Betty Crocker now has gf cake and brownie mixes in regular stores both excellent too. How old is Sammy? Just wondering age range to send ya food hints like tequila vs gluten free rice krispies?
- SteVe C
Steve, he's 6. Tequila is a ways off. :)
- Stephen Mack
How did you get the diagnosis? Our doctor wants us to test Wade to rule out celiac disease. We have to get a blood test, not looking forward to that.
- Laura Norvig
from iPhone
Laura, blood test from a pediatrician recommended by his teacher.
- Stephen Mack
from iPhone
Any tips for making the blood draw go smoothly? Wade is not particularly stoic.
- Laura Norvig
from iPhone
ask the tech to use small "butterfly" instead of needle. Much easier stick
- WarLord
Laura: Lorazepam
- Brian Johns
Oh man! Sammy is a bread and butter kind of kid so this sounds like tons of fun. Let me know how I can help! My good friend Angela has a son sammy's age who has a wheat allergy so maybe I can get some tips from her. *hugs*
- Yvonne
from FFHound!
Head out here to Sac one of these weekends and check out Gluten Free Specialty store in midtown - all sorts of food items that are gluten free. I have become friendly with the owner and if she is there she will gladly give you advice and suggestions. I'd be happy to meet you there if you like. You can also like the store's Page on Facebook. http://www.facebook.com/glutenf...
- Corinne L
Elana has young boys, at least one of whom has celiac (as well as Elana herself), so I expect her recipes are kid-friendly.
- Ruchira S. Datta
So far King Arthur Flour has my favorite mixes as far as cookies, cake, bread, and brownies go. I have some Cup4Cup, but I haven't given it a whirl, yet, and Better Batter isn't available around here. This is my favorite pasta: http://www.bionaturae.com/gluten-...
- Lix
Oh! And Shevonne just reminded me - the Conte's brand ravioli, gnocchi, etc. are quite good, IMO.
- Lix
Am I the only one who has zero interest in combining my 62 iPhone contacts with my 1203 Gmail contacts?
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No. I have completely separate contact lists in different tools/services, though I suspect my motivations may be different than yours ;)
- Tinfoil 2.0
the whole conception of gmail contacts sucks donkey balls. there isn't really any other way to describe it as far as I can tell.
- Laura Norvig
I have enough trouble with the Outlook integration causing duplicate contacts.
- Stephen Mack
I made a group in my Mac address book called Contacts with phones. I sync that one to my iPhone
- G Dub of the Carolinas
I finally got organized and I'm syncing my blackberry, ipad and gmail contacts. I love it!
- Juan Pablo González
HI!
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Hola!
- Spidra Webster
Hello!
- John (bird whisperer)
sup
- SteVe C
A good state.
- Laura Norvig
from iPhone
HI!
- ha3rvey (Hugs 50% off!)
from FFHound!
I'm finally ready to walk away from the work computer. It's been a long day, FF.
- Que Sarah Sarah
HOLA!
- imabonehead
Howdy!
- scherbi: bottom dweller
Hai!
- Auntie Buttinsky Botts
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Thoughts on online communities and social media
- Laura Norvig
"what is the effectiveness of community-based positive youth development programs on adolescent sense of self for pursuit of higher education?"
- Hedgehog
education full text would be my first guess. science direct would be second place I'd look.
- Sir Shuping is just sir
although frankly that topic is making my head hurt trying to figure out what they want exactly.
- Sir Shuping is just sir
It's not too bad :) She wants articles that say Here's an evaluation of a community based (as opposed to school based) teen program (e.g. BigBroBigSis) that had as a goal getting kids to finish high school/go to college. All the teen community programs I'm finding are for drugs, sex, and alcohol
- Hedgehog
ah...ok well that makes a bit more sense to my tired brain. I almost wonder if you'd get better results by looking for studies specifically on those programs by name vs. just community based programs.
- Sir Shuping is just sir
Does (do?) ERIC or PsycINFO have any descriptors for either "community-based programs" or "adolescent sense of self"? Or "high school completion / going to college," for that matter? I wonder if it's a terminology/search terms issue.
- Catherine Pellegrino
Community Based programs--while it's a common phrase, doesn't seem to have MeSH/other subject heading equivalent. I get "Community programs" but it's not great.
- Hedgehog
What Martha said - self-concept is the phrase (I have someone coming in for this exact topic tomorrow and that's the exact phrase his prof told us to look at, though I havent done the legwork yet in the databases). (My kid's topic is empathy and self-concept related to fostering academic achievement in community based programs targeted at youth at risk for gang membership)
- ωαřмaiden ☆TeamOtto☆
how about some of the sociology databases? SocAbs, say?
- DJF
Colleen, want me to forward you everything I sent home with my student in the morning?
- Hedgehog
The lingo in my circles is "community based organizations" or CBOs. Don't know if it's indexed that way, though.
- Laura Norvig
from iPhone
I would be most grateful!
- ωαřмaiden ☆TeamOtto☆
this sounds sociological or social psych to me, leading me to think of search terms like "agency" and "mentoring." i second djf's suggestion for socabs.
- Marie
Everyone except the indexers seems to use the phrase "community based organizations"...I did a light skim around SocAbs but will check again :) Thanks for the ideas
- Hedgehog
do you have anything that's on-point-but-old enough to have been cited?
- RepoRat
A few things. Have been tossing them into GScholar and Web of Knowledge but not with much luck. Student is going to be mining references
- Hedgehog
also "self efficacy"
- marthalib
this also might be two separate things. One is the role of, say, mentoring programs like Big Brothers or Big Sisters on the self-concept of youth and the other is the level of self-concept youth need to be more likely to pursue higher education. Just a thought.
- marthalib
doi:10.1007/s10935-011-0243-y
- marthalib
"youth development"(keyword) in psycinfo or maybe "community development" I would leave out the word programs entirely and focus on searching on what kind of programs or what they do, e.g., "mentor*", "role models", "educational programs", "after school", etc.
- marthalib
I just DMed you. :)
- marthalib
Thanks Martha! I wasn't thinking traditional mentoring because she kept talking about group programs but they may do group/individual. I will share
- Hedgehog
well, Big Brothers, Big Sisters and Cool Girls all show up with a search for mentor*. I wasn't getting them with community programs in PsycInfo or Scholar.
- marthalib
Thank you everyone for ideas and suggestions. I've probably totally overwhelmed the student with emails now but she's planning to come back to me after she talks to her professor and her adviser as this will also play into her capstone project. So hopefully this will be a really good foundation. I appreciate all of your help VERY MUCH!
- Hedgehog
Is she only in search of rigorous evidence-based studies? Many programs that have a goal of fostering college readiness create reports for their funders that kind of go in to a black hole, or become PDFs hosted here and there. They tend to collect data, but don't control for variables. So, they might report that the youth *did* go on to college, but they can't prove it was because of their program.
- Laura Norvig
goodnight my powdery little candy hearts. sweet dreams.
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Good night, Sarah!
- ha3rvey (Hugs 50% off!)
from FFHound!
Mwah.
- Laura Norvig
from iPhone
Good night, Sarah.
- John (bird whisperer)
Sweet dreams, beautiful.
- Lix
Happy Valentine's Day FFriends!
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I'm not usually a big fan of this day, but I had an awesome time celebrating with my family today. I hope y'all had a good one.
- Laura Norvig
from email
Happy Valentine's Day, Laura! <3
- Kelli H.
Intense day at work with two big conference calls. Grabbed some little boxes of chocolate and some cards on my way home from work. Greeted by many balloons, cards, and chocolate. Early dinner out at the best hole in the wall Italian joint I've ever been to. Now watching Winnie the Pooh: A Valentine for You.
- Laura Norvig
from iPhone
Happy Vday!
- <3Heather<3
The Postal Service terminated me a mere 19 months after I quit.
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o_O
- WoH: Minding her Steves
Did they forgot you quit? :)
- caj needs a haircut
from FFHound!
I have no idea.
- Vicarbott
So what you are saying is that you can miss 19 months of work - in a row - at the Post Office before they fire you? Sweet...
- Webgoddess Needs A Drink
That's what I'm saying.
- Vicarbott
Ooh, did they pay you all this time?
- Laura Norvig
from iPhone
Do you qualify for unemployment now?
- Elena
have they been paying you all this time? if so then sweet.
- Joe The Sausage
anyone here sell HR systems? cause that's a lead if I ever saw one
- Iphigenie
Perhaps the original notice to HR of Jim's departure was held up in the mail? #plausibleexplanation
- Mark J
from Android
Storming the Googleplex at 8 wearing the uniform of social networking history. :)
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We are all Friendfeed.
- WoH: Minding her Steves
By 8:30, Louis will be wearing a Google+ shirt. :)
- Cristo
Hush, Chris.
- Kelli H.
How long shall I stay hushed for, Kelli?
- Cristo
*dusts historic self off*
- Laura Norvig
I <3 Cristo.
- Louis Gray
And no, I am not wearing a Google+ shirt. I am wearing a FriendFeed shirt. :)
- Louis Gray
Dont 4get, underall that SAWG.. he's wearing his Google+ boxers !!
- Peter Dawson
Prove it, Peter. :)
- Louis Gray
I'll leave that to Barry of SEW to prove !! ..LOL
- Peter Dawson
do you have spare t-shirt? I'd be happy to spread FF round Groupon
- Bojan Babic
Ich bin ein Friendfeeder...
- RobertoC
Apparently FriendFeed shirts attract the opposite sex…
- Amit Patel
h...
- Key Rabara
I am so happy that I am not the only one who still likes this site so much!
- Space Cowboy
I don't have any Friendfeed swag but I cherish my FFundercats coffee mug
- G Dub of the Carolinas
OMG YOU LOOK SO MORMON
- Akiva
hawwt
- sofarsoShaw BAZINGA!
LOUIS GRAY: International Man Of Social Media
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Yeah baby... yeah...
- Johnny
He hasn't seen it... *dejected arrrrrgh*
- Johnny
LOL'er cakes.
- Derrick
bump it to give it another chance
- bear (aka Mike Taylor)
Hahahahahaha, where are the "sharks with laser beams" :P
- Mol, FF Music Lover
Do I make you Horny baby? DO I?
- Morgan
Lol! Louis
- Wayne Sutton
from iPhone
I see it now, Johnny. :) (Pardon my delay)
- Louis Gray
How was this not in my "Best of Day" when I looked a few minutes ago? This is awesome.
- Bruce Lewis
I love this more than the Kanye West meme :)
- Ethan Gahng
Sure beats the Tux he was last seen in..
- Chris Myles
LOVE IT!
- Lindsay
It's my happenin' baby and it Freaks Me Out!
- iTad
If I use this in a blog post, and give Johnny credit, you think Mr. FFundercats will get mad at me?
- Louis Gray
OMG
- Charlie Anzman
is it Louis Gray day Today?
- Sardar Mohkim Khan
Now highlighted on the blog: http://www.louisgray.com/live...
- Louis Gray
Scratch that, don't like this....love this!
- Harold Cabezas
This is hilarious Johnny! Now I've got to see what Louis did with it.
- Michael Fidler
So Johnny, can you trick somebody in the office to have me come visit you guys?
- Louis Gray
That made me shoot coffee out my nose - Johnny where do I send the prize?
- Comics Forge
louis is a great guy. self made...and well respected
- testbeta
Bump for good times.
- Mark Krynsky
OH BEHAVE!
- Josh Haley
12 months on @louisgray remains the world's No1 Social Media expert closely followed by Robert Scoble and Steve Rubel
- Thomas Power
As groovy now as he's ever been.
- WoH: Minding her Steves
Wow. Somehow I missed this the first time around.
- Akiva
I was just thinking that myself, Akiva. I would have remembered something as groovy as this.
- Jonathan Hardesty
I remember it well. It was a dark and stormy night....
- WoH: Minding her Steves
Congrats Bump
- Johnny
this post was posted in Sep 18,2009, still getting comments i remember this post exactly...
- testbeta
That is an awesome outfit.
- Louis Gray
Congratulations bump indeed.
- Micah
I missed it back then too. Huh. Resurrected awesome posts are awesome.
- Laura Norvig
from iPod
Linked from here: http://mindmybrains.com/2012...
- Louis Gray
:) now then, Louis. I was just trying to introduce ppl to the wonder of Friendfeed....
- WoH: Minding her Steves
Indeed, Brent.
- WoH: Minding her Steves
from iPhone
Tonight I discovered that neither of my parents had ever heard of Chaka Kahn.
o_O
- Steven Perez
^That was kind of my reaction. When I was growing up, we had a lot of classical music, show tunes, and big band music around, but I was surprised that they didn't even recognize her name,
- Katy S
Well, maybe that's not a completely unheard of response. I generally don't recognize any musical artists' names after 2003.
- Steven Perez
That makes sense. I mostly recognize names because my niece talks about them.
- Katy S
I gave up after Freddie Jackson got his first recording contract.
- MoTO Bott
I recognize names from seeing them on the internet, but not the music that goes with them.
- John (bird whisperer)
Jeez how old are your parents? I don't understand people who get stuck in one musical era.
- m9m, Crone of FriendFeed
They're 72 and 71. I don't think it's a matter of being stuck in an era as much as not recognizing the genre very well. They would recognize Bruce Springsteen, John Mellencamp (well, that one's hard not to in Indiana), my dad had a Whitney Houston album, my mom likes Norah Jones, and there are other examples.
- Katy S
Steven, that doesn't make sense - Chaka Khan and Rufus' huge hits were in the late 70s - Tell Me Something Good was major. They probably *would* recognize that song if they heard it.
- Laura Norvig
from iPhone
I listen to everything. I don't like all of it, but it's hard not to pick up on what's going on in music, even if you don't seek it out. My own parents completely ignored current music some time in the 60's. They just sought out "oldies" radio all the time.
- m9m, Crone of FriendFeed
Laura - that's a good point. They might recognize a tune if they heard it.
- Katy S
My mother once correctly answered a Trivial Pursuit question about The Pointer Sisters. I was stunned.
- LB so u no it's real
Oh yeah - Apparently they actually liked the Super Bowl Halftime show with Madonna.
- Katy S
All vegetarian tonight
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Damn my man can cook.
- Laura Norvig
from email
Went to Home Depot and got brackets for the nice bookshelf we inherited, so I could finally put up the shelves. This meant I could take Wade's games out of the floor of Jeff's closet. I'm getting organized, bitches!
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W00t!
- LB so u no it's real
We also bought a TV mount. Can't wait to get that up. Handyman coming Tuesday (cuz we are sooo NOT handy).
- Laura Norvig
from iPhone
Friday I put out three bags of stuff for United Cerebral Palsy, which kindly does curbside pick-up every few months. It was mostly stuffed animals, toys, and Wade's old clothes. It feels sooo good to let stuff go. I want to let go of more.
- Laura Norvig
from iPhone
Wade was so good when the organizer lady was here last month. He let go of more than half of the stuff in his toy box. Even some things I kind of wanted to keep, but I thought, no, this is his decision.
- Laura Norvig
from iPhone
Awww. :)
- LB so u no it's real
Photo
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I don't recall my other cats being so entranced by devices like cameras and TVs. Also afraid this cat will jump in the fire - he is fascinated by it.
- Laura Norvig
from iPhone
Awwwwwww
- Katy S
Oh no.
- Laura Norvig
from iPhone
Why I Love the NTC - http://www.youtube.com/watch...
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Eric liked this
:) Hi Laura.
- Derrick
Meh. Some promotional thing they asked us to do. I had my idea, but didn't have time to make myself look purdy before the deadline. I'll live with it.
- Laura Norvig
from iPod
Video is a harsh mistress!
- Laura Norvig
from iPod
FREE FOOD AND DRINKS!
- Eric
Yay!
- Laura Norvig
from iPod
Oh, what a fun day. The seal on the upstairs toilet busted. Nobody noticed until there was two inches of water in the upstairs bathroom and water dripping down into the kitchen through a ceiling light fixture and a weak spot in the drywall.
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:(
- LB so u no it's real
from Android
:(
- Spidra Webster
Oh no! I hope the damage isn't too bad. How was the rest of the bathroom?
- Anika
It's OK I guess. We rent so, umm, not my problem? Unless mold grows under the linoleum and we get sick.
- Laura Norvig
from iPhone
:(
- Anne Bouey
Maybe I exaggerated - maybe one inch of water. We happen to have about 20 bath towels (don't ask), and it took all of them to soak up the water.
- Laura Norvig
from iPhone
:(
- Katy S
:( unfun!
- RudĩϐЯaЯïan
from Android
:(( that sucks... sorry Laura!
- AJ Batac :)
Looks like we'll have to have the landlady replace our carpet upstairs. It reeks now. The irony is, the carpet is super worn and old and gross *downstairs* and we'd love for her to replace that, but she's so stingy, I don't know how we'll talk her into that. It just makes sense, though, to do it all at once.
- Laura Norvig
do you have a favorite charitable organization, one that you have no qualms about making donations to? if so, list it here:
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kiva
- jambina
the local animal shelter
- Katy S
RSPCA Australia/Queensland
- ☆ Mellyboo ☆
Medicins Sans Frontieres
- Catherine Pellegrino
Heart Foundation
- ☆ Mellyboo ☆
Cancer Council
- ☆ Mellyboo ☆
Red Cross
- ☆ Mellyboo ☆
Leukaemia Foundation
- ☆ Mellyboo ☆
American Friends Service Committee
- Catherine Pellegrino
Guide Dogs For The Blind
- ☆ Mellyboo ☆
St Vincent de Paul
- ☆ Mellyboo ☆
Salvation Army
- ☆ Mellyboo ☆
Royal Flying Doctor Service
- ☆ Mellyboo ☆
Careflight
- ☆ Mellyboo ☆
Compassion International
- ☆ Mellyboo ☆
Medicins Sans Frontieres.
- Derrick
Medicines San frontieres, planned parenthood, survival international
- RudĩϐЯaЯïan
National Foundation for Transplants
- Catherine Pellegrino
our local food bank and local women's shelter. mostly material items to those (supplies are seriously short in this rotten economy). as for larger organisations? Planned Parenthood got some doremi from us recently as did American Heart Association. there's others.
- Joe The Sausage
you all are awesome. thanks for this list. please continue to add.
- Marie
Our big ones last year were the local food bank, homeless shelter, women's day shelter, and a program for people transitioning out of prison.
- Catherine Pellegrino
what is a women's day shelter? i've never heard of that.
- Marie
Planned Parenthood, my college Theater Alumni, local classical music station
- m9m, Crone of FriendFeed
http://www.stmargaretshouse.org/ Basically, a place for women in difficult circumstances to get a shower, some food, some clothes, job training/search help, help with their kids, etc. Not a homeless shelter, exactly, but serves similar needs.
- Catherine Pellegrino
MSF. Planned Parenthood. My local NPR affiliate. Reason2Smile, my cousin's nonprofit linked to a school for orphans and at-risk children in Mpatwa, Kenya.
- Jenica
Guardian Angel Basset rescue :)
- ωαřмaiden ☆TeamOtto☆
Lambi Fund of Haiti, Southern Poverty Law Center, local food bank, local no-kill animal shelter, Planned Parenthood, Free Software Foundation, Electronic Frontier Foundation
- Anne Graham
MSF, Local Food bank.
- Hedgehog
In addition to some of those mentioned, I'll note any of Feeding America's affiliates (formerly Second Harvest), LearningAlly, Nature Conservancy.
- Walt Crawford
Red Cross
- just ZONED
MSF, Capital Area Food Bank (Austin), Planned Parenthood, Southern Poverty Law Center, Heifer Foundation, Amnesty International, Mobile Loaves & Fishes (Austin), Partners In Health, Electronic Frontier Foundation, The Ali Forney Center, Any Baby Can (Austin),
- Que Sarah Sarah
Courage Center St Croix, Goodwill Easter Seals Minnesota,
- WarLord
I have a memorial registry set up at Heifer in honor of my mother. I also have donated items to the SPCA thrift store in Sacramento. Doctors without Borders (sounds much cooler en francais), Habitat for Humanity, ADRA (they frequently match donations), Planned Parenthood (the one I use will take donations directly). I will definitely do another event to get items for Maryhouse, which is part of Loaves & Fishes here in Sacramento.
- Corinne L
Red Cross.
- Zulema ⋅ spicy cocoa tart
from Android
Samaritan's Purse, local animal shelter and crisis pregnancy/prenatal care centers, our church, some of the places others have mentioned.
- LB so u no it's real
You can use http://www.charitynavigator.org/ to check out a charity if you're not sure about it. Local charities are also a good bet because you can get to know them and find out if their priorities line up with yours.
- <3Heather<3
My local Humane Society http://hssv.org, Planned Parenthood. Various local children's education nonprofits.
- Rachel Lea Fox
ACLU, Women's Prison Book Project, Kiva, my high school music camp, NGLTF, Minnesota Aids Project, Project 515, Center for Constitutional Rights, Planned Parenthood if they would stop sending so much goddamned mail and stop freaking calling me on the phone.
- marthalib
Oh, also, not a non-profit, but Wellstone Action.
- marthalib
And the local hospice. Theyve been hurting lately, and they do great work.
- ωαřмaiden ☆TeamOtto☆
Local public library. (usually in the form of overdue fines but who is counting?)
- Hedgehog
Partners In Health
- Micah
from FFHound(roid)!
United Way and Goodwill.
- Kelli H.
Red Cross. Brown Dog Foundation.
- ~Courtney F.
from Android
the animal rescue group I volunteer for (Second Chance Companions). the foundation for my library.
- holly #ravingfangirl
oh! yes! also MSF and EFF!
- jambina
Seva, the Vietnam Friendship Village Project, and my local Second Harvest food bank.
- Laura Norvig
from iPod
Rape Crisis Center
- Gabrielle
and the dog rescue group from whom we got Duncan
- marthalib
WIRES
- ☆ Mellyboo ☆
Last Chance Forver, a bird of prey rescue/ rehab in San Antonio.
- aden {Chickadee}
st. bernard project, MSF, Feminist women's health center in atlanta.
- tiffany
Grameen Foundation, Opportunity Intl., Shelter Network, Larkin Street Youth Services
- Jeanine W.
A+
- Ali Yolcu
Unitarian Universalist Service Committee, Red Cross, Regional Food Bank of Oklahoma (where I also donate time and energy).
- Kirsten
Humane society
- The original Kevin
"If you look at four-year-olds, they are constantly asking questions and wondering how things work," Gregerson observed generally. "But by the time they are six and a half years old they stop asking questions because they quickly learn that teachers value the right answers more than provocative questions." It's a haunting finding that raises...
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...serious concern about our education system. Specifically, what is the purpose of education? Is it to convey knowledge, as the current system is weighted, or it to be inspired and nurture an ability to constantly learn? — Little Bets (Peter Sims)
- Dan Hsiao
Fascinating. Do you have a cite? I'd like to read more
- RudĩϐЯaЯïan
Niether, it is to build conformists and consumers and docile asembly line workers
- WarLord
It's in a book, "Little Bets: How Breakthrough Ideas Emerge From Small Discoveries" (http://www.amazon.com/Little-...). Highly recommend it so far for any entrepreneurs or people who need to solve creative/idea challenges.
- Dan Hsiao
I sure hope I can keep sending my kids to Montessori. It's a much less passive learning system.
- Bruce Lewis
My friend is a Montessori teacher and from what she has described, I sure wish my parents had sent me to Montessori.
- Spidra Webster
The main purpose of a formal education is to teach you how to sit down, shut up, and do what you are told. Those that learn this lesson well will have a job where they get to sit down, shut up, and do what they are told. Those that don't, will have jobs where they get to stand up and talk. (would you like fries with that?)
- April
I think school is an opportunity to observe the machine and learn its values and weaknesses up close. It's everything you need to learn about how organizations work and how you can co-exist with one and still do what you want. And they give that education away free!
- Your Neighbor Steve
Maybe they stop asking questions because most of they've already learned most of the answers.
- Gabe
Gabe, Rob and I were just talking about how Spencer no longer is interested in the drawers in our kitchen. Meg is just mobile enough that she can play with the pots and pans, check out the tupperware, etc. Spencer will do it a little to play with her, but generally doesn't do it himself anymore. We've concluded that he knows what is in the drawers now and would prefer to play with his...
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- Clare Dibble
Lawson, I love your optimistic slant. But sometimes it's impossible to co-exist with the system and still do what you want. That's a (hard) lesson you can learn in public school also.
- Laura Norvig
Laura, you are right--perhaps it helps you calibrate your tolerance of and resistance to the system.
- Your Neighbor Steve
One More Disney Day Sweepstakes | Disney - http://disney.go.com/memories/
enter once a day until the end of Feb.
- Laura Norvig
I officially nominate Google contacts for worst UX ever. Wow, I can't with this ish.
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and yet, I have to. It's tied to all those other free google products I'm slowly becoming addicted to. Do people actually use this product? I really can't understand why it is so bad.
- Laura Norvig
The Death Of The Unconference | Six Pixels of Separation - Marketing and Communications Blog - By Mitch Joel at Twist Image - http://www.twistimage.com/blog...)
Death of the Unconference - http://t.co/SIKkWfxZ HATE the title, love the content
- Bill
excellent.
- Laura Norvig
Oh blerg, I can't log in to Facebook. I wonder if my account has been hacked.
Uh oh.
- Micah
from FFHound(roid)!
Oh, this happened before. It claimed I was sending friend requests to people I didn't know. Fixed now.
- Laura Norvig
Gillmor Gang Enterprise, recording live today 1pm PT participate at http://www.building43.com/realtim...
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Cloud removes latency for SMBs
- cliveb
SMBs often have Exchange and a hosted front page. The 2 never meet
- cliveb
Is anyone getting terrible feedback? No way to understand what is being said.
- Alex Williams
oh no. Really Alex. ANyone else? Im not seeing that here in the studio'
- Tina Chase Gillmor
hearing some fuzz from John, still clear, fine from Ben
- cliveb
I think it's John or maybe SF HQ ;-)
- Tina Chase Gillmor
I reloaded. All better. :)
- Alex Williams
Shoot. Now it's back
- Alex Williams
I cant solve it Alex. Wish I could. Not here
- Tina Chase Gillmor
In Europe financial banking transactions have to stay in country. Rackspace London neutral ground allowed for documents.
- cliveb
I'm not hearing the fuzz -- is it still there? I'm on mute as I write this...
- John Taschek
no fuzz now
- cliveb
iPad for sr mgr/ sr knowledge workers, not for ERP
- cliveb
no fuzz, not even with John talking
- cliveb
hey Ben ... how are you??
- studentforce
My logic is fuzzy, but the tone is clear!
- John Taschek
example of this is their iBooks strategy
- studentforce
Your front-end web apps are reverse-engineerable anyway. You may as well put that on @Github & accept pull reqs.
- cliveb
again .... that is exactly what the iBooks market is about. Apple raised the level of consciousness about eTextbooks
- studentforce
Nodejs emerges for enterprise, server-side good for closed-source.
- cliveb
Ben's mic just went weird
- Tina Chase Gillmor
yup ... sounds like running water
- studentforce
1984 is at least partly about Winston's inability to blog - he writes his diary to the unknown future reader
- Kevin Marks
@studentforce nailed it, running water
- cliveb
great ... i have one of my senses but make sense only rarely !!
- studentforce
totally agree !!!
- studentforce
or 'creating' the 'conventional wisdom'
- studentforce
Constellation reinventing the analyst company (bak to traditional) how to scale differently..?
- cliveb
Anyone have an agreed upon definition of 'SOCIAL' ?? What are the categories ??
- studentforce
running water or bacon sizzling?
- Tina Chase Gillmor
studentforce !!!!!!!!!!!!!
- studentforce
bacon - new zealand lamb chops
- cliveb
Quoting Lord Acton
- Kevin Marks
Clive - as Faulkner said - the past isn't over, it isn't even past. (paraphrase perhaps)
- John Taschek
you ??????
- studentforce
so the past is...?
- Tina Chase Gillmor
arab spring ... co opting of democracy movements ??
- studentforce
I like Ben's definition of open.
- Kevin Marks
wait, it's not Friday. Or Monday. Or Thursday.
- Laura Norvig
that leaves twitter then?
- Kevin Marks
Ben going out on a "lamb"... Quoting Lord Acton, folding bak to Faulkner
- cliveb
Thanks everyone and yes Kevin, Lord Acton's quote is awesome, especially when quoted by an inspired and inspiring Law Lecturer....
- Ben Kepes
thanks to allllll!
- Tina Chase Gillmor
Taking Annie for her surgery at 10 AM. Nervous dad mode activated.
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Keeping you both in mind :)
- Pete
*hugs* and good thoughts
- Sir Shuping is just sir
Good luck!
- LB so u no it's real
We're home she did great. She's recuperating in the bed with the computer.
- G Dub of the Carolinas
Good for you both. Wishing you and her well on the recovery.
- Uli- #10
Hooray!
- LB so u no it's real
Phew, such a relief when it's over - relax now, Papa! And feel better Annie.
- Laura Norvig
:)
- Pete
So did Jon and Jandy abandon us? I didn't see them say anything officially. Do I need to kidnap them and put them in a pit in my basement until they put the lotion on their skin, or come back to FF?
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We've been spending more time on Facebook lately (and Google+ to a lesser extent). Not really through any intentional "leaving", but just kind of lack of time to keep up with multiple places.
- Jandy
Boo, I hate g+ but all of my friends are going there! *shakes fists*
- Joe "Brrzzzzzzt" Pierce
It's been getting quieter and quieter around here. Kind of good for me, though - I've got a lot going on IRL and don't need to be wasting time online.
- Laura Norvig
from iPhone
I follow the people wherever they go and these guys need to go where the people are since they write and need hits on that blog.
- Eric
Johnny, they have to take a break from... It... Sometime
- Joe "Brrzzzzzzt" Pierce
Well, I'm already terrible at keeping up with places, so when something like weddings or honeymoons come up it tends to distract me some...and then I forget about posting anything. I even forget to check into places and movies these days. I have barely even touched G+. If I ever truly leave this place, I'll be sure to flip table or two on the way out. :)
- Jonathan Hardesty
Lol
- Joe "Brrzzzzzzt" Pierce
Excellent. On that day, may it never come, there will be #tabletossmeme
- Micah
If Jon throws tables, I'm going to grab some ladders and chairs and it'll be a free for all!
- Joe "Brrzzzzzzt" Pierce
Wearable Focus Aids for the Easily Distractable | David Seah - http://davidseah.com/blog...
"I have been very distracted lately. There’s a lot going on with personal and client projects, and I’ve had to be very flexible with my scheduling. Because of this, I find myself task-switching more often than I like, which means reloading my brain with another context and skill set. Jumping between writing code, doing design strategy, and visual design is (for me) enormously taxing. For example, I forget how to have a normal conversation after I’ve been coding for a while and talk like a malfunctioning robot. Likewise, moving from the more visual/social activities into programming demands that I retreat into a little box, which I don’t like doing. Household chores are another drag."
- CW✔
from Bookmarklet
Interesting, but even if I wore that around my neck, I don't know if I would look at it.
- Laura Norvig
from iPhone
I bought pickled jalapenos for the queso I'm making tonight. There will be a lot left when I'm done. What other things do y'all use them for?
Chop 'em up in guacamole. Replace them for fresh. Use them for Italian beef instead of Italian peppers. They last forever, so no hurry.
- rochelle rochelle
from fftogo
I might try the latter. I can't do guacamole because avocados can trigger my migraines.
- Katy S
They're great chopped up in tuna or chicken salad.
- Zulema ⋅ spicy cocoa tart
from Android
Throw 'em in a soup.
- Que Sarah Sarah
from iPhone
I use them in cowboy caviar
- RudĩϐЯaЯïan
I put them on my tacos and in my burritos. Also great for jalepeno-cheese corn bread.
- Laura Norvig
from iPhone
Thanks!
- Katy S
(or jalapeno cheesy grits ... mmmm)
- Laura Norvig
Oh, HELLO
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My niece just tweeted this: "i wish i cud sing like Taylor Swift." I want to cry.
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I died a little at "cud."
- Katy S
age?
- .LAG liked that
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- Katy S
Whoa. Let's hope that just texting shorthand language.
- Laura Norvig
from iPhone
:-/
- John (bird whisperer)
:-\
- Kamilah Reed (K. Gill)
She gets decent grades in English, so I'm hoping it's just that, too. She writes this way on Facebook, too, but the "cud" really bothered me for some reason.
- Katy S
I get bothered when my youngest sister does this, too. She does it every once in a while to be "cool" for her friends, misspellings and bad grammar. I do a few things like that just to be funny sometimes (like "babby" or something). My sister is 10 years younger than me, 23. It's a generational thing...
- Kamilah Reed (K. Gill)
Stuff like this just reminds me that English spelling is crufty and stupid.
- RepoRat
It is.
- Katy S
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