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Chromebook and low vision accessibility

There are a few things one can do on a Chromebook to help compensate for vision problems. Browser settings Zoom in using the browser. Yes, I know this one is obvious so getting it out of the way. Chromebook settings … Continue reading →

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Using the Eyoyo 5 inch Digital Magnifier

I have a relative who is having trouble reading paper stuff. She’s fine on the computer because there is a ton of light and you can zoom as much as you want The library has a big table size digital … Continue reading →

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the value of a “talking stick”

Last weekend was the FRC (FIRST Robotics Challenge) kickoff where they announce the game for the season. Our team uses the time after kickoff on Saturday to discuss the rules and strategies in small groups followed up by one large … Continue reading →

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playing with chatgpt – new years eve edition

I wrote up a blog post on Christmas with some of my ChatGPT playing. On New Years Eve, I was on a Zoom call with some friends. One of whom played a bunch with ChatGPT. The others hadn’t heard of … Continue reading →

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playing with chatgpt

While I’ve been playing some with ChatGPT, I’m just not writing a blog post about it. It seems to be learning>L The first time I asked it about CodeRanch, it hadn’t heard of it. I tried again and got an … Continue reading →

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scheduling toots on mastodon

Last week, I wrote about my first month of Mastodon. This post is about three options for scheduling a Mastodon toot. Option 1 – scheduler The scheduler is easy to find. To use it, you go to your mastodon profile … Continue reading →

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My first month on Mastodon

I signed up for Mastodon a month ago. Ok, fine. I month minus two days. It’s been long enough that I’m relying on it now and check it more often than Twitter. This blog shows up my impressions and learnings. … Continue reading →

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Happy Book Birthday! OCP 17 Practice Tests

Our Java 17 Practice Tests book has been released! This is a major rewrite of our Java OCP 11 book with hundreds of new and revised questions! If you already have our Java 17 Study Guide, you can purchase it … Continue reading →

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my first ever time on the big stage at javaone

Every year, JavaOne has a community keynote. Last time, it included a skit for a lot of people in the Java community. This year, it was a number of segments. I was asked to be in one about Java authors. … Continue reading →

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[2022 javaone] jakarta ee panel

Speakers: Will Lyons (Oracle), Edwin Derks (Rockstars IT), Emily Jiang (IBM), Reza Rahman (Microsoft), Ivar Grimstead (Eclipse Foundation) For more see the table of contents Jakarta 10 Lots of projects released CDI Lite is new spec but subset of CDI so … Continue reading →

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