Got everything packed for the move to the new offices. Tune in on Monday to find out if everything got there in one piece and is hooked up properly. I've spent the last day and a half working a group project at the Fine Arts Library. Pulled a few hundred books off the shelves and the physical activity wreaked havoc on my legs, but mostly my right ankle. It was on fire today!
Never been in that part of the building before so the moving shelving on the second floor was pretty cool to play with the first couple of times I had to go up there. That's where the over sized art books are kept. It was also a kick seeing a few books I've processed over the past four years. My scrawl behind the title page is quite recognizable.
I hit a wall a bit early today and left earlier than I wanted, but I was overwhelmed - and it a bit of pain.
Did head out to the OSU Forestry Department's annual Christmas tree sale and picked up a Scotch Pine. It's lovely, but a bit wonky on the bottom. A lot smaller than last year's, which took up a third of the living room. I recommend this place, the prices are fair, the trees are farmed from Ohio and the service is great. They're located on Fyffe Road due west of the Schottenstein Center.
The other new addition is an iPod Touch. To synch it up we had to upgrade our operating system to Snow Leopard, which took some time but seems to be well worth the twenty nine bucks. As I type this I'm backing up to the external hard drive with Time Machine. Seems to be quiet and seamless.
One of the main reasons we got the iPod is to download some apps for autistics. When we borrowed an iPod a few months back my son seemed to be very interested in touching the screen and playing with it. I've found some free apps for some basic things he may try to communicate to us, we'll see how this works out. There is some more expensive software available, but I'm not willing to jump into that yet.
Been quite the whirlwind this week. More over the weekend, but not as intense. My son's been feeling better. Off the bus earlier he seemed more his old self than he's been in a few weeks. Swimming should be fun for him in the morning.
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I held a custom iPad workshop for some teachers from a special needs school recently - they were particularly interested in apps like Tap To Talk, for much the same reasons.
Let me know how you get on, and if you and N come across anything particularly interesting.
There are a lot of testimonials about these apps. Most of them good. They're as good, if not better than many PECS devices that cost several thousand dollars. It's working for people with disabilities, and that is fantastic. Thanks for going out into the community Lis, and doing these workshops. They matter.
He likes pressing buttons on the camera right now. He may have repeated something from the taptotalk app, but it went by quickly. I think he will get something out of it. If not, well, we have an iPod Touch :)
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