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T N.

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I'm an educator on hiatus.

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I've been on SiteJabber for years!

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a little bit of everything: music, film, books, art, technology, fashion, kittens, etc.

268 Reviews by T

  • 1-800 Flowers

2/12/11

I send my mother flowers pretty much every year for her birthday or for mother's day. Having lived away from her for most of the last 16 years, I've needed to rely on 1800flowers to get her the flowers on time. Without exception, she's gotten her gift, on time, and according to her, the flowers are always lovely. And being Asian, she would definitely tell me if they weren't.

  • 6Wunderkinder

2/4/11

I've been able to keep track of my tasks through my trusty noggin all these years, but being back in the States, without a maid has left me in need of a task management system - an electronic to do list, basically. Years ago I used Remember The Milk for a team management system, but that didn't seem to work too well. It requires you to log in, so if you don't log in, you don't know what you have to do. Remember The Milk may have updated itself for the new smartphones these days, and if Wunderlist doesn't work for me, I'll try RTMilk again. So far Wunderlist is a nice way to keep my to do list in order - both on my phone and PC, as it synchronizes. The only thing that bothers me is that it doesn't self-sort by due date.

  • University of Colorado Denver

1/17/11

The University of Colorado's Assistive Technology Partners program is designed to provide services, professional development and information concerning low- and high- assistive technology for individuals with autism, mental $#*!ation, paralysis, etc. The site's Resources page (http://www.ucdenver.edu/academics/colleges/medicalschool/programs/atp/Resources/Pages/Resources.aspx) has a vast library of materials, for free (see Handouts), to help make communication easier for individuals with disabilities.

  • DO Lectures

12/29/10

Yesterday I told a friend that I hate hearing/watching/reading people who just talk or write and don't DO. Then lo and behold, Swissmiss posts about this organization and their Do Lectures.

This appears to be like the indie, underground brother of TED. The organization differentiates itself from TED by having talks by people who actually execute ideas, but I'm not really that convinced. The talks I tried to watch meander, without any real destination, and I'm not really sure by the end what they did.

The talks appear to take place in a small wooden cabin, and I'm sure everyone is wearing ecologically responsible clothes. I'm sure they don't wear shoes. I'm sure they go home and eat the eggs hatched by their chickens, if they eat eggs at all. I'm sure they won't even eat seitan because it's in some way accepting meat by resembling meat. Maybe for all these reasons I just can't engage in a single talk I tried to watch. I guess I was wrong - I prefer the thinkers who don't really do anything.

  • Timetotag

12/26/10

I used InSuggest a few times to find sites similar to ones that I already love but I found that their suggestions became pretty repetitive. I came across Timetotag, which apparently finds similar sites based on tags. Perhaps InSuggest does the same thing, but it's hard to tell how their system works. Timetotag seems to have some things they can still work on - I couldn't figure out how to search based on multiple tags, it seems to rely on user-generated content, the design needs some work. However, they seem to have the right idea.

  • Brain Pickings

12/19/10

Brain Pickings is the brainchild of Maria Popova. It resembles sites like Kottke and Swiss Miss - these folks compile the latest and greatest blurbs related to art, culture, music, film, design, literature, sustainability, etc. Basically anything happening in the world that's interesting would be covered here. Popova interestingly and often enough uses the word "curate" and regards herself as a curator, and there's no doubt that she does indeed curate a museum of modern culture.

  • GOOD

9/16/10

GOOD is what Very Short List should be - news and snippets about interesting things happening in the world, from business to education to design and the environment. And not just interesting things, but the idea is that stories center around things that matter, GOOD things. Sometimes they lose their minds a bit and cover subjects like Lady Gaga's meat dress, but most of the time the stories are short, sweet and to-the-point.

  • Ascaac

7/30/10

As an educator of children with special needs, I would encourage anyone to check their facts before investing in places like this center, which promises cures for all kinds of things from ALS to Parkinson's to autism. I can't claim to know how difficult it is to live with a child with autism, to watch a parent suffer from Alzheimer's or to feel your body failing you with M. S. I can only imagine the moments of desperation and longing for a cure. Not only that, but I'm sure that hearing these stories of friends of family of friends of people you know having these "miracle cures", can create a kind of hope that probably overrides good, solid research and judgment.

The American Stem Cell and Anti-Aging Center (ASCAAC) boasts of those miracle cures, and for $25,000 for a two-day treatment, a child with autism can be in the world and learn how to speak again. Supposedly. This isn't based on any valid science. These places feed on desperation. So I urge any parent or individual who's considering this kind of drastic measure, to slow down, gather your facts and use your best judgment based on those facts.

2010-09-02 As an update, Sitejabber posted this guest blog post that I wrote on the subject: http://www.sitejabber.com/blog/2010/09/02/weekly-scam-alert-stem-cell-treatment-scams/

  • ScienceBlogs

7/22/10

Scienceblogs is full of friends I want to have: witty, smart people who make science comprehensible to me. My friend Jeremy gave me the idea that maybe one day, when I'm rich, I might be able to hire someone to compile interesting information, the best written articles, the most compelling blogs, and put it all in a weekly book for me to read. Until I can make that moment happen (I'm guessing it will be never), there are my weekly Scienceblog updates.

  • NPR Music

6/27/10

NPR music's first listen series consistently features new music that I am bound to be interested in or to love. NPR not only produces great news features and stories but the music staff seems to have an impeccably sophisticated sense of what's fresh, hip, well-written and well-produced.

  • Reading Is Fundamental

4/18/10

Reading is Fundamental (http://www.rif.org) is a really nicely organized site with resources for educators, parents and children. There are plenty of free resources, such as ready made packets, depending on grade levels and themes. The best part is that there is a fairly ample section in Spanish, making it more accessible for our school in Guatemala.

  • Haitidonations

1/13/10

This is not legitimate. See other reviews.

  • ADDitude

10/20/09

Attitude Mag online is a nice website for parents and professionals who are new to learning about and living/working with children/adults with attention deficits and learning disabilities. It offers easy to access articles and tips for life, school and work. You can find out more about treatments, medicine and behavioral interventions which are all pretty well-updated.

  • Zamzar

9/19/09

Zamzar's a great place to convert documents from one application to another. I don't have Publisher on my computer so when I received a document with the *. Pub extension, I used Zamzar to convert it into a word document. The problem was the formatting, but at least I was able to retrieve the content.

  • Anthropologie

8/6/09

Anthropologie is definitely a girl's store. It's filled with patterns and chiffons and all things pretty. I'm more of an Urban Outfitters girl (both are owned by the same folks) but I'm obsessed with good sturdy pants, and Anthropologie's got the goods! Shopping at anthropologie.com is nice because you don't have to deal with suburban socialites knocking you over to get to the tube tops. The only thing to be careful about is, just as with Urban, sizes run differently according to each brand. So it's a good idea to know what size you are in this or that brand before getting it online. Both stores have a great new reviews feature, however. So be sure to read the other customers' reviews to find out if the sizes run big or small, if something feels cheaper than you think, etc.

  • SideReel

8/5/09

Sidereel.com is the only place that I could find and actually watch episodes of Top Chef and Weeds. While other websites didn't allow me to access shows in Guatemala, good ole Sidereel came through for me. It's great to be able to choose from a variety of links that are available and working as well.

  • Honolulu Cookie

7/28/09

Cookies from Honolulu Cookie Company are delicious and make great gifts. I was introduced to them through a family member who gave a gift box to my then boyfriend and I for some reason that I can't remember now. Either way, I love shortbread cookies, and these are supreme (the company refers to them as "gourmet"). They come in different flavors (coconut, mango, different coffee flavors, hazelnut, etc.), and the little pieces of coffee bean or mango in the center of the cookie are an added delight. I would say these are kind of pricey cookies, but they are really excellent. Each cookie is individually wrapped and all come in very pretty boxes that can be reused for storing old cards, pencils, etc. Ordering from the website is easy, and even though they're shipped from Hawaii, they come fast, ready to be consumed!

  • Snapfish

7/10/09

Snapfish makes it easy to store your photos online. Uploading photos is really quite easy, and sharing your albums is also just as easy. I've made over 20 albums since 2007 to share with families of students; in a way, my (the school's) Snapfish account has a running history of the school for which I work. I have also ordered prints from Snapfish, and the photos come as I requested them, on time and without any issues along the way.

  • Takeawayshows

5/23/09

Absolutely freaking brilliant. Ridiculous happiness is what take-away shows brings me. Take-away shows is the brainchild of French independent filmmaker Vincent Moon and La Blogotheque, a French music website. Bands are invited to perform on the streets of various cities, primarily Paris, but also Belfort, New York, Seattle, L. A., etc. and Moon (and other directors in later shows) brilliantly films them doing what they do best, making good music.

These are performers who don't need crazy dance moves or wacky autotuning to sound good. Everything from Xiu Xiu and Architecture in Helsinki to Jens Lekman and Beirut to Lampchop and David Bazan, everything that I love and a lot that I have yet to love, or hate. Take-away shows presents music in its purest form - just the artists and their instruments - unadulterated and so lovely it can bring tears to my eyes. One good take-away show could make me extremely happy for the rest of the day.

  • CuteOverload.com

5/21/09

Cuteoverload. Let me tell you, this is no misnomer. You might explode when you see how much cuteness there is on this website. From kittens and puppies to hamsters and ferrets to owlettes and ducklings, all cute cute cute. I'm a big fan of kittens, not necessarily having them as pets, but more so looking at their round, funny and furry bottoms. The furrier, the better. The pinker the cast, the more the overload (http://cuteoverload.com/2008/12/28/owche/). Cuteoverload makes for a great replacement for a pet kitten or baby hedgehog. It doesn't need to go for walks, you don't need to feed it or clean its litterbox, and it never grows up.

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Leigh Roberts T. thanked you for your review of DO Lectures

“Thanks t. It all looks very nice until you realise they are selling a tent in a field and a talk in a tatty old barn for thousands. And chance to buy their jeans. Very clever, that. Is it worth the money? Or is it all a bit smug and clever clever?”

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