slamboard

This is the first American Presidential Election where YouTube is a relevant platform for discussion. That intrigued me at first, then I saw that the two people who were using it most effectively both hold their comments for moderation. After taking a moment to think about it, I realized that this was a step that both campaigns had to take. I personally had no interest in reading through the comments knowing that it was going to me a bunch of cheerleading.

Today, I noticed two things when comparing the YouTube channels of Obama and Clinton. Obama’s videos are more relevant in searches than Hillary’s. Obama has a LOT more comments.

I think the people who are responsible for approving comments for the two channels are using slightly different criteria. I do not have the time to delve deeply into the substantive differences of the comments. If anybody else wants to offer their opinion I would greatly appreciate it.

I filter for spam, but I don’t hold real comments for moderation at this time

I don’t like Facebook very much and my participation in it is minimal. One app that I did add to my page was a music player. I uploaded an MP3 of my own singing and guitar playing. Yesterday I tried to play the thing and I found out that it is disabled because of a demand made by the RIAA.

I suppose a lot of people were using this application to illegally share copyrighted music. This is not what I was doing. I’m a little bit disappointed.

This is Tetris. I played this on a Nintendo System on the first weekend that I spent at the parents of my first girlfriend. It was about 15% more fun than having stilted conversations with my future-ex-in-laws. A few years later, my future-ex-father-in-law got me to try one of the middle generations of Duke Nukem. It was a 3d first person shooter game. It actually made me feel a bit nauseous.

I occasionally see text on websites that is so badly written that I want to reach out to those responsible. I have decided to start quoting the offending text and getting on with my life instead of pondering the best correction and considering a correspondence with the webmaster. If any of my readers want to correct this passage in my comments section, feel free. If you wish to correct my less than perfect spelling and grammar at any time, please be my guest. Without further ado, here is today’s example:

Broken Chair is a group of film makers based in Michigan whom love making, watching and staring in films of there own. It was these people who formed Broken Chair Productions.

I identified a deterioration in my eyesight about a year ago and I have been wearing glasses to read and while using the computer. I was told that it would get worse. So far, my prescription is holding up. My biggest annoyance is that I often forget my glasses in the car.

Some people are much worse off than me, to the point where glasses can’t do the job alone. There are several types of software available that serve to magnify computer displays for the visually impaired. A recent development involves putting this software on a USB drive so users can take the software with them to public computers. Even if you are just using this for installing on multiple computers among family and friends, the convenience of not having to key in license codes and serial numbers will please a lot of people.

When we moved a few years ago, we found ourselves without internet with no end in sight for weeks. My wife had to retrieve files related to her work and upload finished work. We had a USB drive with a Gig or two and we found out that there is a wide variation with regard to access to USB ports at internet cafes. God bless the people who could and would accommodate us. I don’t think Accessibility Software on a USB Drive is going to be the answer for people who are traveling.